Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2002 - 03
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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 19 December 2002

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Thursday 19 December 2002, of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

THURSDAY 19th DECEMBER

1   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the average response time to emergency fire calls during (a) the recent firefighters' strike and (b) full firefighter cover.

(88485)

2   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many emergency fire calls were not answered during the recent firefighters' strike.

(88486)

3   Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when the Central Fire Brigades Advisory Council will consider the Pathfinder report.

(88244)

4   Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the likely impact of a reduction in fire personnel during night hours on the number of (a) deaths and (b) injuries resulting from fire.

(88254)

5
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what measures are in place to retain the green belt areas in the West Midlands.

(86792)

6
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much will be spent on (a) entertaining, (b) Christmas decorations and (c) other festive activities this Christmas season by his Department and government agencies answerable to his Department; and of this sum how much will be spent in ministers' (i) private offices and (ii) official residences.

(88121)

7
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many departmental Christmas cards he and his ministers intend to send in 2002; how much these cards will cost (a) to buy, (b) to post and (c) in staff time to sign, address and place in envelopes; and if he will place in the Library a sample copy of the official Christmas card he has sent this year.

(88118)

8   Mr Michael Foster (Worcester): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, in the local government finance proposed settlement for 2003-04, for what reason Worcestershire is combined with Herefordshire in the assessment of area cost adjustment.

(88445)

9   Mr Michael Foster (Worcester): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, under the proposed local government finance settlement for 2003-04 on what basis he calculated that Dudley receive area cost adjustment.

(88446)

10   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, in respect of what offences local authorities may act as prosecuting authorities; what decision-making procedures are used by local authorities in respect of charges; and if he will place in the Library the code for prosecutors and charging standards that is used.

(88471)

11   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many (a) deaths and (b) serious injuries as a result of fire there were in each of the last five years; and what proportion occurred (i) between 11.00 pm and 6.00 am and (ii) during the hours of darkness.

(88484)

12   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will publish the Pathfinder review of the fire service.

(88483)

13   Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what research he has commissioned into the use of rent assessment panels by BME tenants in the private rented sector, following the recommendation in the DTLR (Housing Directorate) Action Plan, 'Addressing the needs of BME people'; and what steps he will take to address the problems that have been identified.

(88264)

14   Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of (a) African, (b) Afro-Caribbean, (c) Chinese and Vietnamese, (d) Bangladeshi, (e) Indian and (f) Pakistani households are in overcrowded accommodation.

(88265)

15
N   Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of lettings were made available to homeless households in priority need by (a) local authorities and (b) registered social landlords, broken down by (i) region and (ii) local authority area in 2000-01.

(87988)

16   Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on how many occasions since 1985 he has (a) received a report from a local housing authority and (b) directed a local housing authority to prepare and submit a report on the extent of overcrowding in their district, under section 334 of the Housing Act 1985; and what action was taken in each instance.

(88262)

17
N   Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many appeals against the valuation of a property being sold under the right to buy scheme were submitted in London in each year since 1992, broken down by local authority.

(87989)

18   Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will commission research into the concerns raised in the DTLR (Housing Directorate) Action Plan, Addressing the needs of BME people, on the impact of the kinds of properties sold under the right to buy on BME families.

(88263)

19   Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what information his Department has collated on the housing needs and experiences of the Somali community in the UK.

(88266)

20   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which organisations he is consulting in Worcestershire as part of his soundings exercise on the possibility of holding a referendum on a West Midlands regional assembly.

(88416)

21   John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much is to be paid to the individual members of the Bain Inquiry into the fire service.

(88499)

22   John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the cost is of the Bain Inquiry into the fire service.

(88500)

23   Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to consult on making the Tenancy Deposit Scheme compulsory.

(88310)

24   Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the level of council tax rates in each authority.

(88337)

25   Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much in grants the Government is proposing to allocate to each local authority.

(88336)

26   Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when the proposed floors and ceilings in the new funding system for local government will be removed.

(88335)

27   Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, by how much each local authority will be over and under funded if his Department's new proposed funding changes for local government are introduced.

(88340)

28   Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the impact which the new local government funding system will have on each authority's council tax levels.

(88339)

29   Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much each local authority has spent below its SSA in the current financial year.

(88338)

30   Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will indicate the level of deprivation which exists in each local council area.

(88341)

31   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the number of public house licence holders that will be required to undergo a Criminal Records Bureau check by regulations made under the Licensing Bill.

(88239)

32
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what action he is taking in response to the representations of the Mixer Soccer Academy in Christchurch about the restrictions on school students from Korea being able to participate in FA youth teams; and if he will make a statement.

(88184)

33
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much will be spent on (a) entertaining, (b) Christmas decorations and (c) other festive activities this Christmas season by her Department and government agencies answerable to her Department; and of this sum how much will be spent in ministers' (i) private offices and (ii) official residences.

(88124)

34
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many departmental Christmas cards she and her Ministers intend to send in 2002; how much these cards will cost (a) to buy, (b) to post and (c) in staff time to sign, address and place in envelopes; and if she will place in the Library a sample copy of the official Christmas card she has sent this year.

(88110)

35   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which Minister in her Department is the nominated Green Minister; how often he has attended meetings of the Green Ministers; and which official has responsibility for the DEFRA rural proofing check-list in her Department.

(88451)

36   Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how the Government intends to differentiate in the Licensing Bill between live music used as part of a religious service and live music used to entertain in places of worship.

(88250)

37   Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans the Government has to amend the Licensing Bill to exempt places of worship from (a) the need to obtain entertainment licences and (b) the cost of obtaining an entertainment licence.

(88249)

38   Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if the staging of a Christian musical in a church or church hall would need an entertainment licence if (a) it was purely for the purpose of entertainment and (b) it formed part of a religious service.

(88253)

39   Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, under what provisions of the Licensing Bill (a) bell ringing and (b) carol concerts will be exempt from licences if these events do not form part of a religious service.

(88252)

40   Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether it is her policy that a church carol concert that is not part of a religious service should be exempt from the live music licensing proposals contained in the Licensing Bill and not count towards the five temporary event limit.

(88251)

41   Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what costs she estimates will be incurred by North Yorkshire churches and village halls under the live music proposals in the Licensing Bill.

(88247)

42   Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effect that the Licensing Bill will have on the ability of churches and village halls to host community events involving live music.

(88248)

43   Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent representations she has received regarding the staging of major sporting events in England; and if she will make a statement.

(88306)

44   Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she plans to change the cost of a TV licence for students; and if she will make a statement.

(88273)

45   Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she has plans to increase the number of major sporting events which must be shown on terrestrial television; and if she will make a statement.

(88305)

46   Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures have been taken to ensure that servicemen preparing to be deployed in the Gulf do not suffer medical complications which Armed Forces personnel experienced after the Gulf War.

(88332)

47   Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 9th December, column 16W, if the considerable and compelling evidence of systematic and continuous grave breaches of the Fourth Geneva Convention included considerable and compelling evidence of the crime of hostage taking; whether anyone was named in the report as being suspected of the crime of hostage taking; and what recommendations were made in the report for further action on the issue of (a) hostage taking and (b) war crimes referred to in the report.

(88513)

48   Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Sir Robert Walmsley negotiated with officials of BAE Systems about issues arising from the Nimrod and Astute contracts; and how many meetings Sir Robert Walmsley attended with BAE Systems officials to discuss the Nimrod and Astute contracts in the last two months.

(88427)

49
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many departmental Christmas cards he and his Ministers intend to send in 2002; how much these cards will cost (a) to buy, (b) to post and (c) in staff time to sign, address and place in envelopes; and if he will place in the Library a sample copy of the official Christmas card he has sent this year.

(88106)

50
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much will be spent on (a) entertaining, (b) Christmas decorations and (c) other festive activities this Christmas season by his Department and government agencies answerable to his Department; and of this sum how much will be spent in ministers' (i) private offices and (ii) official residences.

(88132)

51   Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions (a) Sir Robert Walmsley and (b) other Defence Procurement Agency officials have had with BAE Systems relating to monetary amounts connected to resolving issues on the Nimrod and Astute contracts; and whether the Defence Procurement Agency made agreements with BAE Systems concerning the Nimrod and Astute contracts.

(88353)

52   Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department directed UBS Warburg to hire Financial Dynamics; whether (a) he and (b) officials from his Department met employees of Financial Dynamics in the past two weeks; whether his Department is paying fees to UBS Warburg; and what discussions Sir Robert Walmsley has had during the past two months with senior officials from General Dynamics.

(88354)

53   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Minister in his Department is the nominated Green Minister; how often he has attended meetings of the Green Ministers; and which official has responsibility for the DEFRA rural proofing check-list in his Department.

(88455)

54   Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the discussions his Department has had with BAE Systems since 1st December; and what subject areas were discussed.

(88226)

55   Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with BAE Systems on the numbers of Eurofighter Typhoons projected to be in (a) Tranche 2 and (b) Tranche 3.

(88224)

56   Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the implications for the Eurofighter Typhoon Project of developing an enhanced ground attack capability for the aircraft.

(88225)

57
N   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many accidents in each of the last five years in which damage was done to MoD property or equipment cost over £100,000 to repair; and if he will make a statement.

(87924)

58
N   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 5th December, Official Report, column 930W, on military bases (legal officers), what welfare and support services there are separate from the chain of command offered to members of the Armed Forces by his Department; what legal advice is available for members of the Armed Forces through the range of welfare and support services separate from the chain of command offered by his Department; and if he will make a statement.

(87935)

59
N   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has (a) spent on legal fees as a result of cases brought against his Department, (b) paid out in out of court settlements and (c) paid out in court-ordered compensation in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

(87923)

60
N   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of (a) the Army, (b) the Naval Service, (c) the RAF and (d) the Welsh Guards have applied to leave the Armed Forces in (i) the last three months, (ii) 2002, (iii) 2001 and (iv) 2000; and if he will make a statement.

(87925)

61
N   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 5th December, Official Report, column 926W, on accident inquiries, whether his Department records the results of boards of inquiry; how many boards of inquiry have been held by his Department in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(87936)

62   John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if (a) he and (b) his ministers and officials have met the British Legion and ex-servicemen and women's organisations to discuss his Department's proposal for a PFI scheme for the Ministry of Defence records service.

(88489)

63   John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what organisations he has consulted on his Department's proposals for a private finance initiative scheme for the Ministry of Defence records service.

(88490)

64   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many persons constitute the capacity of Catterick Barracks; how many (a) self-inflicted deaths and suicides and (b) other deaths have occurred in each year since 1990; and how many of these incidents were firearms-related.

(88232)

65   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 9th December, Official Report, column 20W, how many persons have been permitted to remain or return to service in HM Armed Forces following conviction for (a) murder, (b) rape or serious sexual assault, (c) serious crimes of violence and (d) drugs-related crime; in each case what rank the offender held at the time of conviction; and how many years elapsed before each subsequent promotion.

(88419)

66   Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the Civil Contingencies Reaction Force to be ready for deployment.

(88388)

67   Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he plans to increase the number of TA soldiers equipped and trained for nuclear, chemical and biological warfare.

(88389)

68   Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of brigades with full personnel protective equipment which would be needed to deal with a major terrorist incident using chemical or biological agents.

(88390)

69   Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many more reservists need to be recruited to allow the reserves to play a role in dealing with a major terrorist incident.

(88383)

70   Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the stock of equipment to deal with a chemical or biological incident; and what plans he has to increase this stock.

(88403)

71   Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consultations he has had with the Department of Health about the response to a terrorist attack using biological agents.

(88404)

72   Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which major procurement projects are behind schedule; and what the costs of the over-runs are (a) expressed as a percentage of the original estimated budget and (b) in real terms.

(88410)

73   Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what extra training reserve forces have received over the past 12 months in dealing with a terrorist incident involving (a) chemical, (b) biological and (c) radiological agents.

(88384)

74   Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent increases in security there have been at (a) Fylingdales and (b) Menwith Hill in Yorkshire.

(88400)

75   Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what training has been conducted in the last twelve months in each of the armed forces in dealing with a terrorist attack involving chemical or biological agents.

(88401)

76   Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was of Ministry of Defence (a) head office and (b) other management costs in (i) 1997 and (ii) in the last 12 months; and what the difference was expressed in percentage terms.

(88367)

77   Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures of efficiency are used within the Defence Logistics Organisation; and on which occasions these measures have not been met in the last three years.

(88409)

78   Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent improvements have been made in capabilities to detect chemical and biological weapons.

(88391)

79   Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what equipment is available to deal with a terrorist attack using chemical or biological agents.

(88402)

80   Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was per capita of training a successful military recruit to the agreed standard (a) in 1997 and (b) in the last 12 months; and what the difference was expressed in percentage terms.

(88334)

81   Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent training the Territorial Army has been given to deal with a major terrorist incident.

(88393)

82   Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures have been taken to ensure that the communications between the armed forces and emergency services are compatible in the event of a terrorist attack.

(88405)

83
N   Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to ensure that British service personnel are not exposed to organophosphate pesticides when on operations in the Middle East.

(88056)

84   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what his response was to recent representations on targets connected with (a) the implementation of asset management plans by local educational authorities and (b) the rewording of substantial school repair projects.

(88326)

85   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what costs he estimates will fall on (a) local education authorities and (b) other public education providers resulting from recent European legislation on temporary workers.

(88327)

86   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on outstanding individual learning accounts, with special reference to (a) the sums cleared for payment, (b) the sums still in dispute on each investigation, (c) the number of providers still unpaid and (d) the number of fraud investigations under way or concluded.

(88330)

87   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on participation rates broken down by socio-economic class of parents of higher education students in each year since 1990.

(88328)

88
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much will be spent on (a) entertaining, (b) Christmas decorations and (c) other festive activities this Christmas season by his Department and government agencies answerable to his Department; and of this sum how much will be spent in ministers' (i) private offices and (ii) official residences.

(88123)

89
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many departmental Christmas cards he and his Ministers intend to send in 2002; how much these cards will cost (a) to buy, (b) to post and (c) in staff time to sign, address and place in envelopes; and if he will place in the Library a sample copy of the official Christmas card he has sent this year.

(88109)

90   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which Minister in his Department is the nominated Green Minister; how often he has attended meetings of the Green Ministers; and which official has responsibility for the DEFRA rural proofing check-list in his Department.

(88452)

91   Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of industry support for Centres of Vocational Education.

(88286)

92   Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many hours per week each UK online centre is used for community use; and if he will list each UK online project in Luton South.

(88308)

93   Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the (a) number of participants, (b) numbers receiving qualifications at each level, (c) socio-economic status of each participant and (d) cost per participant of DfES-funded UK online courses.

(88313)

94   Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many UK online centres there are; how many hours on average they are used per week; and if he will list the location of each centre.

(88309)

95   Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action he intends to take as a result of the judgement in Gibbon Equipment Hire and the Construction Industry Training Board.

(88258)

96   Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he last met representatives of the plant hire industry to discuss the Construction Industry Training Board's training levy; and when the working of the training levy was last reviewed.

(88228)

97   Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to review the charitable status given to public schools; and if he will make a statement.

(88272)

98   Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to change the method of funding student loans and administration of student loans; and if he will make a statement.

(88271)

99   Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he plans to change the criteria for qualification for free school meals; and if he will make a statement.

(88270)

100   Jonathan Shaw (Chatham & Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make it his policy to gather data on the number of children with undiagnosed visual needs in (a) mainstream and (b) special school provision.

(88371)

101   Jonathan Shaw (Chatham & Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance his Department provides to teachers on the identification of sight problems among children in (a) early years provision, (b) primary schools and (c) secondary schools.

(88374)

102   Jonathan Shaw (Chatham & Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of current arrangements for eye health education in schools.

(88373)

103   Jonathan Shaw (Chatham & Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the impact of undetected sight problems on the educational achievement and inclusion of children in (a) mainstream and (b) special schools.

(88372)

104   Jonathan Shaw (Chatham & Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent programmes have been initiated by his Department to (a) promote early detection of specific ophthalmic conditions in children and (b) monitor their visual development; and what evaluation has been carried out as to the benefits of such programmes.

(88369)

105   Jonathan Shaw (Chatham & Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of schools in England conduct vision screening for children (a) at school entry, (b) at age seven and (c) at age eleven.

(88370)

106   Jonathan Shaw (Chatham & Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether it is his Department's policy that children with (a) suspected reading difficulties, (b) behavioural problems and (c) other forms of special educational needs should be offered a full visual assessment.

(88375)

107   Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the criteria which he will use to allocate planned extra resources for student places to particular (a) universities and (b) courses, with special reference to the academic excellence of particular institutions.

(88230)

108
N   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many 16 to 19 year olds used their allowance for (a) travel costs, (b) books and equipment and (c) other living costs during the Educational Maintenance Allowance pilots; and what research has been undertaken to ascertain these figures.

(87954)

109
N   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when the Connexions Card is to be launched.

(87958)

110
N   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the budget is for school sixth form and college access funds for (a) 2002-03 and (b) 2003-04.

(87956)

111
N   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of secondary schools have used Progress Files for pupils aged 13 and over in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03.

(87960)

112
N   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many 14 to 16 year olds spent one day per week or more at a further education college in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03; how many will do so in 2003-04; and what research has been carried out to ascertain these figures.

(87955)

113
N   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many personal advisors worked for the Connexions Service in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03.

(87959)

114
N   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what research his Department has undertaken to ascertain the extent to which school sixth form and college access funds are used for (a) travel costs, (b) books and equipment and (c) other living costs.

(87953)

115
N   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether the Connexions Card will have an electronic purse to (a) manage payments from Education Maintenance Allowances paid by LEAs and (b) manage training allowances paid by the Learning and Skills Council.

(87957)

116
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 7th November, Official Report, column 549W, on GM organisms, when she expects to conclude her consideration of the European Commission's proposals on thresholds for the adventitious presence of approved GM seeds in non-GM seeds.

(88007)

117
N   Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list her Department's policies that have as one of their objectives helping the UK meet its Kyoto carbon dioxide emissions targets.

(87734)

118   Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what reports she has received from the Environment Agency about levels of phosphate pollution and the incidence of algal blooms in Bassenthwaite Lake and the River Derwent; and if she will make a statement.

(88349)

119   Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will instruct English Nature to prepare a report on the health, breeding and distribution of brown trout, sea trout, salmon and other fish resident in Bassenthwaite Lake and the river system feeding the lake and flowing from it; and if she will make a statement.

(88350)

120   Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will seek a report from the Lake District National Park Authority on discharges of (a) untreated sewage and (b) other pollutants into Bassenthwaite Lake; what plans the Authority has to reduce discharge and remove phosphate deposits from the Lake; and if she will make a statement.

(88348)

121   Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which statutory bodies have responsibility for (a) protecting water quality, (b) protecting aquatic species, (c) dealing with pollution and (d) protecting flora and fauna in the environment of Bassenthwaite Lake in Workington constituency; where responsibility lies in each case; and if she will make a statement.

(88352)

122   Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent reports she has received from English Nature on the health of vendace and the numbers of that species in Bassenthwaite Lake; and if she will make a statement.

(88351)

123
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many departmental Christmas cards she and her ministers intend to send in 2002; how much these cards will cost (a) to buy, (b) to post and (c) in staff time to sign, address and place in envelopes; and if she will place in the Library a sample copy of the official Christmas card she has sent this year.

(88114)

124
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much will be spent on (a) entertaining, (b) Christmas decorations and (c) other festive activities this Christmas season by her Department and government agencies answerable to her Department; and of this sum how much will be spent in ministers' (i) private offices and (ii) official residences.

(88129)

125
N   Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to promote agricultural exports from small and medium sized businesses in the UK.

(87951)

126
N   Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) her Department has spent and (b) has been raised through (i) its agricultural export promotion service and (ii) Food from Britain in each of the last 10 years.

(87949)

127
N   Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when Food From Britain was last subject to a review by (a) her Department and (b) other Departments; and if she will place a copy of the review in the Library.

(87952)

128   Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations she has received from and discussions she has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, (b) ERM Consultancy and (c) other organisations and individuals regarding the export promotion service for agricultural exports.

(87950)

129   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which Minister in her Department is the nominated Green Minister; how often she has attended meetings of the Green Ministers; and which official has responsibility for the DEFRA rural proofing check-list in her Department.

(88460)

130   Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assistance she (a) has given and (b) plans to give to Exmoor following the foot and mouth epidemic.

(88301)

131   Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the forecast budget is for the Environment Agency in the South West for 2003-04.

(88300)

132   Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many bodies similar to the Parrett Catchment project have been set up in England and Wales.

(88299)

133   Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assistance she will give to the Environment Agency in the event of large-scale floods.

(88298)

134   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to revise the 1999 Regulatory Impact Assessment of the Water Framework Directive.

(88435)

135   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the planned timetable is for implementing the Water Framework Directive in the United Kingdom.

(88434)

136   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many days of poor urban air quality there have been in each year since 1993.

(88437)

137   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 17th December [85010], what the value is of the capital assets held by the Environment Agency that can be classed as (a) land and buildings and (b) plant and machinery.

(88411)

138   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact on the competitiveness of British farming and the costs of implementation of the Water Framework Directive.

(88436)

139   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish an analysis of how modulation receipts for (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03, (i) have been and (ii) are planned to be spent, showing the main categories of expenditure and the amounts of money spent on each such category.

(88277)

140   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to consult non-governmental organisations about the interpretation and implementation of the Water Framework Directive.

(88433)

141   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total sum was of modulation receipt, in financial years (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03 to date; what the expected sum is of such receipts for the full financial year 2002-03; and if she will make a statement.

(88278)

142   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost was of administering modulation in 2001-02; what the expected administrative cost is for 2003-04; if she will express those sums as a percentage of actual and expected modulation receipts; and if she will make a statement.

(88279)

143   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to receive European Commission state aids approval for National Park farm schemes; and if she will make a statement.

(88428)

144   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the transfer to Customs and Excise of responsibility for port checks on the importing of plant and animal products will become effective.

(88429)

145   Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will fund the provision of organic fruit to school children as part of the national school fruit scheme.

(88255)

146
N   Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the economic measures which he has taken that have as one of their objectives helping the UK meet its Kyoto carbon dioxide emissions targets.

(87735)

147   Ross Cranston (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his Answer of 17th December, (ref, 87375) on the Thalidomide Trust, what categories of information on beneficiaries he holds.

(88507)

148
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many departmental Christmas cards he and his Ministers intend to send in 2002; how much these cards will cost (a) to buy, (b) to post and (c) in staff time to sign, address and place in envelopes; and if he will place in the Library a sample copy of the official Christmas card he has sent this year.

(88102)

149
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how much will be spent on (a) entertaining, (b) Christmas decorations and (c) other festive activities this Christmas season by his Department and government agencies answerable to his Department; and of this sum how much will be spent in ministers' (i) private offices and (ii) official residences.

(88127)

150
N   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people have informed his Department that they wish to (a) contract out of the state pension and (b) contract back in to the state additional pension in each three month period in the last three years for which figures are available.

(87995)

151   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his Answer of 12th December, Official Report, column 472W on government borrowing, what the evidence is of the effect of government borrowing on wholesale commercial rates.

(88510)

152   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff posts and how much money is being transferred to HM Customs, and to the Department of Food, Agriculture and Rural Affairs in view of the transfer to HM Customs of responsibility for controls of ports over the import of plant and animal products.

(88432)

153   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what additional (a) manpower and (b) financial provision he is making available to HM Customs and Excise to equip them to carry out their new responsibilities in respect of the import of plant and animal products.

(88430)

154   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what targets he has set for HM Customs and Excise in respect of their new responsibilities to control the import of plant and animal products.

(88431)

155
N   Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the effect of increases in landfill tax on the role of incineration in waste management strategies.

(86774)

156   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer on which occasions since May he has been informed of a minister issuing a direction to an accounting officer as set out in paragraphs 12-15 of the Treasury document, The Responsibilities of an Accounting Officer; on which grounds the note of dissent was issued; and if he will make a statement.

(88314)

157
N   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when take-up figures for the working families tax credit will be published, and if they will include take-up figures for childcare tax credit.

(88217)

158
N   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many workless households there were in each year since 1997; how many of these are lone parent households with dependent children; and how many (a) working age people and (b) dependent children lived in these households.

(88220)

159
N   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the 50 local authority areas with (a) the lowest and (b) the highest rates of economic inactivity.

(88215)

160   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on recent fighting in Darfur, Sudan.

(88267)

161   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made concerning recent reports of arrests and torture of student activists in Khartoum by the Government of Sudan.

(88268)

162   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the timetable for the resumption of EU development aid to Sudan and the pre-conditions for resumption.

(88269)

163   Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether money and resources will be provided by the British Government for campaigning in referenda to be held in the various states proposing to join the European Union in 2004; and if he will make a statement.

(88481)

164
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much will be spent on (a) entertaining, (b) Christmas decorations and (c) other festive activities this Christmas season by his Department and government agencies answerable to his Department; and of this sum how much will be spent in ministers' (i) private offices and (ii) official residences.

(88125)

165
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many departmental Christmas cards he and his ministers intend to send in 2002; how much these cards will cost (a) to buy, (b) to post and (c) in staff time to sign, address and place in envelopes; and if he will place in the Library a sample copy of the official Christmas card he has sent this year.

(88116)

166   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which Minister in his Department is nominated Green Minister; how often he has attended meetings of the Green Ministers; and which official has responsibility for the DEFRA rural proofing check-list in his Department.

(88461)

167
N   Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which British (a) individuals and (b) companies were identified in the Iraqi declaration to the United Nations Security Council as having suppled arms, weapons-related technology or material to Iraq, giving in each case (i) the nature of the arms, technology or material supplied and (ii) the date of supply.

(87868)

168   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many internal armed conflicts there are in Indonesia; what the origins were of each conflict and how long each has involved the use of armed force; and what steps he has taken to press the Indonesian Government to provide for civilian oversight and accountability of the security forces.

(88307)

169   Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what investigation he has made into the number of changed appointment times brought about by the visa section of the British Consulate in Istanbul over the last quarter.

(88378)

170
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the link between vCJD, BSE and rogue prions.

(86763)

171   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adverse drug reactions have been reported by nurses to the electronic yellow card scheme in each of the last three months.

(88246)

172
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide assistance to care homes whose (a) premiums for public and employer's liability insurance cover have risen significantly and (b) cover has been withdrawn; and if he will make a statement.

(88040)

173   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the availability of the Depo-Provera injection; what the effect is of the level of availability; and what steps his Department is taking in response.

(88242)

174   Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice he has given to (a) the Care Standards Commission and (b) Social Services Department since 29th November on the application of the Children Act 1989 to children held in prison custody.

(88234)

175
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much will be spent on (a) entertaining, (b) Christmas decorations and (c) other festive activities this Christmas season by his Department and government agencies answerable to his Department; and of this sum how much will be spent in ministers' (i) private offices and (ii) official residences.

(88135)

176
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many departmental Christmas cards he and his Ministers intend to send in 2002; how much these cards will cost (a) to buy, (b) to post and (c) in staff time to sign, address and place in envelopes; and if he will place in the Library a sample copy of the official Christmas card he has sent this year.

(88103)

177   Julia Drown (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what direction he has given to NHS trusts in the last three months; and if he will make a statement on his powers of direction to (a) NHS trusts and (b) foundation trusts.

(88240)

178   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to introduce compulsory MRI scans during post mortems.

(88420)

179   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many new pathology departments have been opened in the past year.

(88422)

180   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) mortuary technicians and (b) clinical pathologists were employed in each trust in each of the last five years.

(88506)

181   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the new formula for allocation of health spending to health authorities and trusts.

(88426)

182   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which hospitals have had recourse to the use of refrigerated lorries to provide mortuary facilities in the past year.

(88421)

183   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS hospital trusts with pathology services have not been accredited by Clinical Pathology Accreditation (UK) Ltd.

(88424)

184   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what actions the Government has taken with regard to the provision of mortuary facilities in the NHS in the past year.

(88425)

185   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of mortuary facilites are contained in temporary buildings.

(88423)

186   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which Minister in his Department is the nominated Green Minister; how often he has attended meetings of the Green Ministers; and which official has responsibility for the DEFRA rural proofing check-list in his Department.

(88458)

187   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the implications of the whole system redesign approach for the introduction of the European Working Time Directive to acute hospitals.

(88358)

188   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 11th December, Official Report, columns 392-3W, if he will make a statement on the future of the Greenbank Drug and Alcohol Inpatient Unit at West Park in Epsom.

(88361)

189   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes there have been to average turnaround times by ambulances at accident and emergency units since 1997, broken down by acute trust area.

(88355)

190   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the nature and objectives of the national drugs treatment monitoring system.

(88360)

191   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the increase in land values in Epsom does not prevent the sale of land at Horton Hospital to Rosebery Housing Association and other bodies which are subject to Housing Corporation rules and formulae on the acquisition of land by such associations.

(88333)

192   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which complementary treatments and therapies are available through the NHS.

(88362)

193   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to each acute trust in the NHS of the introduction of the European Working Time Directive; how many extra staff he estimates will be required as a result of the application of the Directive; how many have so far been recruited; and if he will make a statement.

(88356)

194   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the budget for the national drugs treatment monitoring system is; and by how much the system is projected to exceed its budget.

(88359)

195   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made comparing the level of provision in services at acute hospitals and the recommendations of the Royal Colleges about minimum volumes of service for different kinds of acute services to maintain professional standards.

(88287)

196   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes to working practices in acute hospitals will take place to accommodate the European Working Time Directive.

(88357)

197
N   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 10th December, Official Report, column 303W, on NHS Professionals, whether the findings of the assessment team will be (a) published and (b) placed in the Library.

(87934)

198
N   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the progress made by primary care trusts in carrying out their roles; and if he will make a statement.

(88099)

199
N   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has carried out research into the effectiveness of primary care trusts in carrying out their roles.

(88100)

200   Mr Doug Henderson (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been required to pay cash to the health authority where a legal case for damages against a health authority has been lost or withdrawn, and which health authorities have been involved, in each of the last 10 years.

(88302)

201   Mr Kevin Hughes (Doncaster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what protection he will put in place to ensure that legal and professional fees to support the new legal framework for foundation hospitals do not affect the provision of frontline healthcare.

(88292)

202   Mr Kevin Hughes (Doncaster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how he estimates foundation hospital status will improve acute services for NHS patients.

(88288)

203   Mr Kevin Hughes (Doncaster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of how foundation hospital trust status will affect the way that primary care trusts deliver the modernisation programme within the NHS.

(88295)

204   Mr Kevin Hughes (Doncaster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether foundation hospitals will be permitted to dispose of assets.

(88293)

205   Mr Kevin Hughes (Doncaster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether there will be restrictions on foundation hospitals providing services other than health-related ones.

(88290)

206   Mr Kevin Hughes (Doncaster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he will take if a foundation hospital fails (a) financially and (b) to meet targets for service provision.

(88297)

207   Mr Kevin Hughes (Doncaster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he will take if foundation hospitals fail to work in partnership with primary care trusts and social services to deliver improvements in health and social well-being.

(88296)

208   Mr Kevin Hughes (Doncaster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if it will be possible for foundation hospitals to withdraw from provision of health services that they deem not to be profitable.

(88289)

209   Mr Kevin Hughes (Doncaster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ensure that primary care trusts are involved in negotiations when foundation hospitals are seeking to raise capital independent of the NHS so that PCTs can be aware of the potential revenue implications.

(88294)

210   Mr Kevin Hughes (Doncaster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the potential change in transaction and legal costs resulting from the legally binding contracts proposed for foundation hospitals.

(88291)

211
N   Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS trusts in the North West have contracts with M & M Impact Ltd, formerly known as M & M Associates.

(88012)

212
N   Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the tendering process took place for the public relations contract with (a) Warrington Hospital NHS Trust and (b) North Cheshire Hospital NHS Trust; and in each case, (i) where advertisements inviting tenders were placed, (ii) how many applications were received and (iii) how many applications were received from firms based in Warrington.

(88013)

213   Mr Jon Owen Jones (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients referred from a Welsh health authority in the last year for which records are available were treated in each of the 10 English hospitals that treated the highest numbers of such patients; for each hospital, what the most common procedures carried out on such patients were; and how many such procedures were carried out.

(88282)

214   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will publish the Green Paper on Genetics.

(88363)

215
N   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many beds were available within the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust on (a) 2nd December, (b) 11th December and (c) the most recent date for which he has information; and if he will make a statement.

(88010)

216
N   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contingency arrangements he has made to enable hospitals in Worcestershire to find sufficient beds in the event of (a) a major influenza epidemic, (b) a serious motorway accident and (c) a terrorist incident; and if he will make a statement.

(88011)

217   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that measures taken to address the deficit of the South Worcestershire Primary Care Trust do not lead to long-term reductions in the capacity of the health economy of the area; and if he will make a statement.

(88413)

218   Alice Mahon (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to ensure that health purchasers are encouraged to diagnose and treat obstructive sleep apnoea.

(88235)

219   Alice Mahon (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the trusts and PCTs where the provision of diagnostic and therapeutic services for obstructive sleep apnoea are available.

(88237)

220   Alice Mahon (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to include sleep apnoea and other sleep disorders in his national plan.

(88236)

221   Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice he is giving to the public on action in the event of a terrorist attack using biological agents.

(88398)

222   Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to make smallpox vaccinations available to the public.

(88508)

223   Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many protective suits are available to NHS staff and ambulance crews in the event of a terrorist attack using chemical and biological agents.

(88385)

224   Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent training has been provided to NHS personnel to deal with a terrorist incident involving biological agents.

(88395)

225   Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent precautions have been taken by the NHS for dealing with a mass casualty terrorist incident.

(88394)

226   Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what facilities are available to deal with a terrorist attack involving chemical or biological agents, in each region; and which of these facilities were put in place in the last twelve months.

(88399)

227   Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice he is giving to the public regarding smallpox vaccinations.

(88397)

228   Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures are in place to prevent contamination in the event of a terrorist attack using biological agents.

(88386)

229   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funds have been made available to dentists for (a) the establishment of new NHS practices and (b) the refurbishment and extension of existing NHS dental practices in the last 12 months.

(88364)

230   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria were used to allocate the funds which were announced in Modernising NHS Dentistry: Implementing the NHS Plan to improve access to NHS dentistry.

(88365)

231   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list each dental practice and dental access centre that has received money from the funds that were made available to NHS dentistry which were announced in the Government's dental strategy, Modernising NHS Dentistry: Implementing the NHS Plan, broken down by primary care trust.

(88366)

232
N   Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will reply to the letter sent to him by Mr Mark Heyes, of Lathom, Lancashire, relating to Ormskirk Hospital.

(88055)

233   Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will support the provision of organic fruit to school children as part of the national school fruit scheme; and if he will make a statement.

(88256)

234   Angela Watkinson (Upminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason applicants to the NHS Appointments Commission are required to declare their political allegiance.

(88318)

235   Angela Watkinson (Upminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in establishing the Tinnitus Research Consortium agreed by the then Minister on 11th July 2000.

(88317)

236   Angela Watkinson (Upminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what medical (a) qualifications and (b) background are required in those engaged in clinical governance reviews carried out by the Commission for Health Improvement.

(88316)

237   Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect that the provision of private medical insurance has had on the standard of health in each primary care trust.

(88344)

238   Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the proposed new funding system for the NHS will take into account the number of people who have private health insurance in a particular area.

(88343)

239   Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list of primary care trust allocations for 2003-04, including (a) allocations per head and (b) a statement of the deprivation levels in each PCT area.

(88342)

240
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time between receipt of a communication by the Criminal Records Bureau and an answer being sent has been in (a) each week and (b) each month of the last 12 months

(87945)

241
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what penalties have been incurred by Capita on the Criminal Records Bureau contract.

(87947)

242
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money is owed within the Criminal Records Bureau; and (a) by and (b) to whom it is owed.

(87946)

243   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which staff get priority treatment for their Criminal Record Bureau checks; and how this is assessed.

(87948)

244   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the policy is of the Metropolitan Police in seeking to deter adults from cycling on public footpaths; and if he will make a statement.

(88443)

245   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions there have been of adults for cycling on public footpaths in the Greater London area during the last 12 months.

(88442)

246   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions there have been in the Greater London area of cyclists for cycling on the public highway without lights on their bicycles in the last 12 months.

(88441)

247   Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he intends to take to implement the decision of the High Court on 29th November that the Children Act 1989 applies to children held in prison custody.

(88233)

248
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much will be spent on (a) entertaining, (b) Christmas decorations and (c) other festive activities this Christmas season by his Department and government agencies answerable to his Department; and of this sum how much will be spent in ministers' (i) private offices and (ii) official residences.

(88130)

249
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many departmental Christmas cards he and his ministers intend to send in 2002; how much these cards will cost (a) to buy, (b) to post and (c) in staff time to sign, address and place in envelopes; and if she will place in the Library a sample copy of the official Christmas card she has sent this year.

(88115)

250   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Minister in his Department is nominated Green Minister; how often he has attended meetings of the Green Ministers; and which official has responsibility for the DEFRA rural proofing check-list in his Department.

(88462)

251   John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will introduce legislation to create a separate offence of assault on members of the emergency services.

(88488)

252
N   Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects the French and the United Kingdom governments will conclude a formal legal agreement to enable United Kingdom immigration officers at Calais to operate full United Kingdom border controls; what arrangements are being made for asylum seekers to claim asylum in the United Kingdom at Calais; and how they will have access to legal advice.

(88214)

253
N   Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many calls were received by the immigration reporting line; how many prosecutions resulted; and what the cost was of the service during the last 12 months for which figures are available.

(87996)

254   Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultations he has had with local authorities on preparations for a terrorist attack.

(88407)

255   Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent tests have been conducted to establish the reaction time of the emergency services in the event of a terrorist attack.

(88408)

256   Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures have been taken to ensure that communications between the emergency services and local authorities are compatible in the event of a terrorist attack.

(88406)

257   Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultations he has had with European partners on changes to immigration and asylum policy in the fight against terrorism.

(88392)

258   Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many cases power of arrest has been used in cases involving domestic violence in each UK region in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

(88312)

259   Jonathan Shaw (Chatham & Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum-seeking unaccompanied minors were (a) returned to their country of origin prior to their 18th birthday in (i) 1999, (ii) 2000, (iii) 2001 and (iv) 2002, (b) to which countries they were returned in each year and (c) what criteria were applied for each country; and if he will make a statement.

(88368)

260   Jonathan Shaw (Chatham & Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there will be changes to the process for families who apply for asylum in-country claiming support following implementation of section 55 of the Nationality Immigration and Asylum Act 2002.

(88376)

261
N   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to his Answers of 5th December, Official Report, column 981W, what the (a) capital costs and (b) gross and net annual budgeted running costs have been of the visitor catering facilities off Westminster Hall since December 2000.

(87866)

262
N   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to his Answer of 5th December, Official Report, column 980W, what arrangements are in place to ensure best value in the provision of security arrangements within the parliamentary estate.

(87867)

263   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made by the World Food Programme in completing the contract for the transportation of food aid to Southern Africa.

(88482)

264   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what impact the break in food aid in the first two weeks of December has had in (a) Zimbabwe and (b) Zambia.

(88479)

265   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what efforts there have been to overcome delays to food imports in Zambia caused by the issuing of import licences.

(88480)

266   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the impact which the decision of the Zimbabwean Government to ban the milling of GM maize has had on food relief efforts in the country.

(88477)

267   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps are being taken to encourage school attendance in Zimbabwe.

(88478)

268
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much will be spent on (a) entertaining, (b) Christmas decorations and (c) other festive activities this Christmas season by her Department and government agencies answerable to her Department; and of this sum how much will be spent in ministers' (i) private offices and (ii) official residences.

(88128)

269
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many departmental Christmas cards she and her ministers intend to send in 2002; how much these cards will cost (a) to buy, (b) to post and (c) in staff time to sign, address and place in envelopes; and if she will place in the Library a sample copy of the official Christmas card she has sent this year.

(88113)

270   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which Minister in her Department is nominated Green Minister; how often she has attended meetings of the Green Ministers; and which official has responsibility for the DEFRA rural proofing check-list in her Department.

(88463)

271
N   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions her Department has had on water privatisation in South Africa with (a) the South African Municipal Workers Union and (b) non governmental organisations working in the country.

(87871)

272
N   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions her Department has had with the members of the New Partnership for Africa's Development, regarding the role of the US Millennium Challenge Corporation in Africa.

(87873)

273
N   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much money her Department is giving to urban sewage projects in (a) Africa, (b) Asia and (c) Latin America in 2002-03.

(87875)

274
N   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much money her Department is giving in 2002-03 to provide safe water for the people of South Africa; and if she will make a statement.

(87869)

275
N   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the US Aid Padco Report on water privatisation in South Africa.

(87870)

276
N   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions her Department has had with the US Government about the role of the Millennium Challenge Corporation in Africa; and if she will make a statement.

(87872)

277
N   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions her Department has had with the Treasury on the interaction between the new US Government programme to reward emerging markets that meet their critera of good governance and the Chancellor of the Exchequer's new International Development Finance Facility.

(87874)

278
N   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the plans for privatisation of water in towns in Uganda; and if she will make a statement.

(87876)

279
N   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper of the Yemen.

(87548)

280
N   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her Department is doing to work with the Government of Yemen (a) on their basic education programme and (b) reproductive health.

(87549)

281
N   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much money her Department will give to the Yemen in 2002-03 and if this will increase within the Framework of the Resource Allocation Round.

(87550)

282   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what regulations there are on the supply by returning officers of labels containing electors' details to political parties or other interested parties.

(88276)

283   Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what progress she is making on the review of releasing the records relating to King Edward VIII.

(88227)

284
N   Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when he will answer the questions from the honourable Member for Woking of 20th November (refs. 82097, 82096), on the night session at Bow Street Magistrates Court.

(87998)

285   Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list legislation involving protection for survivors of domestic violence which has not been brought into force, stating the reasons in each case.

(88311)

286
N   Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, whether the Government will be making a contribution to the Hague Conference Supplementary Budget XLVIII (2002-2003) for the conference's continuing work on international child abduction; and if he will make a statement.

(88185)

287   Mr John Taylor (Solihull): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what plans the Lord Chancellor has to review the (a) rules governing and (b) guidance offered to judges presiding in the Small Claims Court concerning their conduct to litigants in person; and if he will introduce independent assessors to monitor the observance of such rules and guidance.

(88238)

288   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on participation in higher education by students with parental homes in Northern Ireland, broken down by socio-economic class in each year since 1990.

(88329)

289
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much will be spent on (a) entertaining, (b) Christmas decorations and (c) other festive activities this Christmas season by his Department and government agencies answerable to his Department; and of this sum how much will be spent in ministers' (i) private offices and (ii) official residences.

(88134)

290
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many departmental Christmas cards he and his Ministers intend to send in 2002; how much these cards will cost (a) to buy, (b) to post and (c) in staff time to sign, address and place in envelopes; and if he will place in the Library a sample copy of the official Christmas card he has sent this year.

(88104)

291   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which Minister in his Department is the nominated Green Minister; how often he has attended meetings of the Green Ministers; and which official has responsibility for the DEFRA rural proofing check-list in his Department.

(88457)

292   Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which elements of the Belfast Agreement can be implemented in the absence of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

(88261)

293
N   Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he will meet the National Association of Local Councillors (Northern Ireland Region) to discuss (a) members' allowances, (b) the future of local government and (c) other matters of mutual interest.

(87320)

294   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will release the papers belonging to the late Mr Martin O'Hagan to his executors.

(88231)

295   The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what training is provided within the health and social services system in Northern Ireland in relation to attention deficit hyperactivity for workers with personal contact with sufferers to help inform their practice.

(88260)

296   The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what diagnostic provision and treatment services are available for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder for those over 18 in Northern Ireland; and what plans he has for reform in this area.

(88259)

297
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the President of the Council, how much will be spent on (a) entertaining, (b) Christmas decorations and (c) other festive activities this Christmas season by his Department; and of this sum how much will be spent in ministers' (i) private offices and (ii) official residences.

(88126)

298
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the President of the Council, how many departmental Christmas cards he and his ministers intend to send in 2002; how much these cards will cost (a) to buy, (b) to post and (c) in staff time to sign, address and place in envelopes; and if he will place in the Library a sample copy of the official Christmas card he has sent this year.

(88117)

299
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Prime Minister, how much will be spent on (a) entertaining, (b) Christmas decorations and (c) other festive activities this Christmas season by his Department and government agencies answerable to his Department; and of this sum how much will be spent in ministers' (i) private offices and (ii) official residences.

(88120)

300
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Prime Minister, how many departmental Christmas cards he intends to send in 2002; how much these cards will cost (a) to buy, (b) to post and (c) in staff time to sign, address and place in envelopes; and if he will place in the Library a sample copy of the official Christmas card he has sent this year.

(88119)

301   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Prime Minister, whether his speech in Cardiff on 28th November, entitled A Clear Course for Europe, represents government policy towards the European Union; and whether the (a) Foreign Office, (b) DTI and (c) Cabinet colleagues were consulted on the speech before delivery.

(88274)

302   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on (a) the occasion and (b) the audience of his speech in Cardiff of 28th November 2002 entitled A Clear Course for Europe.

(88275)

303
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much will be spent on (a) entertaining, (b) Christmas decorations and (c) other festive activities this Christmas season by her Department and government agencies answerable to her Department; and of this sum how much will be spent in ministers' (i) private offices and (ii) official residences.

(88131)

304
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many departmental Christmas cards she and her Ministers intend to send in 2002; how much these cards will cost (a) to buy, (b) to post and (c) in staff time to sign, address and place in envelopes; and if she will place in the Library a sample copy of the official Christmas card she has sent this year.

(88107)

305   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which Minister in her Department is the nominated Green Minister; how often she has attended meetings of the Green Ministers; and which official has responsibility for the DEFRA rural proofing check-list in her Department.

(88454)

306
N   Eric Joyce (Falkirk West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if she will calculate (a) the tax revenue from Scotland since 1980 and (b) the total government spending in Scotland since 1980; and if she also will calculate these figures omitting tax revenues from the continental shelf.

(88219)

307   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Solicitor General, what action she has taken to bring criminal charges against persons whose names have been communicated to her following the quashing of a conviction.

(88512)

308   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 16th December, Official Report, columns 542-3W, on post offices, when she expects the first proposals for closures to be announced.

(88476)

309
N   Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list her Department's policies that have as one of their objectives helping Britain meet its Kyoto carbon dioxide emission targets.

(87733)

310
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she had made of the capability of the gas pipeline infrastructure to meet peak winter demand; what contingency plans are in place if the infrastructure fails; and if she will make a statement.

(88044)

311
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the implementation of the Small Business Charter, announced at the Lisbon Summit.

(88045)

312
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what reports she has made to the Prime Minister on progress in implementing the recommendations made by the PIU for modernising the Post Office network; if she will publish the reports; and if she will make a statement.

(88042)

313
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what implications costs arising from the decommissioning of Dounreay have for the estimated cost of decommissioning other publicly held nuclear liabilities; and if she will make a statement.

(88051)

314
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on proposals to improve the Scottish electricity grid.

(88052)

315
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the financial position of the Post Office Group.

(88039)

316
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations she received (a) from and (b) in relation to the Arbre Biomass renewable energy plant; and if she will make a statement.

(88101)

317
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has had with ministerial colleagues on the potential impact on the development of renewable energy sources of the implementation of an indicative planning process; and if she will make a statement.

(88050)

318
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the admissibility of state aid to the power generation industry under EU regulations; and what recent consultations she has had on this issue.

(88048)

319
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the change in (a) the wholesale price of electricity and (b) the price of electricity charged to retail customers since 1998.

(88049)

320
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations her Department received concerning TXU energy before 19th November; and if she will make a statement.

(88139)

321
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she will respond to the consultation on the reform of TUPE Regulations, with particular reference to the treatment of occupational pension rights; and if she will make a statement.

(88046)

322
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when legislation will be introduced to enable the introduction of the BETTA system; and if she will make a statement.

(88038)

323
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the rates of interest charged by debt-advisory agencies is included in her review of customer credit legislation.

(88043)

324
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the Post Office's (a) proposal to move to a single mail delivery and (b) decision to cancel late collections from city centre postboxes.

(88140)

325
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many post offices are being run by modified sub-postmasters, working on (a) short-term, (b) temporary contracts and (c) long-term contracts; and if she will make a statement.

(88041)

326
N   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the costs to British Energy of (a) storage of all AGR nuclear fuel and (b) continuation with current reprocessing contracts in each year of the projected life of each of British Energy's advanced gas-cooled reactors.

(87144)

327   Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether her Department hired UBS Warburg to advise it and the MoD on issues arising from the Nimrod and Astute contracts with BAE Systems.

(88412)

328
N   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the terms of reference are for the Vision Group that is to be created in the North West; how the group will interact with (a) the Chamber of Commerce, (b) the Regional Development Agency and (c) large manufacturing companies in the region; and where the group is to be based.

(87927)

329
N   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the terms of reference are for the Investment Committee; and if she will make a statement.

(87926)

330
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much will be spent on (a) entertaining, (b) Christmas decorations and (c) other festive activities this Christmas season by his Department and government agencies answerable to his Department; and of this sum how much will be spent in ministers' (i) private offices and (ii) official residences.

(88122)

331
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many departmental Christmas cards she and her Ministers intend to send in 2002; how much these cards will cost (a) to buy, (b) to post and (c) in staff time to sign, address and place in envelopes; and if she will place in the Library a sample copy of the official Christmas card she has sent this year.

(88108)

332   Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much has been spent on the coal health compensation schemes; and what percentage of the total has gone to (a) claimants, (b) solicitors and (c) other organisations, with specific reference to (i) IRISC, (ii) Healthcall, (iii) Schlumberga Senna and (iv) Hayes.

(88285)

333   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which Minister in her Department is the nominated Green Minister; how often she has attended meetings of the Green Ministers; and which official has responsibility for the DEFRA rural proofing check-list in her Department.

(88453)

334
N   Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she has recently consulted trade bodies and user groups about proposals to change the UK's powers over intellectural property rights in international forums.

(88008)

335
N   Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to recommend changes to the division of responsibilities for intellectual property rights between the EU and the UK.

(88009)

336   John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the progress of the annual pay negotiations for the Insolvency Service.

(88498)

337   Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what regulations there are to prevent the (a) importation and (b) sale of goods made from (i) cats and (ii) dogs; and if she will make a statement.

(88377)

338
N   Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much was spent on the SEEDA's policy to introduce broadband by satellite; and why the scheme was discontinued.

(88014)

339
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he intends to include a proposal to develop Redhill Aerodrome in his consultation on airport capacity in the South East; and if he will make a statement.

(87990)

340
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on road links to Redhill Aerodrome.

(87991)

341
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what representations the Department has received regarding plans for the development of a major airport based at Redhill Aerodrome; and if he will make a statement.

(87994)

342
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the effect on air movements at Gatwick Airport of the development of an international airport at Redhill Aerodrome capable of transporting (a) 2.6 million and (b) 15 million passengers per year.

(87992)

343
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what proposals he has received regarding the development of Redhill Aerodrome as a major passenger airport; and if he will publish them.

(87993)

344   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 16th December, Official Report, column 641W, on the future development of air transport, how many Scottish consultation documents were sent out by his Department by (a) 30th November and (b) 10th December.

(88418)

345
N   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the effect on the environment of dredging in the Dee Estuary.

(86795)

346   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to improve security checks on aircraft users from non-UK based airlines, flying into the UK; and if he will make a statement.

(88444)

347
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many departmental Christmas cards he and his Ministers intend to send in 2002; how much these cards will cost (a) to buy, (b) to post and (c) in staff time to sign, address and place in envelopes; and if he will place in the Library a sample copy of the official Christmas card he has sent this year.

(88111)

348
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much will be spent on (a) entertaining, (b) Christmas decorations and (c) other festive activities this Christmas season by his Department and government agencies answerable to his Department; and of this sum how much will be spent in ministers' (i) private offices and (ii) official residences.

(88136)

349   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, which Minister in his Department is the nominated Green Minister; how often he has attended meetings of the Green Ministers; and which official has responsibility for the DEFRA rural proofing check-list in his Department.

(88459)

350   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his estimate is of the level of CO2 emissions from road transport in (a) 2005 and (b) 2010.

(88438)

351   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will take steps to ensure that no developments prejudice the re-opening of the railway line between Broadway and Honeybourne; and if he will make a statement.

(88417)

352   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what central government funding is available to assist in the construction of the western Wyre Piddle link road.

(88414)

353   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will meet representatives of SUSTRANS to discuss protection of the trackbed of disused railway lines for possible re-opening when planning cycleways.

(88415)

354   John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the community organisations, residents' associations and environmental groups which he, members of his ministerial team and officials have met with regard to the consultation on airport capacity in the South East up to 30th November.

(88492)

355   John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what external professional advice was taken into account in devising the questionnaire on airport capacity in the South East.

(88496)

356   John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will revise and recirculate the questionnaire with regard to the consultation on airport capacity in the South East; and what representations he has received on the drafting and format of the questionnaire.

(88497)

357   John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many people have responded to his consultation on the future of airport capacity in the South East in the form of (a) petitions, (b) letters, (c) questionnaires and (d) detailed submissions.

(88493)

358   John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the level of response which he has had to his consultation on airport capacity in the South East.

(88494)

359   John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the organisations from the aviation industry which he and any member of his ministerial team and his officials have met with regard to the consultation on airport capacity in the South East up to 30th November.

(88491)

360   John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what relative weight will be given to responses to the consultation on the future of airport capacity in the South East in the form of (a) individual letters and (b) questionnaire responses.

(88495)

361
N   Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how he assesses the threat posed to British civil airlines from surface to air missiles; and what actions he proposes to take.

(87997)

362   Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to introduce metric distance signs on roads; and if he will make a statement.

(88223)

363
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many departmental Christmas cards he and his Ministers intend to send in 2002; how much these cards will cost (a) to buy, (b) to post and (c) in staff time to sign, address and place in envelopes; and if he will place in the Library a sample copy of the official Christmas card he has sent this year.

(88105)

364
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much will be spent on (a) entertaining, (b) Christmas decorations and (c) other festive activities this Christmas season by his Department and government agencies answerable to his Department; and of this sum how much will be spent in Ministers' (i) private offices and (ii) official residences.

(88133)

365   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which Minister in his Department is the nominated Green Minister; how often he has attended meetings of the Green Ministers; and which official has responsibility for the DEFRA rural proofing check-list in his Department.

(88456)

366
N   Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what representations he has received in relation to the cockle industry in the Burry Inlet.

(86770)

367   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what financial assistance he makes available to specialist employment providers and agencies in the fields of (a) physical disability, (b) learning difficulties and (c) mental illness.

(88331)

368
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much will be spent on (a) entertaining, (b) Christmas decorations and (c) other festive activities this Christmas season by his Department and government agencies answerable to his Department; and of this sum how much will be spent in ministers' (i) private offices and (ii) official residences.

(88137)

369
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many departmental Christmas cards he and his Ministers intend to send in 2002; how much these cards will cost (a) to buy, (b) to post and (c) in staff time to sign, address and place in envelopes; and if he will place in the Library a sample copy of the official Christmas card he has sent this year.

(88112)

370   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on fraud in the payment of benefit through post offices; and what plans he has to protect against fraud when the Post Office Card Account is introduced.

(88245)

371   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which Minister in his Department is nominated Green Minister; how often he has attended meetings of the Green Ministers; and which official has responsibility for the DEFRA rural proofing check-list in his Department.

(88464)

372   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost was of the new PCs recently installed in his Department; how the PCs that these computers replaced were disposed of; and what the lifespan of the new machines is.

(88450)

373   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library the code for prosecutors and charging standards used by his Department when acting as a prosecuting authority.

(88472)

374   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the telephone call centres that provide services for his Department and its agencies, indicating in each case (a) who is responsible for operating the centre, (b) how many staff work in the centre and (c) what the cost of the centre was in the last 12 months to his Department and its agencies.

(88448)

375
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) discussions his Department has held with the Treasury and (b) sanctions have been imposed on his Department in respect of his Department's performance in meeting targets set for its predecessor departments in public service agreements dating from (i) 1998 and (ii) 2000; and if he will make a statement.

(88054)

376   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) claimants there were and (b) what amount was claimed in respect of bereavement allowance in each month since its introduction; and how many persons were eligible to claim the allowance but did not receive it.

(88467)

377   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much benefit has been overpaid in each of the last three years, broken down by type of benefit; and what the total amount of such overpaid benefit that was recovered was in each year, broken down by type of benefit.

(88465)

378   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the time limit is for claiming bereavement (a) allowance and (b) payment; what powers exist to extend the limit in individual cases; and in what circumstances these powers are used.

(88470)

379
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what has been the (a) average annual and (b) total level of (i) erroneous payments and (ii) fraud connected with the New Deal to date; how much of this money has been recovered; and if he will make a statement.

(88053)

380   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what responsibility his Department has for investigating fraud and error in the asylum support budget; and if he will make a statement.

(88475)

381   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals relating to bereavement (a) allowance and (b) payments have been made in each month since the allowance was introduced; how many such appeals were in respect of claims made outside the time limit; and how many such appeals were successful.

(88469)

382
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 11th December, Official Report, column 378W, on the New Deal, if he will make a statement on the reasons for the difference in the number of subsidised employment starts in the construction industry under the New Deal and that predicted by the former Department for Education and Employment in DFEE Press Release 70 of 1998.

(88098)

383   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what amount of bereavement payments were made in each month since their introduction; and how many persons were eligible to claim such payments but did not receive them.

(88468)

384   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what equipment was stolen from his Department in 2002; what the approximate value of each item was; and if he will list items valued at more than £50 stolen or lost from his Department in 2002.

(88509)

385
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 11th December, Official Report, column 377W, on the New Deal, what adjustment has been made to the Government's expenditure plans as a result of the difference between spending on the Environmental Task Force and the amount budgeted by the former Department for Education and Employment for the period 1998 to 2002.

(88095)

386   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what action his Department is taking in response to the National Audit Office report, Using call centres to deliver public services (HC 134); and if he will make a statement.

(88449)

387   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many roadside stops have been conducted by the Benefit Fraud Investigation Service in each of the last three years; and how many (a) investigations and (b) successful prosecutions resulted.

(88447)

388
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 11th December, Official Report, column 377W, if he will make a statement on the reasons for the difference in the number of young people participating in the Environment Task Force option and the target figure given by the former Department for Education and Employment in DFEE Press Release 009 of 1998.

(88138)

389   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 27th November, Official Report, column 316W, on the Adviser Discretion Fund, how many persons have received payments from the fund; how many payments have been made (a) in total and (b) broken down by month; how many persons have received (i) more than one payment, (ii) more than two payments and (iii) more than three payments from the Fund; what the value is of payments from the Fund, (A) in total and (B) broken down by month; what the average payment from the fund to date is; if he will list the types of goods and services purchased from the Funds, indicating how many payment have been used to purchase each type of goods and service; if he will place in the Library a summary of the records referred to in his Answer; and if he will make a statement.

(88511)

390   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department and its agencies have been (a) disciplined, (b) suspended, (c) dismissed, (d) prosecuted and (e) convicted for matters relating to benefit fraud in the current year and each of the previous three years; how much was (i) defrauded and (ii) recovered in each case, broken down by type of benefit; at what level in his Department and its agencies the decision is made on whether (A) to take no action, (B) to take internal disciplinary action or (C) to prosecute; what the policy of his Department and its agencies on the prosecution of staff suspected of benefit fraud is; and if he will make a statement.

(88474)

391
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 11th December, Official Report, column 377W, on the New Deal, how many of the 6,800 young people who secured subsidised employment starts in the construction industry subsequently secured (a) unsubsidised employment and (b) unsubsided sustained employment; and if he will make a statement.

(88097)

392   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the levels are of (a) payments in error and (b) fraud in respect of the Adviser Discretion Fund; and if he will make a statement.

(88473)

393
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 11th December, Official Report, column 377W, on the New Deal, why details of expenditure on the Environment Task Force in 2001-02 are not yet available; when the figure will be made available; and if he will make a statement.

(88096)

394   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many persons were (a) convicted and (b) acquitted of benefit fraud offences in each of the last three years, broken down by type of offence; how many of those convicted of each type of offence in each year were sentenced to (i) immediate custody and (ii) other dispoals broken down by type of disposal; what the (A) mean average and (B) longest individual custodial sentence imposed in each year was for each type of offence; and if he will make a statement.

(88466)

395   Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what security procedures he has put in place to prevent fraudulent claims for family credit, with special reference to the use of maiden names.

(88229)

396   Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the outcome of his Department's discussions with representatives of the Maxwell Communications Pension Plan.

(88315)

397
N   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants have been sanctioned because they have refused to take part in the pilot scheme to improve the literacy and numeracy skills of long-term unemployed people.

(88216)

398
N   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on progress on the target to halve unemployment among 18 to 24 year olds by 2010 throughout the European Union set at the European Council's meeting in Lisbon.

(88218)

399   Mr John Lyons (Strathkelvin & Bearsden): To ask the Cabinet Office, how much each Government Department has paid in bonuses to staff who achieved personal targets in this financial year.

(88303)

400   Mr John Lyons (Strathkelvin & Bearsden): To ask the Cabinet Office, how many Departments which have failed to achieve Government targets have paid staff bonuses.

(88304)

401
N   Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support rural economies, with special reference to communications links.

[Question Unstarred] (86776)

402
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on the introduction of health and safety legislation to deal with corporate killing; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (88047)

403   Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what advice he has given to civil nuclear facilities regarding security.

[Transferred] (88396)

404   Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what command and control measures will be introduced in the event of a major terrorist incident; and how long this would take to set up in the event of such an emergency.

[Transferred] (88387)

405   Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to review the effectiveness of the Armed Forces Overarching Personnel Strategy.

[Transferred] (88284)

406   Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how widely the Action Plan for the armed forces Overarching Personnel Strategy is distributed within the Armed Forces; how many people are privy to it; what proportion of the armed forces this represents; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (88257)

407   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of days lost from the UK workplace due to stress; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (88243)

408   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her most recent estimate is of the proportion of the population that in 2010 will be living in parts of the country that have achieved the air quality strategy objective for 2010.

[Transferred] (88439)

409   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her most recent estimate is of the proportion of the population that will live in the parts of the country where the air quality strategy objective for NOx will have been achieved by 2005.

[Transferred] (88440)

410   Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to introduce a central directive instructing each of the government agencies in what to do in the event of a terrorist incident.

[Transferred] (88487)