WEDNESDAY 18th DECEMBER
| 1 | Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many Statutory Instruments subject to negative procedure made by his Department (a) came into force and (b) were considered by a delegated legislation committee in each of the last three sessions. |
| | (88037)
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| 2 | Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much was given to Cambridge City Council towards relieving homelessness in each of the last five years. |
| | (87985)
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| 3 | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what regulations are in place to evaluate (a) the quality of housing need and (b) the house condition assessment provided to councils by consultancies. |
| | (87937)
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| 4 | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what systems he has assessed for voting in relation to business improvement districts; and how the Government proposes to ensure that the system is simple. |
| | (87971)
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| 5 | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to help local authorities (a) promote stock transfer and (b) improve council tenants' knowledge of housing associations. |
| | (87939)
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| 6 | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the level of housing need is in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) the UK. |
| | (87938)
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| 7 | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what input will be expected from private landlords in the business improvement districts. |
| | (87972)
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| 8 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd December, Official Report, column 711W, what assessment he has made of the ability of each group to access home ownership. |
| | (87941)
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| 9 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd December, Official Report, column 711W, how many key workers there are in each of the groups; and how many key worker shortages there are in each group used in informing his Department of the numbers to give assistance to. |
| | (87940)
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| 10 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on his Department's performance in the disposal of empty homes in the last year for which figures are available. |
| | (87942)
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N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 10th December, Official Report, column 267W, if he will require the Rough Sleepers Unit to record rough sleepers who are also asylum seekers separately from other rough sleepers for the purposes of the street count. |
| | (87932)
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| 12 | Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to encourage use of public procurement contracts to achieve greater social inclusion; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (88141)
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13
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 12th December ref. 86872, on environmental impact assessments, for what types of project an environmental impact assessment is mandatory. |
| | (87906)
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14
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if it is his policy that local community and strategic partnerships should be subject to legislation on admission to meetings. |
| | (87905)
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15
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list, for the last year for which information is available, the SSA and net spending of each local authority, and the percentage by which the latter varies from the former. |
| | (87917)
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| 16 | Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesborough, representing the Church Commissioners, what plans there are to establish clergy on civil service terms. |
| | (87986)
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| 17 | Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many Statutory Instruments subject to negative procedure made by her Department (a) came into force and (b) were considered by a delegated legislation committee in each of the last three sessions. |
| | (88023)
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18
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer given on 4th July, Official Report, column 514W, on television subtitling, whether the code produced by OFCOM relating to the provision of television services for deaf and visually impaired people will include specific guidance on the presentation of subtitles. |
| | (87705)
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19
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Treasury about tax relief for those charitable organisations affected by the provisions of the Licensing Bill, with regard to the requirement for applying and paying for licences for fundraising events. |
| | (87450)
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20
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the additional costs which will be incurred by churches as a result of the provisions of the new Licensing Bill. |
| | (87451)
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| 21 | Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Statutory Instruments subject to negative procedure made by his Department (a) came into force and (b) were considered by a delegated legislation committee in each of the last three sessions. |
| | (88024)
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| 22 | Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department is doing to support the Government's policy on accreditation. |
| | (88094)
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23
N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cruise missiles are held by his Department and if he will make a statement on their readiness. |
| | (87918)
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24
N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what logistics stocks are (a) in and (b) in transit to the Gulf region. |
| | (87920)
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25
N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Challenger II tanks, (b) Warrior, (c) Sakern, (d) FV430, (e) Sabre, (f) Scimitar, (g) Striker, (h) Spartan, (i) Sultan, (j) Samson, (k) Samaritan armoured vehicles, (l) Challenger recovery vehicles, (m) Stormer, (n) Shielder, (o) Fuchs NBC vehicles, (p) AS90, (q) MLRS and (r) M578 were fully operational in each quarter of 2002; what percentage of fleet size this represents in each case; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (87922)
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26
N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where each of the air-to-air refueller aircraft held by his Department is; and if he will make a statement on the level of serviceability of each. |
| | (87919)
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27
N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the Armed Forces' IFF status for preventing friendly fire incidents. |
| | (87921)
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| 28 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on discussions between his Department and Mr Nigel Farrow in respect of blast-cleaning techniques for warship hulls. |
| | (88194)
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| 29 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent trials have been conducted on warship hulls in respect of blast-cleaning techniques. |
| | (88193)
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| 30 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) the differences and (b) the similarities are between blast-cleaning techniques for warship hulls (i) employed by his Department and (ii) patented by Mr Nigel Farrow. |
| | (88195)
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| 31 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what legal costs have been incurred by his Department in consequence of its disagreement with Mr Nigel Farrow in respect of his claim of breached patent rights for blast-cleaning techniques for warship hulls. |
| | (88196)
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| 32 | Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the problems experienced with the Apache Mk 1 attack helicopter; and when he expects each of these to be rectified. |
| | (87980)
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| 33 | Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made to ensure that the Longbow fire-control radar allows the Apache AH Mk 1 attack helicopter to deal with surface threats. |
| | (87977)
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| 34 | Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by what date he expects the Apache AH Mk 1's UK-specific secure communications system to have the ability to share voice and data information with other UK aircraft types and ground troops. |
| | (87976)
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| 35 | Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on Project SLAM. |
| | (87973)
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| 36 | Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the independent training review programme; and what actions he intends to take on the decisions of the programme. |
| | (87974)
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| 37 | Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time for notice of new addresses given to service families on posting has been over the last 12 months. |
| | (87969)
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| 38 | Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he plans to use the advanced short-range air-to-air missile as part of the UK's commitment to monitor the no-fly zones over Iraq. |
| | (87979)
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| 39 | Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of the army's single living accommodation is in need of modernisation; what progress has been made with modernisation; when he expects modernisation to be completed; and what he expects the cost to be. |
| | (87975)
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| 40 | Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what actions have been taken to ensure that the Apache AH Mk 1 attack helicopter achieves its planned initial operating capability in August 2004. |
| | (87978)
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| 41 | Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the time taken by his Department to object to a proposal for a wind farm in the Nunney area in Somerset; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (88211)
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| 42 | Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on his Department's objections to wind farm proposals 18 kilometres from the RAF Odiham base; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (88212)
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| 43 | Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many Statutory Instruments subject to negative procedure made by his Department (a) came into force and (b) were considered by a delegated legislation committee in each of the last three sessions. |
| | (88025)
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| 44 | Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what his Department is doing to support the Government's policy on accreditation. |
| | (88091)
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| 45 | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many new childcare workers have been recruited as a consequence of the childcare recruitment campaign; and how many are working in childcare settings. |
| | (87968)
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| 46 | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many full-time childcare places are provided through Sure Start programmes. |
| | (87966)
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| 47 | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many childcare staff have been trained through learning and skills councils. |
| | (87983)
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| 48 | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent progress has been made against targets by early years development and childcare partnerships. |
| | (87982)
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| 49 | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many applications with regard to (a) childcare workers and (b) premises are awaiting (i) registration and (ii) inspection; and what steps he is taking to process these applications. |
| | (87981)
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| 50 | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of children living in poverty live outside the 20 per cent. most disadvantaged wards; and how many of them have access to childcare places. |
| | (87967)
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| 51 | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what his estimate is of the number of affordable childcare places that will be needed if 70 per cent. of lone parents are to be in work by 2010. |
| | (88001)
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| 52 | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many applications there have been for the Sure Start scheme in rural areas since its launch; how many have been accepted; and what the average amount spent on each bid has been to date. |
| | (88143)
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53
N | Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the role of Early Years Partnerships will be in the new Surestart programme. |
| | (87615)
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54
N | Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if the Surestart advisors in the regions will be responsible for all Early Years initiatives within their region. |
| | (87616)
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55
N | Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action he is taking to ensure sustainability of breakfast clubs and out-of-school activities funded by the New Opportunities Fund when this funding finishes. |
| | (87617)
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| 56 | Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students in the (a) Wansbeck constituency and (b) County of Northumberland have received the education maintenance allowance. |
| | (88157)
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| 57 | Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proposals he has to change the method of calculating entitlement to educational maintenance allowance for students whose parents live apart. |
| | (88151)
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| 58 | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much Government money has been allocated towards funding university degrees in (a) fashion knitwear, (b) surf science, (c) football studies, (d) golf course studies and (e) jazz studies in the last three years; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (87943)
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59
N | Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent representations he has received about the CITB levy on the plant hire industry; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (87317)
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60
N | Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much CITB levy was received from the plant hire industry in the last three years. |
| | (87318)
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61
N | Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of employees in the plant hire industry who have received educational and other benefits from the facilities provided by the Construction Industry Training Board. |
| | (87319)
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| 62 | Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the take-up of Warm Front Grants has been from families receiving Disability Living Allowance. |
| | (88017)
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| 63 | Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the take-up of Warm Front Grants have been from families with a child under 16 receiving Disability Living Allowance. |
| | (88020)
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| 64 | Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much money in total has been allocated to Warm Front. |
| | (88019)
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| 65 | Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Statutory Instruments subject to negative procedure made by her Department (a) came into force and (b) were considered by a delegated legislation committee in each of the last three sessions. |
| | (88026)
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66
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of trade discharge consents was reviewed by the Environment Agency in each region of England in each of the last five years. |
| | (86315)
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67
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what budget allocation she has made to the Environment Agency in respect of reviewing trade discharge consents in each of the next three years. |
| | (86316)
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68
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of technological developments on the adequacy of the Environment Agency's programme of reviews of trade discharge consent to watercourses. |
| | (86317)
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| 69 | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what incentives and preventative measures are planned to encourage (a) local councils and (b) other public bodies to use more recycled goods in their service provision. |
| | (87965)
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| 70 | Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department is doing to support the Government's policy on accreditation. |
| | (88088)
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| 71 | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect of the European Court of Justice ruling relating to non-producing milk quotas on UK milk quota holders. |
| | (88146)
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| 72 | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications there have been for the (a) Community Service Fund, (b) fund to refurbish rural sub-post offices, (c) Rural Housing Enablers, (d) Rural Transport Partnership Fund, (e) Parish Transport Fund, (f) Rural Bus Challenge, (g) Leader Plus Fund, (h) Extension of Redundant Buildings Grant Scheme, (i) Local Heritage Initiative, (j) fund to help rural communities prepare plans and (k) Community Rail Partnerships in rural areas since the launch of each; how many have been accepted; and what the average amount spent on each bid has been to date. |
| | (88145)
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| 73 | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many milk quota holders there were in the UK in each of the last five years; and how many of those quotas were non-producing. |
| | (88147)
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| 74 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many voluntary agreements within the refrigeration industry to reduce leakage of hydrofluorocarbons she has made; and what targets exist for future progress. |
| | (86494)
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| 75 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the progress in securing voluntary agreements within the refrigeration industry to reduce leakage of hydrofluorocarbons. |
| | (86495)
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76
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will set out the timetable for the review of land based English Rural Development Programme agri-environment schemes. |
| | (87862)
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77
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the development of an entry-level agri-environment scheme; and what consultation there has been on the proposed scheme. |
| | (87864)
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78
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made on the review of access arrangements within English Rural Development Programme agri-environment schemes; and when the results of the review will be published. |
| | (87863)
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| 79 | Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the terms of fisheries quota swaps undertaken between Spain and Portugal for Western Waters in 1996. |
| | (88197)
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| 80 | Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department received the Opinion of the Legal Service, Council of the European Union No. 13585/02, Limite, JUR424 PECHE164, dated 29th October; and when this was passed to the (a) Scottish Fishermen's Federation and (b) National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations. |
| | (88199)
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| 81 | Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportions of taxpayers who completed their self-assessment forms by 30th September and who are entitled to have additional tax due reflected in their PAYE code for 2003-04 have received demands for payment of the lump sum by 31st January 2003. |
| | (88021)
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| 82 | Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions he has had with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on the use of public procurement contracts to reduce social exclusion; what plans he has to issue guidance on the subject; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (88142)
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| 83 | Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families in each of the wards in the Wansbeck constituency benefit from receipt of the working families tax credit. |
| | (88158)
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| 84 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will deposit in the Library the UK's 2002 Convergence Programme, arising from Article 7 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1466/97 of the Stability and Growth Pact,before 19th December; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (87944)
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| 85 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to publish the paper on public services productivity to which paragraph 1.13 of Productivity in the UK: The Evidence and the Government's Approach refers; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (87961)
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| 86 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the new enterprise areas announced in the Pre-Budget Report are; how they were chosen; and if he will make a statement,. |
| | (88201)
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| 87 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the lifting of sanctions against the UNITA group in Angola. |
| | (88080)
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| 88 | Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Statutory Instruments subject to negative procedure made by his Department (a) came into force and (b) were considered by a delegated legislation committee in each of the last three sessions. |
| | (88027)
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| 89 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish (a) the latest draft EU constitution produced by the Convention on the Future of Europe and (b) the UK response. |
| | (88064)
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| 90 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the clause in the EU draft constitution produced by the Convention on the Future of Europe requiring member states to do everything to further the aims of the EU. |
| | (88062)
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| 91 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the current draft of the European Constitution produced by the Convention on the Future of Europe contains a clause requiring a member state to join the euro. |
| | (88063)
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N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to hold a referendum on the outcome of the Convention on the Future of Europe. |
| | (87931)
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| 93 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department collects on the number of new discoveries of antibiotics each year. |
| | (88073)
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| 94 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department collects on the growth in resistance of staphylococcus aureus to antibiotics. |
| | (88069)
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| 95 | Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Statutory Instruments subject to negative procedure made by his Department (a) came into force and (b) were considered by a delegated legislation committee in each of the last three sessions. |
| | (88031)
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| 96 | Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department is doing to support the Government's policy on accreditation. |
| | (88089)
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| 97 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average time taken between the initial advertising of NHS IT contracts with a value of more than £5m and the final contract award has been in the last month. |
| | (88178)
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| 98 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received from (a) ambulance unions and (b) other representatives of ambulance workers about delays in the admission of patients from ambulances into A&E units. |
| | (88160)
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| 99 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the latest available waiting times are to receive a first consultant appointment following referral by a GP in each Trust area. |
| | (88163)
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| 100 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the relationship between the change to the English language requirement for overseas doctors as outlined in the Medical Act 1993 Amendment Order 2002 and the provisions of Article 49 of the European draft directive on medical qualifications. |
| | (88173)
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| 101 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the proposed 16 week rule for doctors coming to work in the UK from elsewhere in Europe; and what representations he has made to the EU about the proposed 16 week rule for doctors. |
| | (88170)
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| 102 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the draft EU directive on the recognition of professional medical qualifications. |
| | (88175)
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| 103 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on progress in implementing the NHS National IT Strategy. |
| | (88166)
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| 104 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has issued basic standards and specifications as part of the NHS IT programme. |
| | (88164)
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| 105 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the national targets adopted by the NHS. |
| | (88169)
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| 106 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what powers the Government has to modify the implementation plans for the EU Food Supplements Directive. |
| | (88183)
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| 107 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much he is planning to spend on the promotion of nutritional issues in the next 12 months and how much he spent in each of the last five years. |
| | (88181)
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| 108 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the food supplements accepted as safe by the Food Standards Agency that will become illegal under EU law during 2003. |
| | (88176)
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| 109 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the proposed abolition of advisory committees on training by the European Commission. |
| | (88174)
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| 110 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the proposals from the European Commission on medical qualifications will require Britain to recognize levels of training below those required in the UK. |
| | (88172)
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| 111 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, under what treaty provisions the European Commission has jurisdiction over the registration of medical practictioners. |
| | (88177)
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| 112 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what testing has been carried out on the procurement model for the NHS IT programme. |
| | (88165)
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| 113 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the diversion policies operated by ambulance services. |
| | (88162)
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| 114 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which IT projects being undertaken by the NHS (a) are running over budget and (b) have been subject to a significant respecification. |
| | (88167)
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| 115 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the recommendation by the medical Royal Colleges that an acute hospital should serve a population of 500,000 people. |
| | (88182)
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| 116 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he made of alternative systems prior to the decision to contract EDS to supply a hotmail system to the National Health Service; when the project to procure a hotmail system for the NHS was originally costed, and what the initial estimated cost for the system was; for what purpose the NHS is commissioning a hotmail system; and what estimate he has made of the final cost of the system. |
| | (88179)
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| 117 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which ambulance trusts he and his ministerial colleagues have visited in the past year. |
| | (88161)
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| 118 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the implications of a moratorium in localized IT purchasing by the NHS for the viability of smaller suppliers. |
| | (88168)
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| 119 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what input his Department has had into the proposed committee of senior officials on public health; and what his policy is on the proposed committee. |
| | (88171)
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| 120 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will next publish figures on the level of deaths in British hospitals from infections resulting from hospital treatment. |
| | (88180)
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| 121 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to publish information on waiting times for treatment of cancers not covered by NHS cancer plan targets before 2005. |
| | (87962)
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| 122 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the ambulance turnaround times were in (a) England, (b) each NHS region and (c) each ambulance trust in each of the last six years. |
| | (88072)
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| 123 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures he is putting in place to ensure that users of mental health services are treated in a respectful manner. |
| | (88198)
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| 124 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the first batch of Junior Scholarship young people will begin working within the NHS; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (88068)
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| 125 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many young people are expected to take part in the Junior Scholarships scheme as part of the NHS University; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (88067)
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| 126 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of children in care have been listed as missing since 1997. |
| | (88187)
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| 127 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of children who ran away from home since 1997 he estimates suffered from (a) physical abuse and (b) mental abuse. |
| | (88189)
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| 128 | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which hospitals in the South West have mixed-sex wards. |
| | (88004)
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| 129 | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of heart attack victims in (a) Wiltshire, (b) the South West and (c) England received thrombolysis within 30 minutes in the most recent period for which records are available. |
| | (88005)
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| 130 | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many foreign health care workers were recruited by the NHS, broken down by profession in each year since 1990. |
| | (88000)
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| 131 | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS Trusts in the South West have introduced electronic patient records. |
| | (88006)
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| 132 | Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which are the mainland locations closest to the floating accommodation that are being planned. |
| | (88016)
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| 133 | Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations his Department have received on using floating accommodation centres for asylum seekers; and what size of such centres he is planning. |
| | (88015)
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| 134 | Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Statutory Instruments subject to negative procedure made by his Department (a) came into force and (b) were considered by a delegated legislation committee in each of the last three sessions. |
| | (88028)
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| 135 | Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his Department is doing to support the Government's policy on accreditation. |
| | (88092)
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136
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many under-18 year olds were convicted of arson in each year since 1992, broken down by constabulary. |
| | (86496)
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137
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of in-country asylum applicants made their claim within (a) three days, (b) seven days, (c) 14 days, (d) 28 days and (e) 56 days of arrival in the UK in the last year for which figures are available. |
| | (87916)
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| 138 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to introduce a common reporting procedure for police services for missing persons. |
| | (88190)
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| 139 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children (a) ran away from home, (b) were listed as missing and (c) were abducted each year since 1997. |
| | (88188)
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| 140 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to introduce a national database of missing persons. |
| | (88186)
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| 141 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of children who ran away from home since 1997 had (a) alcohol and (b) drug abuse problems. |
| | (88192)
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| 142 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has for a common risk assessment between police services for missing persons. |
| | (88191)
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| 143 | Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many criminal prosections have been brought as a result of evidence obtained via CCTV cameras in each of the last five years. |
| | (88152)
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| 144 | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of heart attack victims in the prison population received thrombolysis within 30 minutes in the most recent period for which figures are available. |
| | (88003)
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| 145 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of levels of food security in North Western Kenya; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (88079)
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| 146 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the outcome of the talks in Abuja, Nigeria, organised by the African Development Bank and the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation, regarding Africa's agricultural problems, held on 11th to 12th December. |
| | (88078)
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| 147 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 9th December, Official Report, column 62W, on the River Congo, what preventative measures are being taken to reduce the impact of a flooding of the river. |
| | (88148)
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| 148 | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what research and development into medicines and vaccines her Department's Working Group on Access to Medicines has undertaken since it was established. |
| | (88022)
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| 149 | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which countries have benefitted from the investment by the Department of International Development on HIV/AIDS related bilateral work since last year; and by how much. |
| | (88057)
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| 150 | Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many Statutory Instruments subject to negative procedure made by her Department (a) came into force and (b) were considered by a delegated legislation committee in each of the last three sessions. |
| | (88029)
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151
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what consultations he has had with CAFCASS regarding (a) the ratification of its New Standards and (b) the complaints procedure it may put in place. |
| | (87316)
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152
N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the Government's policy is on the EU proposal for a Council Regulation on Mutual Recognition of Decisions on Parental Responsibility; if he will place a copy of the current text of the Proposal in the Library; and whether the current text will be detrimental to the effective operation of the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction between EU member states. |
| | (87246)
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| 153 | Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures are in place to reduce the number of teacher sickness absences in Northern Ireland. |
| | (88077)
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| 154 | Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what efforts he is making to ensure that schools in Northern Ireland give priority to offering supply teaching vacancies to young unemployed qualified teachers. |
| | (88076)
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| 155 | Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Statutory Instruments subject to negative procedure made by his Department (a) came into force and (b) were considered by a delegated legislation committee in each of the last three sessions. |
| | (88032)
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| 156 | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent steps have been taken to inform the public of the risks from tobacco smoking to the health of unborn children. |
| | (88061)
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| 157 | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cases of fetal alcohol syndrome have been reported in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. |
| | (88059)
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| 158 | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which health trusts in Northern Ireland permit children to be looked after by childminders who are related to them; and how many examples there are in each trust. |
| | (88060)
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| 159 | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many individuals have received compensation in each of the last five years as the result of disability from injuries incurred while in the mother's womb. |
| | (88071)
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| 160 | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what obligations there are on employers to provide protection for an unborn child at the mother's workplace. |
| | (88070)
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161
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on holding referenda. |
| | (87933)
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| 162 | Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many Statutory Instruments subject to negative procedure made by her Department (a) came into force and (b) were considered by a delegated legislation committee in each of the last three sessions. |
| | (88034)
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| 163 | Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what her Department is doing to support the Government's policy on accreditation. |
| | (88085)
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| 164 | Donald Anderson (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what response she has received from major retailers to her appeal not to open on Christmas Day; and what action she plans for future years as a result of that response. |
| | (87987)
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165
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many post offices there are in each parliamentary constituency; how many of them transacted more than 40 per cent. of their work volumes on behalf of the Benefits Agency in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (87865)
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| 166 | Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many Statutory Instruments subject to negative procedure made by her Department (a) came into force and (b) were considered by a delegated legislation committee in each of the last three sessions. |
| | (88036)
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| 167 | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what proposals she has to improve the promotion of solar panels. |
| | (87964)
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| 168 | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her policy is on the maintenance of universal postal service provision at a uniform price. |
| | (87970)
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| 169 | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many people have applied for a grant to aid the installation of solar panelling for their domestic electricity; and how much money has been set aside for this purpose. |
| | (87963)
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| 170 | Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her Department is doing to support the Government's policy on accreditation. |
| | (88087)
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| 171 | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what business support is provided by regional development agencies. |
| | (87999)
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| 172 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on how the Government plans to reach its aim of six per cent. of Britain's electricity to be provided by wind power by 2010. |
| | (88066)
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| 173 | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which UK companies have received Export Credit Guarantees Department support for (a) the development of logging operations and (b) mining projects, since 1997; and what the locations of those operations were. |
| | (88075)
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| 174 | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what applications have been received by the Export Credit Guarantees Department relating to (a) mining projects and (b) logging operations in the last 12 months. |
| | (88074)
|
| 175 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what dedicated phone lines exist for members of the public to complain about noise resulting from aircraft. |
| | (88083)
|
| 176 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 10th December, Official Report, column 214W, on the Stingray system, how the revenue generated from enforcement against VED evaders caught by the Stingray systems compared with the target set in October 2001; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (88149)
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| 177 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many successful cases against evasion of vehicle excise duty there were between October 2001 and October 2002. |
| | (88084)
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| 178 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what percentage of passengers who flew from (a) Edinburgh, (b) Glasgow and (c) Prestwick airports travelled to the airport by public transport in each year since 1995. |
| | (88082)
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| 179 | Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many Statutory Instruments subject to negative procedure made by his Department (a) came into force and (b) were considered by a delegated legislation committee in each of the last three sessions. |
| | (88030)
|
| 180 | Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he will to announce whether Cambridgeshire County Council has been successful in its bid for a guided bus along the Cambridge-Huntingdon route. |
| | (88150)
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| 181 | Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his Department is doing to support the Government's policy on accreditation. |
| | (88090)
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| 182 | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many applications there have been for the Rail Passenger Partnership in rural areas since its launch; how many have been accepted; and what the average amount spent on each bid has been to date. |
| | (88144)
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183
N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he expects to add the A14 widening project to the Targeted Programme of Improvements. |
| | (87449)
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| 184 | Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many Statutory Instruments subject to negative procedure made by his Department (a) came into force and (b) were considered by a delegated legislation committee in each of the last three sessions. |
| | (88035)
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| 185 | Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what his Department is doing to support the Government's policy on accreditation. |
| | (88086)
|
| 186 | Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of extending the winter fuel payments to those under 16 years is; and what percentage this represents of the total social security budget. |
| | (88018)
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| 187 | Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Statutory Instruments subject to negative procedure made by his Department (a) came into force and (b) were considered by a delegated legislation committee in each of the last three sessions. |
| | (88033)
|
| 188 | Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many CSA cases from the Wansbeck constituency are being dealt with by the Child Support Agency and how many new cases were received in each of the last five years. |
| | (88153)
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| 189 | Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) persons and (b) households in the Wansbeck constituency will receive the Winter Fuel Payment for 2002-03. |
| | (88159)
|
| 190 | Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress is being made to speed up the introduction of the proposed changes to the method of calculating child support payments for (a) new and (b) current cases. |
| | (88154)
|
| 191 | Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many CSA cases were referred to the Independent Case Examiner in the last year; what the average time taken to determine each case was; and how many complaints were upheld. |
| | (88155)
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| 192 | Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases are being dealt with by the Child Support Agency; and how many cases were received in each of the last five years. |
| | (88156)
|
| 193 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people entitled to one or more backdated winter fuel payments as a result of the European Court decision have received one; and how many people are entitled to make a claim for a backdated payment, but have yet to do so. |
| | (88205)
|
| 194 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many parliamentary questions to his Department were not answered during the last parliamentary session. |
| | (88208)
|
| 195 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if the 34-page version of 'Review Claim Form A2' continues to be issued to minimum income guarantee claimants. |
| | (88202)
|
| 196 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of his Department's staff have been sent on (a) training days and (b) training weekends in the last 12 months; and what the total cost of this training has been. |
| | (88207)
|
| 197 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have opted to defer receiving their state pension, and how many pensioners in total have received increments in each year since 1992. |
| | (88204)
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| 198 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 27 November, Official Report, column 321W, on retirement ages, what the average age of retirement is for (a) women, and (b) men, for (i) his Department's employees, and (ii) people who work in each of the executive agencies within his department. |
| | (88213)
|
| 199 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many suspected cases of (a) housing benefit and (b) council tax benefit fraud there were in the financial year 2001-02; how many of these led to a prosecution; and how many of these prosecutions were successful. |
| | (88203)
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| 200 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many men aged 60 to 64 received a winter fuel payment in each of the last two winters; and how many men in this age group have applied for a payment for this year. |
| | (88200)
|
| 201 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place a copy of the Department 2002 Pay Offer information pack in the Library. |
| | (88206)
|
| 202 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what up-rating assumptions for the pension credit were used when calculating the spending on pensions as a proportion of gross domestic product outlined in the Pre-Budget document Long-term public finance report: an analysis of fiscal sustainability. |
| | (88210)
|
| 203 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the latest figures for housing benefit processing times are, broken down by local authority. |
| | (88209)
|
| 204 | Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Cabinet Office, what the Office is doing to support the Government's policy on accreditation. |
| | (88093)
|
205
N | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to reform non-departmental public bodies at the regional level. |
| | (86325)
|
| 206 | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what organisations have been consulted in the UK public consultation on GATS; and what measures have been taken to maximise public contributions to the consultation process. |
| | [Transferred] (88002)
|
| 207 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost to business of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002; and if he will make a statement. |
| | [Transferred] (88065)
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| 208 | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he expects to reply to the letter of 21st October from the honourable Member for Hitchin and Harpenden requesting a meeting with local groups to discuss plans to expand Luton airport. |
| | [Transferred] (88058)
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| 209 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the level of fuel taxation of land vehicles used solely within the precincts of UK airports. |
| | [Transferred] (88081)
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