Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2002 - 03
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The Order Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 27 November 2002

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.

WEDNESDAY 27th NOVEMBER

1
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, for what reason the office of Government Commerce's Green Public Partnerships guide makes no reference to the Government requirement that all timber should be procured from legal and sustainable sources; and if he will require the guide to be amended to reflect Government policy.

(82855)

2   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will meet an all-party delegation from East Sussex County Council to discuss proposals for the reform of local government funding.

(83914)

3   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many local authority homes have been sold under right to buy in the last five years; how many new homes have been built by (a) local authorities and (b) registered social landlords in the last five years; and how many people were classified as homeless in each of the last five years.

(83867)

4   Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the administrative costs of (a) regional development agencies, (b) government offices for the regions and (c) regional chambers were, in each region in (i) 2000-01, (ii) 2001-02 and (iii) 2002-03.

(83815)

5   Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which national bodies accountable to Government operate on a (a) wholly and (b) partial regional basis; and in each case to which regional government office they report.

(83816)

6   Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which Government departments and agencies have (a) adopted and (b) not adopted the revised guidance on securing the better use of empty homes published by the DETR in 1999; and if he will make a statement.

(83814)

7   Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how the categories and numbers of key workers to be helped in the starter home initiative were set; and if he will make a statement.

(83817)

8   Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many empty homes each Government Department has disposed of in (a) 1998-99, (b) 1999-2000, (c) 2000-01 and (d) 2001-02; and if he will make a statement.

(83818)

9
N   Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many former firefighters are on retirement pensions; and how many firefighters there are in service.

(82173)

10
N   Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the average age of retirement for firefighters has been over the last five years.

(82174)

11
N   Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the average pension received by a firefighter is; what percentage of final salary a firefighter is entitled to after 30 years' service; and what the average work-related pension received by a pensioner is.

(82177)

12
N   Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what percentage of the revenue of the fire service the present pension arrangements cost.

(82180)

13   Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what criteria were set governing the allocation of pilot projects to given areas under the Housing Market Renewal Fund initiative.

(83875)

14   Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the average residential density was of housing developments in the London part of the Thames Gateway that received planning permission in the last two years; and what estimate he has made of the average residential density of new housing developments in the London part of the Thames Gateway which will be needed to secure 50,000 new dwelling units within that area over the next 15 years.

(83948)

15   Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what targets the Government is introducing, and over what time, to reduce the quantity of brown-field land in the UK; and what steps the Government is taking to relax regulatory and fiscal barriers that prevent property developers from acquiring and redeveloping brown-field land.

(83947)

16   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the cost was of each local government reorganisation since 1972.

(83903)

17   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the criteria are by which coalfield regeneration funding will be applied to coalfield communities adjacent to a designated site.

(83910)

18   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what additional resources will be made available to increase the capacity of former coalfield communities to develop projects and bid for funds under the coalfield regeneration programme administered through English Partnerships.

(83911)

19   Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to improve the Large Scale Voluntary Transfers process; and how many council properties will have their transfer finalised under the LSVT programme during 2002-03.

(83802)

20   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the Wembley project and the funding programme for the project.

(84060)

21   Lembit Opik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact which the UK's retention of the pound in preference to entering the Eurozone has had on tourist revenue; and if he will make a statement.

(84099)

22   Mr Alan Williams (Swansea West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what accommodation there is at (a) St James's Palace and (b) Clarence House.

(83909)

23   Mr Alan Williams (Swansea West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate has been made of the cost of proposed refurbishment and redecorative work at Clarence House; and how much of this is to be charged to Grant-in-Aid.

(83097)

24   Mr Alan Williams (Swansea West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what changes are planned in the use of accommodation at (a) St James's Palace and (b) Clarence House.

(83908)

25
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list all suppliers of timber-based board products and furniture to his Department in the last 12 months; and the total value of those items procured.

(82857)

26
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what species of timber have been or are being procured for the accommodation and offices of the Colchester Garrison; who the suppliers of that timber were; and whether all the timber used or planned to be used meets the Government's requirement to procure timber from legal and sustainable sources.

(82856)

27
N   Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions (a) coalition aircraft and (b) UK aircraft patrolling the southern no-fly zone in Iraq have (i) detected violations of the no-fly zones, (ii) detected a direct threat to a coalition aircraft and (iii) released ordnance in each month since March, stating for each month the tonnage released; and if he will make a statement.

(83246)

28   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his estimate is of the cost to the United Kingdom of a possible ballistic missile defence system involving new weapons and the latest technology; what assessment he has made of the benefits of the system; what his policy is on the response of the UK Government to a country firing a ballistic missile at the United Kingdom; what his estimate is of a likely non-country actor obtaining and firing a ballistic missile at the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement.

(83871)

29
N   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many, and what percentage, of (a) civil service, (b) executive agencies and (c) non-departmental public body jobs under the remit of his Deprtment are located in Scotland; and how many of each have been relocated to Scotland since May 1997.

(83580)

30   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what stock of the army's combat assault boot is held; and how long that stock will last.

(84102)

31   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what relative priority Defence Housing Estates give to refurbishing married quarters in (a) a major garrison town and (b) in more remote individual barracks.

(84101)

32   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers could not be issued with the combat assault boot in the last 12 months because of shortage of supply.

(84104)

33   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers were issued with the combat assault boot in the last 12 months.

(84103)

34   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what extra funds (a) Defence Fire Services, (b) RAF Fire Service and (c) RN Fire Services will be granted to cover their contribution to Operation Fresco.

(84108)

35   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had about use of the Contingency Fund to pay for Operation Fresco.

(84107)

36   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, from which budget the additional costs of Operation Fresco will be drawn.

(84105)

37   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the married quarters estate at Hullavington Barracks is to be refurbished; and if he will make a statement.

(84100)

38   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated extra costs to the defence budget is of Operation Fresco.

(84106)

39   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will write to the honourable Member for Portsmouth South, regarding his Answer of 6th November, Official Report, column 372W, concerning personnel working for private companies on contract on the MoD estate.

(83820)

40   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will write to the honourable Member for Portsmouth South regarding his Answer of 7th November, Official report, column 472W, concerning service personnel accommodation.

(84075)

41   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will write to the honourable Member for Portsmouth South, regarding his Answer of 5th November, Official Report, column 168W, concerning the disposal of the Gunwharf and HMS Vernon site in Portsmouth to Barclay Homes.

(83819)

42   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will make an announcement on the company awarded the military trucks contract.

(84084)

43   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of steel required for the future carriers will be produced in the UK.

(84087)

44   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what fixed-wing aircraft will be used on the future aircraft carriers.

(84086)

45   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of manufacture of the future carriers will be carried out in the UK.

(84088)

46   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on progress being made with the tender for the military trucks contract.

(84083)

47   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many companies bidding for the military trucks contract will base manufacture of the vehicle in the UK.

(84085)

48   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the second tranche of orders for the Eurofighter Typhoon.

(84082)

49
N   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what changes that would make Army life more attractive to new recruits were most commonly cited by Army personnel, when last questioned.

(82474)

50
N   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Armed Forces (a) own their own home and (b) cite a wish to own their own home as a reason for leaving the Forces; and if he will make a statement.

(82473)

51
N   Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list those Royal Navy vessels not in service as a result of (a) refits and (b) repairs, together with their anticipated dates to re-enter service.

(83585)

52   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of victims of suicide and self-inflicted death in Her Majesty's armed forces were involved at the time of their death in disciplinary proceedings (a) as a witness and (b) facing charges; and how many of these victims had (i) gone AWOL and (ii) sought or received counselling in the six months prior to their death.

(83813)

53   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken since 1997 to provide suicide prevention and suicide awareness training programmes for members of Her Majesty's armed forces.

(83812)

54   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many awards of death benefits for single soldiers have been made in each year since 1990; and what the cost was in each year.

(83811)

55   Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for British forces to use Vehicle Mounted Active Denial Systems.

(84005)

56   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his latest estimate is of when the Eurofighter will be ready for operational use by the Royal Air Force.

(83905)

57   Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will outline the recruitment policy of the Defence Export Services Organisation; and if he will make a statement.

(83862)

58   Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how often he meets the head of Defence Export Services to discuss the performance of DESO in assisting British companies.

(83865)

59   Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the most senior 50 employees of the Defence Export Services Organisation have a military background.

(83866)

60   Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which defence contracts the Defence Export Services Organisation has been successful in achieving for British companies in the Middle East in the past three years.

(83864)

61   Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, to what extent he monitors the performance of the Defence Export Services Organisation; and if he will make a statement.

(83863)

62   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action he is taking in conjunction with the Student Loans Company to improve availability of information on the amount of outstanding loan liabilities for individual graduates.

(83941)

63   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action he is taking to minimise overpayment of student loans under the Inland Revenue collection arrangements.

(83940)

64   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will pay interest on repayments in cases where individual graduates have overpaid their student loan liabilities.

(83942)

65   Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what mechanism is used to record the social class origins of students in higher education.

(83861)

66   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what checks were made before the appointment of the new Chief Executive of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority; and if he will make a statement.

(83934)

67   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of funding to higher education institutions comes from (a) student contributions, (b) LEA funding and (c) foreign student fees across (i) all higher education institutions and (ii) each individual university in England.

(83937)

68   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the unit costs are of educating students in further education in (a) vocational and (b) academic courses in England.

(83935)

69   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average costs of (a) vocational and (b) technical courses in higher education in England were in the last 12 months.

(83936)

70   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) A-level and (b) non A-level students entered higher education in each year since 1997.

(83939)

71   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total budgetary deficit is for each higher education institution.

(83938)

72
N   Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what arrangements are being made to help teachers in Further Education Colleges with their housing costs.

(82475)

73   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what financial support his Department has given to breakfast clubs in schools; and if he will make a statement.

(84076)

74   Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent representations he has had from private organisations on the award of degrees.

(83874)

75   Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to allow private organisations to award degrees.

(83873)

76   Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions he has had with private institutions or organisations on the award of degrees.

(83872)

77   Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he will publish the remaining results of the first asset management plans; for what reason publication has been delayed; and if he will publish results of future asset management plans within six months of their completion.

(83803)

78
N   Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letter from the Right honourable Member for North East Hampshire of 10th May regarding Mr Lloyd, a constituent.

(83025)

79
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the welfare of those sheep inoculated intracerebrally with cattle BSE brain homogenate; and what measures are in place to ensure minimal suffering by those animals.

(83378)

80
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the EU decision to abstain in respect of the vote at the CITES meeting in Santiago, relating to whether to allow elephant ivory stockpile sales by Namibia, Botswana and South Africa, reflected the position the UK Government advocated in its discussions with EU partners prior to the vote.

(83382)

81
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with whom she has had discussions, and from whom she has received representations, in respect of the possible use of cloned animals in agriculture.

(82859)

82
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department and its predecessors have spent on research into the possible use of cloned animals in agriculture.

(82858)

83
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to prevent the use in the UK of cloned animals for agricultural purposes; and if she will make a statement.

(82860)

84
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which sector associations and operators have served a notice on her under climate change levy agreements in response to a notice served by her relating to variations to sector targets she proposes should be made and on what dates; and if she will place copies of each such notice in the Library.

(82846)

85
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many abandoned cars each local authority in England and Wales stated in their submissions to the Municipal Waste Survey in each year since 1997.

(82500)

86
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what agreements have been made between her and sector associations under climate change levy umbrella agreements on a variation of sector targets, and on what date; and if she will place copies of each such agreement in the Library.

(82847)

87
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the adequacy of (a) controls and (b) the enforcement regime relating to drinking water from private suppliers.

(83380)

88
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will place in the Library a copy of the agreements reached between her predecessor and the largest 10 energy-using sectors in December 1999 relating to the climate change levy.

(82849)

89
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many domestic customers are reliant on water supplies from private water suppliers.

(83379)

90
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will place in the Library the reports of FTSE 350 companies on their environmental performance.

(82854)

91
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what speeches (a) she and (b) Departmental ministerial colleagues have made since 23rd July to external organisations, stating in each case whether the speech is publicly available; and if she will place in the Library copies of those speeches not hitherto publicly available.

(82852)

92
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in respect of climate change levy agreements, which sectors have (a) met and (b) not met their targets.

(82844)

93
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions she has failed to agree on a variation of sector targets under climate change levy umbrella agreements; and what disputes concerning failure to agree on a variation of sector targets under climate change levy umbrella agreements have been referred for adjudication; and on what date.

(82848)

94
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what notices she has served on sector associations and operators relating to variations to sector targets under climate change levy agreements she proposes should be made, and on what dates; and if she will place copies of each such notice in the Library.

(82845)

95
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of domestic customers it is estimated rely on lead pipes for connections to company supplies of drinking water.

(83381)

96
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the extent to which emissions from the aviation sector are covered by the Kyoto agreement.

(83377)

97   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Mortimer Report on Biodiesel will be published; and what contribution her Department made in influencing the content of the report.

(83915)

98   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action she has taken to ensure that organic farmers receive more subsidies under the CAP.

(83912)

99   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in relation to the Warm Front Scheme administered by Eaga partnership, how many applications have been received; how many are outstanding, awaiting (a) survey, (b) completion of works and (c) 'snagging'; how many are outstanding in total; what has been the (i) average wait for completion of work, (ii) longest wait for completion of work and (iii) longest period someone has been waiting for work yet to be done; what its (A) highest and (B) average cost has been; what criteria are used to decide what equipment should be chosen; for what reason operatives from the North East, Midlands and south coast are employed in London; and if she will make a statement.

(83846)

100
N   Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many complaints were received against her Department in (a) 2001-01 and (b) 2002-03; and what proportion were investigated and concluded in (i) under 14 days, (ii) 15 days to 4 weeks, (iii) 29 days to 8 weeks, (iv) 57 days to 12 weeks and (v) 12 weeks or more.

(83150)

101   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with turkey producers trade associations about the likely UK turkey production for the next 12 months.

(84110)

102   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has of the UK production of turkeys in the last five years.

(84109)

103   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement about the availability of free-range, domestic and organically produced turkeys for Christmas 2002.

(84112)

104   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which recent EU directives affect domestic turkey production.

(84111)

105
N   Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding her Department has allocated to trialling marine mammal excludes devices for pelagic trawls; and what alternative mitigation measures she is investigating.

(83374)

106
N   Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with her European counterparts about cetacean bycatch in pelagic trawl fisheries south and west of Britain; and if she will make a statement.

(83376)

107
N   Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which pelagic trawl fisheries in the Celtic Sea/Biscay/Channel area UK fishing vessels are active in; how many UK vessels are involved in each; and how many of these fisheries are subject to observer monitoring.

(83372)

108
N   Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures she is undertaking to curb cetacean bycatch in pelagic trawl fisheries south and west of Britain.

(83375)

109
N   Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent scientific advice on cetacean bycatch she has received; and if she will raise this advice at the forthcoming Council of Fisheries Ministers.

(83371)

110
N   Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had within the Council of Fisheries Ministers on an observer programme to monitor cetacean bycatch on pelagic trawl vessels in the Celtic Sea/Biscay/Channel area.

(83373)

111
N   Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much Government financial support has been made available for energy efficiency measures in each year since 1990.

(82804)

112
N   Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much Government financial support has been made available to (a) the Energy Savings Trust, (b) the Carbon Trust and (c) other organisations concerned with energy efficiency measures in each year since 1990.

(82805)

113
N   Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) direct and (b) indirect Government financial support was given to the combined heat and power industry in each year since 1990.

(82798)

114   Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to decide whether to allow the new rights of access under Part 1 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 to be implemented on a regional basis; and if she will make a statement.

(83853)

115   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact which the proposed new EU public procurement directive would have on the Government's ability to choose between procurement bids offering timber from (a) legal and sustainable sources, (b) legal and progressing to sustainable sources and (c) legal sources.

(83931)

116   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times the National Building Specification (Government Works) Standards Format has been used for specification purposes on Government construction, redevelopment and refurbishment projects in the last three years; and what those projects were.

(83926)

117   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the joint guidance issued by DEFRA and Her Majesty's Treasury, through the Office of Government Commerce, on Environmental Issues in Purchasing has been updated to take account of Government requirements that all timber purchased by departments comes from legal and sustainable sources; and if she will make a statement.

(83929)

118   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, why the Government did not ban meat imports from South Africa between September 2000 and January 2001.

(83895)

119
N   Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures she is taking to ensure the selective breeding of scrapie-resistant sheep; and how much her Department has spent on research into scrapie in each of the last five years.

(83149)

120
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how much has been spent on promoting the landfill tax credit scheme in each year since its inception.

(82850)

121
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer for what reason recycling schemes other than pilot projects are not eligible for support under the landfill tax credit scheme.

(82851)

122   Martin Linton (Battersea): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the percentage of families in the Battersea constituency who will benefit from the child tax credit from April.

(83798)

123   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) building societies, (b) banks and (c) other banking institutions offer mortgages without checking independently the salary of applicants for mortgages; and if he will make a statement.

(83906)

124   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how much it cost to (a) publish and (b) distribute the explanatory leaflet that accompanied (i) the Budget and (ii) the Pre-Budget Report; and if he will make a statement.

(83838)

125   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what evidence is required by the Office of Government Commerce from companies to prove they are obtaining timber from legal and sustainable sources; and if he will make a statement.

(83933)

126   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what evidence he has that timber provided by Jewson is obtained from sustainable sources.

(83932)

127
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Tibet.

(82498)

128
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage the European Union to achieve the early appointment of a special co-ordinator in Tibet.

(82499)

129   Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when (a) Ministers and (b) officials last met their Spanish counterparts to discuss Gibraltar; and when they plan to meet next to discuss Gibraltar.

(84006)

130   Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Government of Pakistan on the treatment of (a) Christians and (b) other religious minorities in that country; and if he will make a statement.

(83916)

131   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the US Administration regarding the potential development of weapons of mass destruction in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

(83883)

132   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Government of Israel regarding the illegal construction of settlements in the occupied territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip; and if he will make a statement.

(83882)

133   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy on the development of a European common foreign and security policy.

(83880)

134   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Government of Yemen regarding potential military intervention in Iraq.

(83887)

135   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the recent admission by the Government of North Korea that they are in possession of weapons of mass destruction.

(83881)

136   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Government of Cyprus regarding their accession to membership of the European Union.

(83879)

137   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Government of Turkey regarding the number of Turkish Kurd asylum seekers illegally entering the United Kingdom.

(83886)

138   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with President Erdogan of Turkey since his election to the presidency of Turkey.

(83884)

139   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with other member states of the Commonwealth regarding the actions of the Zimbabwean Government towards the eviction of white farmers from their land.

(83885)

140   Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many replies remain outstanding to letters from honourable Members which were sent by them before 3rd December 2001.

(84064)

141
N   Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many delayed discharges there were in (a) the first 6 months of 2002 and (b) 2001 at Southend General Hospital.

(83586)

142
N   Mr A.J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to make insulin pump therapy more widely available for the treatment of diabetes in children.

(83464)

143   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action his Department will take to implement the conclusions of the second summit on latex allergy.

(83943)

144   Andy Burnham (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library the contact details and objectives of the personal medical services pilot schemes in each primary care trust that were established from (a) April 2001, (b) October 2001, (c) April 2002 and (d) October 2002.

(83913)

145   Julia Drown (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if it is his policy that Community Health Council staff will not be made redundant until the Community Health Council has been formally abolished.

(84068)

146   Julia Drown (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he plans to give employing authorities on making redundancy payments to Community Health Council staff.

(84067)

147   Julia Drown (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will offer salary protection in cases where posts for the Clearing House staff are graded at salaries lower than those paid to Community Health Council staff.

(84069)

148   Julia Drown (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost is of making all remaining Community Health Council staff redundant.

(84066)

149   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Chief Executive of St Richard's Hospital, West Sussex on the availability of staff to administer electro-acupuncture; and if he will make a statement.

(83796)

150   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of schools have adopted the National Healthy Schools Standard.

(84046)

151   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on sponsorship arrangements for air ambulances.

(84027)

152   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many community pharmacies there were in each health authority in each of the past five years.

(84018)

153   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the work of the Liverpool Blood Centre.

(84032)

154   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of NHS trusts have signed up to local compacts.

(84096)

155   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of young people leaving care in each year since 1993 were aged sixteen.

(84024)

156   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission a cost-benefit analysis of care villages and other forms of extra-care or very-sheltered housing.

(84012)

157   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which public bodies supply handrails to the elderly to prevent falls.

(84047)

158   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the work of the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism.

(84017)

159   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Food Standards Agency has taken with regard to the safety of unregulated imported soft drinks.

(84026)

160   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pharmacies participated in the Essential Small Pharmacies Scheme in each of the past five years, broken down according to size of turnover.

(84019)

161   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) NHS acute trusts and (b) NHS ambulance trusts received a letter dated 22nd October from the Chief Scientist because they had yet to order mobile decontamination units and personal protective equipment for chemical incidents.

(84036)

162   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what radiological protection, with specific reference to protective coverings, is required when using new scanners; and whether the cost of protective items is covered by the funds set aside for extra CT and MRI scanners.

(84015)

163   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of (a) writing and (b) producing Health and Neighbourhood Renewal: Guidance from the Department of Health and the Neighbourhood Renewal Unit-2002.

(84093)

164   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many operations were cancelled (a) on the day of admission and (b) prior to admission for non-clinical reasons in each quarter since June 2001, broken down by NHS hospital trust.

(84039)

165   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of people over 60 have had sight tests in each year since 1999.

(84029)

166   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which voluntary organisations and charities he and his departmental ministers expect to meet during December; and what issues they expect to discuss.

(84038)

167   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his definition of a delayed discharge is.

(84044)

168   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money was disbursed under the safer travel to schools initiative; how many projects benefited; and what evaluation he has made of the initiative.

(84021)

169   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of primary care trusts have signed up to local compacts.

(84094)

170   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many clients NHS Plus has served since November 2001; and what has been its total income.

(84092)

171   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many community five-a-day initiatives have been established since the five pilot sites reported.

(84014)

172   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many beds for the elderly in community hospitals are provided in each (a) strategic health authority and (b) local authority.

(84020)

173   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how he will measure the degree to which delayed discharges are widespread in March 2004 in order to ascertain whether targets relating to delayed discharges have been met.

(84043)

174   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what surplus resources will remain after the survey process for the final out-turn of the mental health grant has been completed.

(84034)

175   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many live births to HIV-infected mothers were subsequently found to be HIV-positive in each year since 1997.

(84023)

176   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of primary schools are participating in the National School Fruit Scheme.

(84013)

177   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many young people left care in each of the past five years; and of those, how many left without having attained any GCSEs at A*-G grades.

(84022)

178   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who is reviewing public service agreements relating to the educational achievements of children in care.

(84028)

179   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of the Hospital Transport Scheme was in each of the past five years.

(84089)

180   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many specialist mental health beds for young people are provided by the Nottingham Healthcare NHS Trust.

(84033)

181   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to update the Hospital Discharge Workbook.

(84042)

182   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in what year he expects NHSU to obtain its Royal Charter.

(84035)

183   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what role the Government plans for voluntary adoption agencies following the Adoption and Children Act 2002.

(84025)

184   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the extra money allocated to primary care trusts for palliative care will be ringfenced.

(84095)

185   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to introduce colorectal cancer screening.

(84031)

186   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS acute trusts had ordered mobile decontamination facilites and associated protective clothing between receipt of a letter dated 22nd October from Dr David Harper and 7th November.

(84010)

187   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of utilising overseas surgical teams was for each trust up until 31st October.

(84098)

188   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to widen the remit of NHS Plus to include vocational rehabilitation.

(84045)

189   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the maximum number of days is between discharge and emergency readmission for a patient to be considered to be in the same episode of care.

(84097)

190   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many suicides there have been at Medway Secure Training Centre since 1999.

(84016)

191   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he intends to take to prevent unauthorised sales of the contraceptive pill Levonelle.

(84037)

192   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money has been disbursed under the aegis of the Support Fund for the Welfare of Child Migrants; how many benefited from the fund; and what assistance is now given to child migrants.

(84030)

193   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in what proportion of (a) young offender institutions and (b) adult prisons changes have been made to the physical cell environment to reduce ligature points.

(84011)

194   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to give legal status to advance statements for people with severe mental illness.

(83804)

195   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to publish a mental health bill; and if he will make a statement.

(83806)

196   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to (a) maximise compliance and (b) minimise compulsion in relation to the use of antipsychotic medicines for severe mental illness.

(83805)

197   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made towards implementing NICE guidance on the use of atypical antipsychotic medicines for schizophrenia; and if he will make a statement.

(83807)

198   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of (a) people over 18, (b) people under 18 and (c) the total population were registered with a general practitioner in (i) England and (ii) each NHS region in each year since 1996.

(83799)

199   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding via the NHS has been given to support (a) St Catherine's Hospice and (b) Derian House Hospice.

(84062)

200   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to provide additional funding via the NHS to (a) Derian House Hospice and (b) St Catherine's Hospice.

(84063)

201   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had on allowing hospices to apply for lottery funding.

(84061)

202
N   Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many former ambulance personnel are on retirement pensions; and how many ambulance personnel there are in service.

(82172)

203
N   Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average age of retirement for ambulance personnel has been over the last five years.

(82175)

204
N   Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average pension received by an ambulance worker is; and what percentage of final salary an ambulance worker is entitled to after 30 years' service.

(82178)

205   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children in England, who were the subject of enquiries in 2001-02 under (a) section 17 and (b) section 47 of the Children Act 1989 were in (i) prison service detention, (ii) local authority secure units subject to section 23(5) Children and Young Persons Act 1969 and (iii) local authority secure units subject to section 25 Children Act 1989.

(84074)

206   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on, and how many were (a) for and (b) against, the proposed new EU directives on nutritional supplements and herbal remedies from (i) small and medium enterprises, (ii) large manufacturers, (iii) drug firms and (iv) the public.

(83842)

207   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many products now on free sale will be required to be licensed when the European directives on nutritional supplements on herbal remedies come into effect; and whether grandfather rights will be given to products already on free sale.

(83839)

208   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he is making to the European Commission about the proposed directives on nutritional supplements and herbal remedies; and what changes to the directives he is proposing.

(83840)

209   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effects of the proposed EU directives on nutritional supplements and herbal remedies on (a) employment, (b) profit, (c) the number of small firms and (d) sales in the health food industry; what licence fees will be required for licensing each product; and what costs will be charged for testing each batch.

(83841)

210
N   Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, why the remuneration package of the previous Chief Executive of Merseyside Regional Ambulance Service, Mr Todhunter, was not published in the MRAS 2001-02 annual report; and what his remuneration package was, including payments related to his termination of employment.

(82995)

211   Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what financial support he is making available to improve vocational rehabilitation services through the national service framework for chronic and neurological disorders.

(83854)

212   Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to provide pharmacies with broadband connectivity; and if he will make a statement.

(83902)

213   Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will publish the aggregated results of the Estate Return Information Collection annual condition survey for 2000-01 and 2001-02; for what reason publication has been delayed; and if he will publish results of future ERIC surveys within six months of the survey's completion.

(83800)

214   Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans his Department has to return failed asylum seekers to Somalia; and if he will make a statement.

(84041)

215   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he proposes to take over the circulation of a letter purporting to be written by Osama bin Laden on a UK website operated by an individual, details of whom have been supplied to him; and if he will make a statement.

(83844)

216   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on progress with advanced passenger processing on incoming flights to the UK.

(83845)

217
N   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many official inter-ministerial meetings his Department has held with the Scottish Executive since May 1999, broken down by (a) Scottish Executive department, (b) subject and (c) date.

(83584)

218
N   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what co-ordination he has undertaken of Departments' assessment of the implications of the entitlement card proposals for the devolved powers of the Scottish Parliament.

(83583)

219
N   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if UK citizens, regardless of domicile within the UK, have the same status and rights when held in prisons located in England.

(83581)

220
N   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the status is of Scottish domicile prisoners held in prisons in England.

(83582)

221   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice applicants for leave to remain in the UK on the basis of marriage whose applications cannot be fast-tracked are given on how long their cases will take to determine; and what the basis is for this advice.

(84091)

222
N   Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Metropolitan Police officers there were in each of the last 10 years.

(82478)

223
N   Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money was available to be spent by the Metropolitan Police in each of the last 10 years.

(82476)

224
N   Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the detection rate was in the Metropolitan Police area for each of the last three years; and what guidance he gives for estimating detection rates.

(82480)

225
N   Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police support staff in the Metropolitan Police area there where in each of the last 10 years; and on what tasks they were employed.

(82479)

226
N   Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average age of retirement of police officers was in the Metropolitan Police in each of the last five years; and what the cost to public funds of pensions for all retired staff was in each of the last 10 years.

(82477)

227   Mr John Hume (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the appropriateness of HMP Magilligan as a holding centre for asylum seekers; and whether it is his policy that asylum seekers should share accommodation with people serving sentences for criminal offences.

(83795)

228
N   Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many former police officers are on retirement pensions; and how many police there are in service.

(82171)

229
N   Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average age of retirement for police has been over the last five years.

(82176)

230
N   Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average pension received by a police officer is; and what percentage of final salary a police officer is entitled to after 30 years service.

(82179)

231   Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the prevalence of domestic violence within different categories of family configuration and marital status.

(83856)

232   Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research into the prevalance of domestic violence has been funded by central government in the last five years; and which of these studies break down their results by (a) family configuration and (b) marital status.

(83857)

233   Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what public funding from central government sources is given to non-governmental organisations for drug education purposes.

(83860)

234   Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many teaching staff in each of the prisons in the juvenile estate have qualifications in special needs education.

(83831)

235   Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children have attained (a) GCSEs, (b) AS levels and (c) A levels at each of the prisons in the juvenile estate since April 2000; how many qualifications they were each awarded; and at what grade.

(83830)

236   Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) Section 17 assessments and (b) Section 47 investigations under the Children Act 1989 have been carried out on children in each of the prisons in the juvenile estate since April 2000.

(83837)

237   Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there is a limit to the time a child can be held on a basic regime in prison.

(83832)

238   Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of self-harm have been recorded at each of the prisons in the juvenile estate since April 2000.

(83829)

239   Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children have been held in segregation cells in each of the prisons in the juvenile estate since April 2000; and of those, how many have been held for (a) longer than seven and (b) twenty-eight days.

(83824)

240   Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many young prisoners have been subjected to restraint under rule 52 of the Rules for Young Offenders Institutions since April 2000.

(83825)

241   Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children have been transferred to HMP and YOI Castington from Feltham YOI in each of the last 12 months; and what their (a) ethnicity, (b) age and (c) home area in each case was.

(83835)

242   Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time was that children in each of the prisons in the juvenile estate spent out of doors every day in 2001-02.

(83834)

243   Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children have been held in prisons outside the juvenile estate in each of the last twelve months; and in which prisons.

(83836)

244   Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times control and restraint was used in each of the prisons in the juvenile estate since April 2000.

(83833)

245   Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many self-harm forms F20523SH have been opened at each of the prisons in the juvenile estate since April 2000.

(83828)

246   Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times unfurnished cells have been used in each of the prisons in the juvenile estate since April 2000.

(83826)

247   Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children have been locked out of prisons overnight in the last 12 months; at which prisons; and at which police stations they were held.

(83827)

248   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many representations he has received in support of the introduction of a corporate manslaughter charge in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

(84049)

249   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what timber has been used at the construction site of the new Home Office building at 2 Marsham Street; who supplied this timber; and what evidence the supplier gave that it came from legal and sustainable sources.

(83927)

250   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library the contract with Arne Gates Property plc to supply timber for the building work at 2 Marsham Street.

(83928)

251   Claire Ward (Watford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to make a decision in the case of Khawaja Badar Rauf (IND reference number R341351); and if he will make a statement.

(83823)

252   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons originating from countries that are not members of the Commonwealth were granted political asylum in Great Britain in 2001, broken down by their country of origin.

(83889)

253   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Turkish citizens applied for asylum in the UK in 2001; and how many were successful in their application.

(83890)

254   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action the Government is taking to combat the illegal entry of Pakistani Pathan asylum seekers.

(83891)

255
N   Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of, and how many, police officers transferred out of each police force in England and Wales in each of the last three years.

(83370)

256
N   Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the delay in signing the contract for a women's prison at Ashford (Middlesex).

(83369)

257
N   Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what recent representations he has received on the effect of changes in levels of public funding on the number of junior barristers there will be in five years' time.

(82131)

258   Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the total level of fines imposed by the Inner London magistrates courts was in each of the last three years; what the average recovery time was; and what amounts were (a) written off and (b) remitted.

(83810)

259   Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many fine defaulters were imprisoned by Inner London magistrates courts in each of the last three years.

(83809)

260   Mr John Hume (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement regarding his policy on protecting the rights of existing residents when the Planning Service are considering granting planning approval for new housing developments.

(83794)

261   Mr John Hume (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to Planning Applications A/1999/0879/0, A/2001/0661/RM andA/2002.0167/RM, for what reason the Planning Service in Northern Ireland did not act to require this new development to comply with original planning permission guidelines as far as it impinges on the rights and privacy of the existing residents.

(83793)

262   Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the President of the Council, pursuant to his reply of 19th November, Official Report, column 44W, on pre-legislative scrutiny, when decisions will be made on the form of scrutiny to which a number of bills will be subject.

(83808)

263
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will bring forward proposals to make it a requirement for Parliament to be consulted prior to each exercise of the power under Royal Prerogative to take the country to war.

(82853)

264   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if she will list the country of residence of the members of the Friends of Scotland initiative.

(83944)

265
N   Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what shipments of military aircraft components to India were granted export licences in (a) 2000, (b) 2001 and (c) 2002; and what end-user agreements were reached with the Indian Government in relation to them.

(81726)

266
N   Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what information the Government collates on the final destination of shipments of military aircraft spares shipped to India in (a) 2000, (b) 2001 and (c) 2002.

(81727)

267
N   Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what ECGD funds have been approved for purchases of products on the military list shipped to India during (a) 2000, (b) 2001 and (c) 2002.

(81728)

268
N   Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what ECGD funds have been approved for contracts involving (a) Aircraft Consultancy Services and (b) Das Air since 2002.

(81729)

269   Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans the Post Office has to close (a) main post offices and (b) sub post offices in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham; and if she will make a statement.

(84040)

270   Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the outcome was of the Energy Council held in Brussels on 25th November; what the Government's stance was on the issues discussed, including its voting record; and if she will make a statement.

(84004)

271   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what guidelines are given to regional government offices on withholding information from honourable Members.

(84080)

272   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what guidelines govern the time taken to make decisions on planning applications called in by the Government.

(84077)

273   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what timescale has been put in place for regional government offices to deal with planning applications called in for (a) small developments, (b) major planning applications and (c) for applications dealing with tree preservation orders.

(84078)

274   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what guidelines are given to regional government offices for answering honourable Member's queries by telephone.

(84079)

275
N   Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what research her Department has carried out on (a) the number of agency workers as a percentage of the population and (b) the impact of the proposed EU Directive on Temporary Agency Work in (i) the UK and (ii) other European countries.

(82949)

276
N   Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions she has had with (a) employment agencies and (b) trade unions regarding the impact of the proposed Directive on Temporary Agency Work.

(82948)

277
N   Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her Department's policy is on the proposed six weeks qualifying period for temporary workers to have the same rights as permanent workers, as part of the proposed EU Directive on Temporary Agency Work.

(82950)

278   Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will increase the target set for the London Development Agency to recover 30 hectares of vacant brownfield land per year in London.

(83896)

279   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations her Department has received from the Post Office regarding the relocation of the main Elgin Post Office in the constituency of Moray; if she will seek clarification on the future location of this post office; and if she will make a statement.

(84003)

280
N   Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much electricity was generated from nuclear generators in the UK, and what proportion of all electricity used in the UK was generated from (a) nuclear generation and (b) UK-based nuclear generation, in each year since 1990.

(82800)

281
N   Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the total installed capacity of (a) renewable energy generation, (b) generation from each fossil fuel type, and (c) combined heat and power generation in the UK has been in each year since 1990.

(82794)

282
N   Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the total installed capacity of nuclear generators in the UK was in each year since 1990.

(82799)

283   Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what financial commitments she has made towards research into Generation IV nuclear energy systems; and if she will make a statement.

(83877)

284   Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions she has had with Ofgem on facilitating the supply of mains gas to rural communities.

(83876)

285
N   Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much electricity was generated from combined heat and power in each year since 1990.

(82792)

286
N   Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much electricity was generated from renewable sources in the UK in each year since 1990.

(82796)

287
N   Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much (a) direct and (b) indirect Government support has been given to the energy sector in each year since 1990.

(82803)

288
N   Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much (a) direct and (b) indirect Government financial support has been made available to the energy sector in each year since 1990, excluding the nuclear and renewables industries.

(82802)

289
N   Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much Government financial support has been given to the renewable energy sector in each year since 1990, broken down by (a) research grants, (b) renewables obligation, (c) non-fossil fuel levy and (d) other sources.

(82795)

290
N   Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much Government financial support was given to the nuclear industry in each year since 1990, broken down by (a) research grants, (b) transfer of debt from privatised utilities, (c) non-fossil fuel levy, (d) investment in BNFL facilities, (e) running costs of UKAEA and NIREX and (f) other sources.

(82801)

291   Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the (a) UK's role within the Generation IV International Forum and (b) agreement reached on Generation IV nuclear energy systems in Japan in September.

(83878)

292
N   Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much electricity was generated from fossil fuel sources in the UK in each year since 1990, broken down by fossil fuel type.

(82793)

293
N   Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what proportion of electricity generated in the UK was generated from (a) combined heat and power, (b) each fossil fuel type, (c) renewable sources and (d) UK-based renewable sources in each year since 1990.

(82797)

294
N   Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations she has received during the last three months about the nuisance caused by fireworks; what steps she is taking to evaluate the extent of the nuisance; and when she will bring forward further controls on the sale and use of fireworks.

(83046)

295   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what power (a) the Mayor of London, (b) the Greater London Authority and (c) other local authorities have to pick up and crush unregistered vehicles; what restrictions there are upon them taking that action; and if he will make a statement.

(84065)

296   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he wrote to local authorites in Wiltshire formally as part of the consultation exercise, inviting them to submit representations in respect of the proposal to locate an airport at Hullavington; and if he will list the authorities concerned.

(84073)

297   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will rank in order of closeness by proximity of each district local authority area within a 20 mile radius of the prospective airport at Hullavington.

(84072)

298   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what reason he has not held public (a) meetings and (b) exhibitions in North Wiltshire as part of the public consultation on locating an airport at Hullavington.

(84071)

299   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, in which local authority areas his Department has initiated (a) public meetings, and (b) exhibitions as part of the public consultation in respect of locating an airport at Hullavington.

(84070)

300   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when new trains will be introduced on the Glasgow-Preston-London Euston route.

(84057)

301   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the upgrade of the West Coast main line.

(84056)

302   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on operations between British Midland from Heathrow to the USA.

(84059)

303   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what recent representations he has received for direct links to the Channel Tunnel from the North West for (a) passenger trains and (b) freight trains.

(84058)

304
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many applications for roadworks were received by each English local authority from utility companies in each year from 1995-96 to 2001-02; and if he will make a statement.

(83148)

305
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what action he is taking to reduce the time taken by utility companies to complete roadworks; and if he will make a statement.

(83147)

306   Martin Linton (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the number of railway stations in England with cycle-friendly facilities; how many have (a) gulleys for taking bikes up stairs and (b) cycle parks; and what measures he has taken to encourage cycle-friendly facilities at railway stations.

(83797)

307   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the cost per mile of using a noise absorbing surface on motorways.

(83904)

308   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what account he will take of representations about the proposed expansion of Birmingham International Airport which are not in the form of responses to the official questionnaire; and whether he will receive representations after 30th November.

(83945)

309   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, whether he will examine the proposal for expansion of Birmingham International Airport put forward by the airport management.

(83946)

310   Claire Ward (Watford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the progress of discussions on the Croxley rail link project.

(83822)

311   Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what representations he has received on the development of container handling capacity in the UK.

(84116)

312   Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what appraisal his Department has made of the likely demand in container handling facilities in UK ports over the next twenty-five years.

(84115)

313   Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what appraisal his Department has made of the need for hub port development in the UK.

(84114)

314   Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what recent representations he has received on the development of hub ports in the UK.

(84113)

315   Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what measures he is taking to increase the local authority resources and to provide the expertise required to identify and implement the major local transport improvements envisaged in the Ten Year Transport Plan.

(83801)

316
N   Pete Wishart (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what process is required to introduce a no fly zone of (a) commercial and (b) military flights over towns and cities in Scotland.

(83528)

317
N   Pete Wishart (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will assess the no fly zone status of commercial and military flights over areas in Scotland that contain petro-chemical plants.

(83527)

318
N   Pete Wishart (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans there are to review the no fly zone status for both commercial and military flights over towns in Scotland.

(83526)

319
N   Pete Wishart (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what (a) commercial and (b) military no fly zones have been in operation in Scotland since (i) January 2001 and (ii) 11th September 2001; and what locations have been covered.

(83529)

320
N   Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the implications of the judgement of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Ken Willis—application No 36042/97; and if he will make a statement.

(83036)

321
N   Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many UK citizens have cases before the European Court of Human Rights and the domestic courts challenging the UK Government for failing to pay men widow's benefits prior to the introduction of the new bereavement benefits in April 2001.

(83037)

322   Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh & Berwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his officials have met the Social Security Advisory Committee to discuss the regulations concerning housing benefit reform; and whether the Committee has requested the referral of the regulations.

(83870)

323   Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh & Berwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of failures in health and safety in the workplace in each year since 1997.

(83869)

324   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will set up full time mobile British Sign Language interpreter posts to cover offices in rural areas and to assist in benefit application procedures in their home where necessary; and if he will make a statement.

(84002)

325   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information benefit claimants will have to provide if they wish to continue receiving cash payments from the Post Office; and if he will make a statement.

(84001)

326   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, following benefit payment reorganisation, whether interviews with claimants wishing to continue receiving cash payments will take place as close as possible to their home; and if he will make a statement.

(83999)

327   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether claimants will be required to attend an interview in order to continue receiving cash payments of their benefits from the Post Office; and if he will make a statement.

(84000)

328   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether claimants having to attend interviews to assess a claim to continue receiving a benefit as a cash payment (a) will be provided with travel assistance where they have no ready access to public transport and (b) will be able to claim travel expenses; and if he will make a statement.

(83998)

329   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the availability of British Sign Language interpreters at (a) Jobcentre plus offices and (b) other Government offices; and if he will make a statement.

(83997)

330   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will provide funding to allow existing Jobcentre Plus staff to receive British Sign Language training; and if he will make a statement.

(83995)

331   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what improvements the Government intends making to the availability of British Sign Language interpreters at (a) Jobcentre Plus offices and (b) other Government offices; and if he will make a statement.

(83996)

332   Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what action he is taking to improve vocational rehabilitation services; and if he will make a statement.

(83855)

333   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many inspections have been undertaken in North Staffordshire to measure compliance with the requirement for companies to have current employers liability insurance.

(84048)

334   Claire Ward (Watford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support he gives to the Guide Dogs for the Blind charity.

(83821)

335   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what arms, munitions, and military equipment were exported for sale from Great Britain to the Government of Israel in 2001-02; and what the total value of such exports was.

[Transferred] (83888)

336   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what scope EU contracting authorities will have under the proposed new EU public procurement directive to make choices between bids at the award stage, based on environmental criteria; and if she will make a statement.

[Transferred] (83930)

337   Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information he has collated on average waiting times for admission to (a) state-supported methadone programmes and (b) state-supported programmes aimed at overcoming heroin addiction that do not involve the prescription of methadone.

[Transferred] (83858)

338   Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many state-funded places are available for heroin users on (a) methadone programmes and (b) programmes aimed at overcoming heroin addiction that do not involve the prescription of methadone.

[Transferred] (83859)

339   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the amount of exports from the manufacturing sector in the North West in the last three years.

[Transferred] (84081)

340   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much was paid out in the ex-gratia redundancy scheme for redundant fishermen in the 1990s; and how much was paid to fishermen in (a) Hull, (b) Grimsby and (c) Fleetwood.

[Transferred] (83843)

341   Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh & Berwickshire): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the Cabinet papers prepared by the Department for Work and Pensions in the Session 2001-02.

[Transferred] (83868)