THURSDAY 27th MARCH
| 1 | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make a statement on the Government's plans to change (a) the level of staffing and (b) the role of the Office of the e-Envoy. |
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| 2 | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make a statement on the work of the office of the e-Envoy since its establishment. |
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| 3 | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff have worked in the Office of the e-Envoy in each month since its establishment. |
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| 4 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many higher rate taxpayers there were in (a) the Twickenham constituency, (b) the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and (c) London as a proportion of the total tax-paying population in each area in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 5 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer whether additional capital raised through the International Finance Facility will count against the target of gross national product that the United Kingdom has pledged to spend on aid to developing countries; and how it will be accounted for. |
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N | Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what critieria are used to identify National Savings and Investments which are dormant savings and investment accounts; how much remains in such accounts; and how many such accounts there are. |
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N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the delay in processing claims for the working tax credit; how many claims (a) have been submitted and (b) are awaiting processing; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 8 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how much VAT was collected from UK companies in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03. |
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| 9 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of VAT owed was recovered from UK companies in receivership in the last 12 months. |
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| 10 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what changes have been made in the last two years regarding VAT liability for new building in the UK. |
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| 11 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what support his Department gives to the Royal Navy to combat the smuggling of (a) spirits, (b) wine and (c) drugs. |
| | (105500)
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| 12 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what powers the Inland Revenue has to reclaim VAT from sub-contractors who go into receivership. |
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| 13 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total value of wine brought across borders to the UK in 2002 is. |
| | (105499)
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| 14 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how the total revenue from duty on (a) wines and (b) spirits is calculated in any one year. |
| | (105515)
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| 15 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how much wine and spirits were smuggled into the UK last year. |
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| 16 | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what guidance his Department issues to civil servants on how to deal with claims from organisations that the information they provide to the Department is commercially confidential. |
| | (105483)
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| 17 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will conduct a public consultation on modernising stamp duty, with particular reference to (a) lease duty, (b) anti-avoidance measures and (c) tax reliefs. |
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| 18 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the additional revenue which would be raised from the proposals to increase the charge to lease duty in his consultative document Modernising Stamp Duty; and if he will publish a report estimating the economic impact on the leasehold property market separately for each of the options. |
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N | Mrs Marion Roe (Broxbourne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what his most recent estimate is of the level of turnover of the black economy as it pertains to the construction industry. |
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| 20 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many times No 11 Downing Street has been used for charitable causes in the last year; which organisations were involved; and how much was raised. |
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| 21 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many applicants for the Child Tax Credit from Staffordshire are waiting to hear (a) if they have qualified, (b) how much they will receive and (c) when they will be paid; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (105384)
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22
N | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what work her Department is undertaking to monitor and act against noise pollution from public houses. |
| | (105041)
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N | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list those organisations and individuals contracted to undertake research and analysis of noise pollution from public houses on her behalf; and when those contracts were agreed. |
| | (105042)
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| 24 | Martin Linton (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what awards have been made to the Battersea constituency by the distributing bodies of the National Lottery in each of the last five years. |
| | (105641)
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| 25 | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance her Department issues to civil servants on how to deal with claims from organisations that the information they provide to the Department is commercially confidential. |
| | (105553)
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| 26 | Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will fund and support a National Sports Day to encourage young people to try sport or exercise. |
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| 27 | Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what action she is taking to (a) increase and (b) refurbish sports facilities in London; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (105598)
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| 28 | Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what action she is taking to increase the number of people (a) trained and (b) employed to coach under 18s participating in sport outside school. |
| | (105596)
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29
N | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Spanish Government since 1st January on (a) the use of military facilities in Gibraltar and (b) Gibraltar's status in NATO; and if he will make a statement. |
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30
N | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether university student reservists called up to serve in the Gulf will be required to pay back the additional year's student loan that they may have to take out; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (104978)
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31
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, under what powers Iraqi military personnel are held prisoner by UK forces; whether such prisoners are prisoners of war under the Geneva Convention; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (105344)
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32
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the advice he has given to the (a) print and (b) broadcast media to permit them to have access to the conflict in Iraq whilst maintaining personal safety. |
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33
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) print and (b) broadcast journalists are accredited to Coalition forces in Iraq; and how many are accredited to British forces. |
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34
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the protocol for media access to (a) information and (b) field operations during the conflict in Iraq. |
| | (105373)
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35
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what monitoring his Department undertakes of reports from (a) print and (b) broadcast journalists operating in Iraq. |
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36
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on arrangements he has made with the media to ensure that there is no release of information on casualties prior to the next of kin being informed. |
| | (105374)
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37
N | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many women from each of the British armed forces are taking part in Operation Iraqi Freedom. |
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| 38 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on problems with the SA80 in the conflict in the Gulf; and what steps are being taken to overcome such problems. |
| | (105513)
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| 39 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Exocet missiles were found by coalition forces in the last Gulf War. |
| | (105510)
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| 40 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many contracts the Defence Procurement Agency is dealing with. |
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| 41 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Prime Minister's statement of 24th March, Official Report, column 29, which United Kingdom armed forces are being held in reserve and prepared for deployment to the Gulf. |
| | (105640)
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| 42 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many hot meals a day soldiers in the Gulf conflict are receiving. |
| | (105512)
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| 43 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what military equipment manufactured in France, other than missiles, was found in Iraq at the end of the last Gulf War. |
| | (105511)
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| 44 | Mr John Lyons (Strathkelvin & Bearsden): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress is being made in joint working between Thales and BAE Systems on the aircraft carriers order. |
| | (105419)
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| 45 | Mr John MacDougall (Central Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the number of (a) civilian and (b) military lives lost in the conflict in Iraq; and if he will make a statement on the coalition's strategy to avoid civilian casualties. |
| | (105442)
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| 46 | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance his Department issues to civil servants on how to deal with claims from organisations that the information they provide to the Department is commercially confidential. |
| | (105552)
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| 47 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether UK military liaison teams provided (a) advice and (b) assistance to the Colombian armed forces during 2002; and what plans there are to do so this year. |
| | (105584)
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48
N | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time Ulster Defence Regiment soldiers have been killed in Northern Ireland by terrorists since 1973. |
| | (105216)
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49
N | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will set up a widows fund for families of soldiers killed in the Ulster Defence Regiment similar to that already in operation for widows of murdered police officers in Northern Ireland. |
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50
N | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he intends to reply to the letter dated 28th January from the honourable Member for Banff and Buchan regarding his constituent Ms H. Forsyth of Banff. |
| | (105140)
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| 51 | Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Baathist Party Fedayeen have been killed by British marines in Basra since the invasion of Iraq began. |
| | (105613)
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| 52 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which company is providing the doors for the refurbishment of the main MoD building; what types of wood will be used in their manufacture; and what efforts have been made to ensure that the timber used is being sourced from legal and sustainable sources. |
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| 53 | Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the facilities available for families to communicate with service personnel by television. |
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| 54 | Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements have been made to enable servicemen and women from the Gulf to (a) telephone and (b) e-mail home; and what the costs are to the service personnel. |
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55
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether housing associations are obliged to stipulate that the sub-contractors are fully accredited and work to national standards. |
| | (104739)
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56
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether local government may ensure that housing association clients participate in the selection of building contractors chosen to perform work in their homes. |
| | (104740)
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57
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what action (a) councils and (b) residents are able to take against sub-contractors of housing associations if their work is deemed substandard or unsafe. |
| | (104741)
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| 58 | Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what support his Department has given to the Accreditation Awareness Campaign run by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service. |
| | (105489)
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| 59 | Matthew Green (Ludlow): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list area-based initiatives operating in the Yorkshire and Humber region, giving the (a) annual budget and (b) regional budget for each in each year since 2000. |
| | (105404)
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| 60 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, under what statutory powers regional assemblies can act in regional matters. |
| | (105519)
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| 61 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what (a) planning and (b) other restrictions apply to utility companies seeking to lay pipes under bridges. |
| | (105526)
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| 62 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what EU funding is spent by regional assemblies. |
| | (105524)
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| 63 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what civil service support is available to regional assemblies. |
| | (105525)
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| 64 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what role the South West Regional Assembly can play in revising the report of the South West Area Multi-Modal Study. |
| | (105518)
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| 65 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the number of people helped in social exclusion zones. |
| | (105503)
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| 66 | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what guidance his Department issues to civil servants on how to deal with claims from organisations that the information they provide to the Department is commercially confidential. |
| | (105554)
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| 67 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, for what reason his Department proposes to replace monthly monitoring of housing starts and completions with a quarterly series. |
| | (105604)
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| 68 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if his Department will continue to produce monthly data on housing starts and completions. |
| | (105603)
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| 69 | Mr A.J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what his policy is on the period for which the Department's personnel records in respect of teachers and Her Majesty's Inspectors should be retained; and what requirements on the retention of these records have been included in contracts with private sector organisations which hold such records. |
| | (105656)
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| 70 | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action he plans to recover post-course tuition fees from students who have been (a) resident in the UK but go abroad after graduation and (b) resident abroad before commencing their studies. |
| | (105399)
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| 71 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if it is his Department's policy that the Access Regulator for Higher Education should take account of the birth weight of applicants to courses of higher education. |
| | (105438)
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| 72 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the guidelines are to local education authorities with regard to the in-school setting of pupils by ability at secondary level. |
| | (105402)
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| 73 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, for which (a) subjects and (b) year groups it is (i) mandatory and (ii) optional to set classes of pupils by ability at secondary school level. |
| | (105405)
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| 74 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of state secondary schools he estimates set pupils by ability at Year 7. |
| | (105403)
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75
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what applications for financial help have been made to the Learning and Skills Council, since its inception, by Jamia Rehmania. |
| | (105353)
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| 76 | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the additional cost is to each local education authority of the increase in national insurance contributions that comes into effect on 6th April in the (a) financial year 2003-04 and (b) school year 2003-04. |
| | (105572)
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| 77 | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what Education Formula Spending Share funding was awarded to each local education authority in (a) 2002-03 and (b) 2003-04. |
| | (105573)
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| 78 | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the additional cost is to each local education authority of the increase in employers' contributions to the Teachers' Pension Scheme announced on 13th March in the (a) financial year 2003-04 and (b) school year 2003-04. |
| | (105571)
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| 79 | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the reduction in revenue for each local education authority will be caused by the removal of grants 603 and 613 of the Standards Fund announced on 29th November 2002 in the (a) financial year 2003-04 and (b) school year 2003-04. |
| | (105574)
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| 80 | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of the 2003-04 Education Formula Spending Share funding each local education authority is passported directly to its schools. |
| | (105575)
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| 81 | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the cost is to each local education authority of the Raising standards and tackling workload: a national agreement, announced on 15th January, in the (a) financial year 2003-04 and (b) school year 2003-04. |
| | (105569)
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| 82 | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the additional cost is to each local education authority of the 2.9 per cent. national teachers' pay award announced on 7th February in the (a) financial year 2003-04 and (b) school year 2003-04. |
| | (105570)
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| 83 | Martin Linton (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the 20 per cent. most deprived wards in the country to benefit from children's centres; and what criteria he will use to determine which of those wards will be included in the first wave of children's centres to be established. |
| | (105639)
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| 84 | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance his Department issues to civil servants on how to deal with claims from organisations that the information they provide to the Department is commercially confidential. |
| | (105551)
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85
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many adults are studying (a) basic literacy and (b) basic numeracy in further education colleges; and what proportion this represents of the total studying these subjects. |
| | (105138)
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86
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people aged 14 to 19 are studying for a vocational qualification in (a) further education colleges, (b) schools and (c) on-the-job training in each of the learning and skills council areas. |
| | (105137)
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87
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what target has been set for the total number of 14 to 16 year olds studying for a vocational qualification. |
| | (105136)
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88
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of the recommendations contained in Farming and Food: A Sustainable Future have been (a) fully and (b) partially implemented. |
| | (105214)
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| 89 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the UK Government is required by EC Directive 2001/18 to give an opinion on each of the 19 Part C marketing consents submitted to EU member states so far this year; and for each application, what the latest date is by which the United Kingdom's opinion is required for each of those 19 Part C applications should the UK Government consider that all the information requirements required of applicants under the Directive have been met. |
| | (105658)
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| 90 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the reasons under EC Directive 2001/18 which would permit the United Kingdom to delay issuing an opinion on a Part C application made to the United Kingdom competent authority and to applications made to other member states. |
| | (105659)
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| 91 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how she intends to incorporate the views of the United Kingdom public gathered during the GM public debate and contained in the final GM debate report to inform the Government's opinion on the 19 Part C marketing consent applications received by various member states of the EU. |
| | (105660)
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| 92 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) hatching eggs, (b) day old chicks, (c) poultry for breeding and production and (d) poultry for restocking supplies of game were imported into the United Kingdom in each year since 2000, broken down by country of origin. |
| | (105657)
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| 93 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is her policy that, under the terms of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, developed countries' production allowance for chlorofluorocarbons for export to meet the basic domestic needs of developing countries should be further reduced below the percentages allowed in the Beijing Adjustment to the Protocol; and whether the United Kingdom will raise this issue as one to be advanced by the EC in this year's meeting of the parties to the Protocol. |
| | (105627)
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| 94 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will publish the annual assessment of the Fuel Poverty Advisory Group. |
| | (105390)
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| 95 | Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the future licensing of GM crops. |
| | (105485)
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| 96 | Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support her Department has given to the Accreditation Awareness Campaign run by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service. |
| | (105493)
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| 97 | Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the United Kingdom Accreditation Service will be used by her Department for the accreditation of certification bodies acting in the organic food sector. |
| | (105492)
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98
N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the projects (a) approved, (b) rejected and (c) awaiting a decision for funding under the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund for the stated purpose of (i) supporting cleaner and quieter aggregates lorry transport and (ii)
encouraging the use of rail and water transport; what funding has been allocated; when each application was made; and when each decision was made. |
| | (105298)
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99
N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much of the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund has been spent in relation to (a) the Freight Facility Grant and (b) the Transport Action Clean Up programme; what percentages of the Fund these payments represent; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (105342)
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100
N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures her Department has taken in the last three years to discourage the export of bushmeat to the United Kingdom, broken down by region of origin; and how much her Department spent on those measures. |
| | (105066)
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101
N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures her Department has taken to discourage the import of bushmeat into the United Kingdom; and how much has been spent by her Department on those measures in the last 12 months. |
| | (105067)
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| 102 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she will take to ensure the promotion of rural tourism after the merger of the English Tourism Council and the British Tourist Authority. |
| | (105533)
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| 103 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to bring in a compensation scheme for fur farmers in conformity with the Human Rights Act 1998. |
| | (105415)
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| 104 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with (a) the Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) the Inland Revenue about the VAT status of conservation boards. |
| | (105477)
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105
N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice her Department gives to farmers who find
TB-infected badgers on their land; how farmers should dispose of the carcase of a badger which has died of TB; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (105246)
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106
N | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of her Department's funding allocation to the Carbon Trust has been spent in each year since the Trust's creation; and what assessment she has made of the impact of that expenditure. |
| | (105219)
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107
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list each building owned by her Department in London, with the estimated market value in each case; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (105131)
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108
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her estimate is of public spending on agricultural support for each year from 1980-81 to 2004-05 in (a) cash terms and (b) real terms; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (105129)
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109
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people were employed in the Office of Water Services in each year since 1991-92; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (105130)
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110
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the annual cost is to her Department of the Covent Garden Market Authority; what the value is of its assets; for what reasons it is in public ownership; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (105132)
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| 111 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people worked for the Environment Agency in 2002 in (a) England and (b) Somerset. |
| | (105522)
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| 112 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what help she is giving to organic farming companies to advertise their produce. |
| | (105509)
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| 113 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total annual running cost of internal drainage boards is in the UK. |
| | (105508)
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| 114 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria she uses to determine that an internal drainage board is a small board. |
| | (105517)
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| 115 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to change the level of support for potato packing companies. |
| | (105523)
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| 116 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many internal drainage boards there are in the UK. |
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| 117 | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance her Department issues to civil servants on how to deal with claims from organisations that the information they provide to the Department is commercially confidential. |
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| 118 | John Robertson (Glasgow, Anniesland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the Air Quality Strategy. |
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| 119 | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons transporting livestock to and from shows will no longer be exempt from the six day standstill. |
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| 120 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effects of municipal mass burn incineration of waste upon levels of waste recycling; and if she will make a statement. |
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121
N | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Spanish Government since 1st January on sovereignty over Gibraltar; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 122 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the occasions since 1974 when one or more permanent Members used a veto in the UN Security Council, broken down by the proposal under consideration and the vetoing countries. |
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| 123 | Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the United Kingdom's relations with Eritrea. |
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| 124 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met representatives of (a) Morocco and (b) the Polisario to discuss the future of the Western Sahara. |
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| 125 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on progress in implementing UN mandates on Western Sahara. |
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| 126 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the aerial bombardment in Rier, Sudan; and what monitoring he is undertaking of use of Antonov bombers, by the Government of Sudan. |
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| 127 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what monitoring he is undertaking of the situation in Darfur, Sudan, with particular reference to (a) the number of death sentences recently carried out, (b) women's rights and (c) reform of its judiciary. |
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| 128 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the Arab-African conflict in Darfur, Sudan. |
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| 129 | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Government of India regarding access to Punjab by international human rights groups. |
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| 130 | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Government of India on the date by which it will ratify the United Nations' Convention Against Torture. |
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| 131 | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Government of India regarding access to Punjab by the United Nations' Special Rapporteur on Torture. |
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| 132 | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what guidance his Department issues to civil servants on how to deal with claims from organisations that the information they provide to the Department is commercially confidential. |
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| 133 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many reports he has received of breaches of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Voluntary Charter for Extractive Industries since December 2000. |
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| 134 | John Robertson (Glasgow, Anniesland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the leaders of the states in the Horn of Africa on (a) violent crime and (b) small arms proliferation. |
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| 135 | John Robertson (Glasgow, Anniesland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Kenyan authorities regarding small arms proliferation in the northern pastoral regions of Kenya that border Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia. |
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| 136 | John Robertson (Glasgow, Anniesland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the political situation in the Central African Republic. |
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| 137 | John Robertson (Glasgow, Anniesland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had on the political situation in Rwanda. |
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| 138 | John Robertson (Glasgow, Anniesland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the leaders of the states in the Great Lakes Region on (a) violent crime and (b) small arms proliferation. |
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| 139 | John Robertson (Glasgow, Anniesland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) the Ethiopian Government, (b) the Eritrean Government and (c) the United Nations on the demarcation of the boundary between Ethiopia and Eritrea. |
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| 140 | Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has received from (a) Syria and (b) Iran on the firing of coalition missiles into (i) a bus carrying Syrian nationals from Iraq to Syria on 23rd March and (ii) Iranian territory. |
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| 141 | Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reason the Iraqi Ambassador to the United Kingdom was expelled. |
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| 142 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will announce the name of the new Independent Monitor. |
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| 143 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many civil servants in his Department have attended diversity courses. |
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| 144 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the governments of (a) Oman and (b) Bahrain since the start of the Iraq War. |
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| 145 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will announce the name of the next British High Commissioner for India. |
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| 146 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the cost to the UK of the proposed enlargement of the EU. |
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| 147 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Mr Colin Powell. |
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| 148 | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to publish the new national strategic action plan to bring (a) TB and (b) other key infectious diseases under control. |
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| 149 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what role strategic health authorities have in ensuring that primary care trusts continue to commission the full range of specialist services. |
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| 150 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list those NHS bodies found by the National Audit Office not to be adhering to his Department's definition of delayed discharge in data returns; and what in each case the cause of inaccuracy was. |
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| 151 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to revise his Department's targets for recruiting (a) occupational therapists and (b) physiotherapists as a result of the recommendation of the National Audit Office in its report on hospital discharge. |
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152
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the honourable Member for Sutton and Cheam will receive replies to his questions (a) 103150, (b) 100709, (c) 100710, (d) 100712 and (e) 97271. |
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| 153 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for each nominated prescribing centre in the risk sharing scheme for MS drugs the (a) planned and (b) actual establishment by (i) type of occupation and (ii) grade; what the total population covered is; how many people with MS each covers; if he will estimate how many MS sufferers are likely to be eligible for each under ABN guidelines; and how much has been spent to date by each on (A) prescribing and (B) staffing. |
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| 154 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the steady state funding arrangements for specialist services will cease; and what plans he has to monitor the impact of this change. |
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155
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will reply to the letters from the honourable Member for Sutton and Cheam, Ref (a) Lammy/NSF/280103/MP, (b) St Helierfinance/090103/MP, (c) Specialised/061102/MP and (d) Blears/NSF/280103/MP. |
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| 156 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the Personal Social Services Research Unit examination of demand and supply, by region, for residential care referred to in the National Audit Office report on hospital discharge. |
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| 157 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the impact of the new GP contract on the provision of out of hours cover. |
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| 158 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will issue guidance to primary care trusts to ensure consistency in the arrangements for commissioning specialist services and continuity of service for patients. |
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| 159 | Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the role of community pharmacists. |
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160
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many chief executives of NHS trusts have refused to reveal their salaries; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 161 | Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will recognise the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) as the sole national body for the accreditation of laboratories and transfer the functions of Clinical Pathology Accreditation (UK) Ltd to UKAS. |
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| 162 | Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Public Health Laboratory Service will maintain its UK Accreditation Service accreditation when it transfers into the NHS. |
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| 163 | Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support his Department has given to the Accreditation Awareness Campaign run by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service. |
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| 164 | Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the members of a public benefit corporation will have a role other than to appoint or elect the board of governors. |
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| 165 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the voluntary organisations to which his Department has made grants in the last year. |
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166
N | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of the income guarantee proposals for GPs; and if he will make a statement. |
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167
N | Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to distribute to all UK citizens public information packs on personal protection in the event of chemical, biological, radioactive or nuclear attack; and if he will make an assessment of information packs recently produced by private sector firms. |
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| 168 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will amend regulation 3 of the Community Care (Direct Payments) Act 1996 to allow the spouse of the payee and a person who lives with the payee as his or her spouse to act as paid carer for a disabled person. |
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| 169 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what further help he will give to primary care trusts in rural areas to recruit NHS dentists. |
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| 170 | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice he has provided to strategic health authorities and primary care trusts regarding their requirement to reply to honourable Members who seek information from them; and what guidance he has given as to a reasonable amount of time before such replies are received. |
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| 171 | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department issues to civil servants on how to deal with claims from organisations that the information they provide to the Department is commercially confidential. |
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| 172 | John Robertson (Glasgow, Anniesland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effects on health of (a) passive smoking and (b) poor air quality. |
| | (105422)
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| 173 | Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce a national fitness assessment for 11 year olds; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (105599)
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| 174 | Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to improve access to (a) treatments and (b) services for arthritis. |
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| 175 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much is being spent on timber in the re-development of Charing Cross Hospital; which company is providing the doors for this redevelopment; what types of wood will be used in the manufacture of the doors; and what efforts have been made to ensure that the timber used is being sourced from legal and sustainable sources. |
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176
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the honourable Member for Sutton and Cheam will receive replies to his questions (a) 102841, (b) 101017, (c) 101032, (d) 89980, (e) 89990 and (f) 89993. |
| | (105293)
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| 177 | Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support his Department has given the Accreditation Awareness Campaign run by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service. |
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| 178 | Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether community safety accreditation schemes, established under sections 40 and 43 of the Police Reform Act 2002, will be accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service. |
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| 179 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many female prisoners under the age of 18 were detained in Holloway prison (a) six months ago, (b) one year ago and (c) five years ago; and how many are held there now. |
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180
N | Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to distribute to all UK citizens public information packs on personal protection in the event of chemical, biological, radioactive or nuclear attack; and if he will make an assessment of information packs recently produced by private sector firms. |
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| 181 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Tunbridge Wells of 24th February, Official Report, column 110W, on drug dependency (prisoners), if he will list the drugs recorded by mandatory drugs testing in prisons over the time period referred to. |
| | (105675)
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| 182 | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance his Department issues to civil servants on how to deal with claims from organisations that the information they provide to the Department is commercially confidential. |
| | (105558)
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183
N | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to reply to the letter dated 16th January from the honourable Member for Banff and Buchan regarding his constituent Mr S. Chemlakh of Fraserburgh. |
| | (105142)
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| 184 | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to reply to the letter dated 19th February from the honourable Member for Banff and Buchan regarding his constituent Mr N. Stagg of Turriff. |
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| 185 | Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners in each prison are sharing (a) two to a cell designed for one and (b) three to a cell designed for two. |
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| 186 | Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of prisoners are sharing (a) two to a cell designed for one and (b) three to a cell designed for two. |
| | (105401)
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| 187 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he last visited the Public Enquiry Office at the Immigration and Nationality Directorate. |
| | (105633)
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| 188 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints were made against police officers of the Leicestershire constabulary in the last year for which figures are available. |
| | (105634)
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| 189 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many public appointments he has made since 1st March; and if he will list them. |
| | (105637)
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| 190 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) groups and (b) individuals he has met from the Asian community concerning the Iraq war. |
| | (105636)
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| 191 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to improve the efficiency of the Post Room at the Home Office. |
| | (105638)
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| 192 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to meet the Chief Constable of Leicestershire. |
| | (105635)
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| 193 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much timber has been bought for use on the Home Office construction site at 2 Marsham Street; which timber companies have provided it; and what efforts have been made to ensure that it comes from legal and sustainable sources. |
| | (105386)
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| 194 | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to use the former Mid-Wales Hospital at Talgarth as (a) an asylum centre and (b) a prison. |
| | (105612)
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| 195 | Mr George Osborne (Tatton): To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps are being taken to keep the employees of the John Simon hair salon in the Palace of Westminster informed of the latest information on security procedures. |
| | (105440)
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| 196 | Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to separate military and humanitarian objectives and actions in Iraq. |
| | (105437)
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| 197 | Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on aid to Cuba. |
| | (105497)
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| 198 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance her Department is providing to the indigenous people of the Western Sahara. |
| | (105623)
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| 199 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance she has made available to Saharan people living in refugee camps. |
| | (105624)
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| 200 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what humanitarian aid is being made available to the people of Darfur, Sudan. |
| | (105625)
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| 201 | Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent representations the Government has made to the Government of Guatemala on the problem of street children; and if she will make a statement. |
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202
N | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has committed to the reconstruction of broadcasting and cultural services in Iraq, broken down by type; and what proportion this constitutes of the total post-conflict funds for such measures. |
| | (105040)
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203
N | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions and representations she has had with the (a) United States, (b) United Nations, (c) European Union, (d) other states and (e) organisations and individuals regarding the reconstruction and development of (i) broadcasting and (ii) cultural services in Iraq; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (105039)
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| 204 | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what guidance her Department issues to civil servants on how to deal with claims from organisations that the information they provide to the Department is commercially confidential. |
| | (105559)
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| 205 | John Robertson (Glasgow, Anniesland): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions her Department has had with the United Nations Humanitarian Co-ordinator in Eritrea on aid reserves in Eritrea. |
| | (105431)
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| 206 | John Robertson (Glasgow, Anniesland): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in the northern pastoral regions of Kenya that border Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia; and what assistance her Department is providing to alleviate poverty in the pastoral regions of Kenya. |
| | (105425)
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| 207 | John Robertson (Glasgow, Anniesland): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Eritrea. |
| | (105430)
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| 208 | John Robertson (Glasgow, Anniesland): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much development aid her Department has given to Eritrea in each of the last four financial years; and whether she plans to increase this in the next financial year. |
| | (105429)
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| 209 | Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the impact on her annual humanitarian aid budget for 2003-04 of re-allocating to Iraq resources earmarked for global assistance to Iraq. |
| | (105586)
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| 210 | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, whether there is a formal process of consultation with the legal guardians of minors who have compensation payments held by the Court of Protection (a) immediately after a judgement has been made and (b) at any other stage. |
| | (105439)
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211
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what inflation increase has been awarded to not-for-profit agencies providing general civil contracts from 1st April 2003; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (104738)
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| 212 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many applications for enforcement of child contact orders came before the courts in each of the last three years for which information is available. |
| | (105580)
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| 213 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many orders for child contact are extant in relation to persons under the age of 18; and how many orders were made in each of the last three years for which information is available. |
| | (105579)
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| 214 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what steps are being taken by the judiciary to promote a culture of continuity in child contact cases. |
| | (105582)
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| 215 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if she will list the recommendations of the Children Act sub-Committee Report Making Contact Work" which were (a) accepted (i) with and (ii) without conditions, and (b) rejected; what steps the Government has taken to implement each recommendation; and which recommendations she will implement within the next 12 months. |
| | (105581)
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| 216 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what research has been undertaken on the number of child contact orders which are complied with. |
| | (105583)
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| 217 | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what guidance his Department issues to civil servants on how to deal with claims from organisations that the information they provide to the Department is commercially confidential. |
| | (105549)
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218
N | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much the Police Band has cost in each of the last five years. |
| | (105133)
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219
N | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether outside funding has been used to finance the Police Band. |
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220
N | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many band members there were of the RUC/PSNI Band in each of the last five years. |
| | (105135)
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| 221 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what representations he has received from the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission on the conflict in Iraq; whether those representations were within the Commission's remit; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (105473)
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| 222 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the consultation documents issued by his Department and its agencies in the last 12 months which remain open for submissions. |
| | (105472)
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| 223 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the President of the Council, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for North Cornwall of 10th March, Official Report, column 621W, if he will give a breakdown of the travel expenses for 2002-03. |
| | (105495)
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224
N | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with the Spanish Government since 1st January on sovereignty over Gibraltar; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (104979)
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| 225 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he consulted previous prime ministers before committing British forces to battle in Iraq. |
| | (105436)
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| 226 | Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on paragraphs (a) two and (b) three on the Al-Amn Al-Askari military security service in Iraq in the dossier, Iraq-its infrastructure of concealment, deception and intimidation, published on 3rd February. |
| | (105590)
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| 227 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Prime Minister, how many times 10 Downing Street has been used for charitable functions in the last 12 months; for which organisations; and how much money was raised in each case. |
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| 228 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the names of his special advisers. |
| | (105652)
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| 229 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Prime Minister, what plans he has to visit Poland. |
| | (105651)
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| 230 | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the meetings he has had with the e-Envoy since the office was created. |
| | (105631)
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| 231 | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what guidance her Department issues to civil servants on how to deal with claims from organisations that the information they provide to the Department is commercially confidential. |
| | (105482)
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| 232 | Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok): To ask the Solicitor General, how many cases were referred to the Court of Appeal in 2002 on the grounds that the sentence was unduly lenient; if she will list the offences, broken down by type of offence; how many referrals there were, expressed as a percentage of cases dealt with for each crime; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (105418)
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| 233 | Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has had within the European Commission about compliance with European state aid rules in relation to payments made to (a) LG Electronics and (b) LG Semiconductors for their operations in Newport, South Wales. |
| | (105611)
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| 234 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many SMEs were connected to broadband at the start of June (a) 2000, (b) 2001 and (c) 2002; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (105547)
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235
N | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the support given by the Carbon Trust to the development of fuel cell technology in the UK. |
| | (105218)
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| 236 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what help her Department gives to (a) district and (b) borough councils to help local business to (i) expand and (ii) start up. |
| | (105514)
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| 237 | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether a total audit and cost estimate of all Britain's nuclear waste liabilities has been completed. |
| | (105592)
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| 238 | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the total cost to store Britain's nuclear waste in sites around the country was in the last year for which figures are available. |
| | (105593)
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| 239 | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the estimated total cost of storing Britain's nuclear waste will be each year once a single storage sight has been agreed. |
| | (105594)
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| 240 | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what guidance her Department issues to civil servants on how to deal with claims from organisations that the information they provide to the Department is commercially confidential. |
| | (105560)
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241
N | Mrs Marion Roe (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 13th March, Official Report, column 362W, on employers' liability insurance, if she will make a statement on the income of Workplace Contacts; what estimate she makes of the number of construction and allied trade companies there are in the UK; and how many health and safety inspectors there are; and what priorities she has set for these duties. |
| | (104913)
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242
N | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she intends to reply to the letter dated 16th October 2002 from the honourable Member for Banff and Buchan regarding car imports. |
| | (105141)
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| 243 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what quantity of Indonesian timber door blanks have been imported into the United Kingdom in each of the last three years. |
| | (105389)
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| 244 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much plywood from Indonesia was imported into the United Kingdom in each of the last three years. |
| | (105388)
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| 245 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will seek to ensure that banks allow customers with regular current accounts to access their pensions and benefits at the Post Office; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (105577)
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| 246 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the (a) banks and (b) building societies that will offer access to (i) standard current accounts and (ii) basic bank accounts through the Post Office. |
| | (105578)
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| 247 | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the current status of her Department's provision of insurance services to Huntingdon Life Sciences Group. |
| | (105626)
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| 248 | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the meetings ministers in her Department have had with the e-Envoy since his appointment. |
| | (105632)
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| 249 | Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which of the contractors responsible for rail safety in the (a) Paddington and (b) Hatfield rail crashes operated quality management systems. |
| | (105605)
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250
N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funds his Department has received from the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund; and on which dates funds were received in each case. |
| | (105341)
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| 251 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimates he has made of the price of the bond for each rail franchise which would be returned to the Strategic Rail Authority should a franchisee default on its franchise agreement. |
| | (105343)
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| 252 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many communications masts will be required for the new GSM-R digital network. |
| | (105416)
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| 253 | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has asked the Strategic Rail Authority to amend any aspect of its report delivered in autumn 2002 on the Central Railway proposal. |
| | (105550)
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| 254 | Mr David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received from English Heritage in respect of the proposed Brighton West Pier Harbour Revision Order. |
| | (105381)
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| 255 | Mr David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the need for repair to and restoration of the Brighton West Pier in considering the Harbour Revision Order. |
| | (105408)
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| 256 | Mr David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to announce a decision on the proposed Harbour Revision Order for the Brighton West Pier. |
| | (105382)
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| 257 | Mr David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the decision of Brighton and Hove City Council's Planning Applications Sub-Committee of 26th February in relation to the Brighton West Pier and the subsequent decision of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister on the West Pier Planning Application in considering the proposed West Pier Harbour Revision Order. |
| | (105407)
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| 258 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on maintaining the M5 in Somerset in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03. |
| | (105520)
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| 259 | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department issues to civil servants on how to deal with claims from organisations that the information they provide to the Department is commercially confidential. |
| | (105561)
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| 260 | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what guidance his Department issues to civil servants on how to deal with claims from organisations that the information they provide to the Department is commercially confidential. |
| | (105481)
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| 261 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) discharge and (b) re-admission (i) rates and (ii) causes are closely monitored by NHS trusts. |
| | (105395)
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262
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the honourable Member for Sutton and Cheam will receive replies to his questions (a) 101909 and (b) 97567. |
| | (105294)
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| 263 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications have been received in each quarter since September 2000 for (a) attendance allowance, (b) disability living allowance and (c) invalid care allowance; of those how many were (i) successful, (ii) unsuccessful, (iii) subject to appeal and (iv) successful at appeal; how many (A) claims, (B) reviews, (C) reconsiderations and (D) appeals there were on which a decision had not been reached at the end of each quarter; how many applications have been (1) subject to reconsideration and (2) successful at reconsideration; what was the average number of days taken to process appeals; and what the average processing time has been for (a) first-time claims and (b) appeals for claims to be reconsidered in each quarter over the last three years. |
| | (105398)
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| 264 | Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the development and roll out of Jobcentre Plus. |
| | (105496)
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| 265 | Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of claim packs issued by the Department refer claimants to citizens advice bureaux. |
| | (105655)
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266
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many retirees there are in public employee (civil servant) retirement plans. |
| | (105221)
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267
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total value of benefits paid to retirees in civil servant retirement plans was in each of the last 10 years. |
| | (105220)
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268
N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 20th March, Official Report, columns 925-6W, on fraud and the New Deal, if he will list, in each year in which an estimated total loss was given in his Answer, the cases in which fraud was found to have occurred, and the precise level of the fraud in each case. |
| | (105352)
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269
N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 20th March, Official Report, columns 925-6W, on fraud and the New Deal, if he will make a statement on the nature of the frauds committed by contractors in relation to the New Deal; and what steps his Department has taken to prevent such frauds. |
| | (105351)
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| 270 | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many days have been lost in strikes in his Department, including local job centres and social security offices, in London in each year since 1996. |
| | (105568)
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| 271 | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the procedures are for consultation with (a) staff, (b) local communities and (c) local honourable Members over a proposal to reduce the services of or to close a local jobcentre. |
| | (105478)
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| 272 | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the basis is upon which the headcount target of staff working in jobcentres and social security offices in London has been calculated. |
| | (105480)
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| 273 | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the recent dismissal of 600 employees from local jobcentres and social security offices in London. |
| | (105479)
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| 274 | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department issues to civil servants on how to deal with claims from organisations that the information they provide to the Department is commercially confidential. |
| | (105562)
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275
N | Mrs Marion Roe (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will require statutory bodies that place orders with the construction industry for the improvement of public services to be required to ensure through main contractors that all sub- and specialist-contractors hold employers liability compulsory insurance. |
| | (104851)
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| 276 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, under what circumstances pensioners who receive their pensions weekly in cash will be able to receive weekly payments if they opt to receive their pensions by automated credit transfer into a bank account. |
| | (105545)
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| 277 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners had their pensions collected on their behalf from a post office in the most recent week for which figures are available. |
| | (105546)
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| 278 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library copies of guidelines issued to staff in his Department and its agencies on appropriate use of IT facilities; if he will list the dates on which they were (a) published and (b) distributed; and if he will make a statement on the means by which the information was disseminated to staff members. |
| | (105576)
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279
N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Northavon constituency collect benefits from post offices; and how many have migrated from over-the-counter payments to direct bank transfers in the last 12 weeks. |
| | (105297)
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| 280 | Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action she proposes to take to protect manufacturing industry from excessive increases in employers' liability insurance. |
| | [Transferred] (105654)
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| 281 | Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assistance the United Kingdom plans to provide to (a) Iraqi civilians hit by coalition missiles or bombs and (b) the family survivors of Iraqi civilians killed by the coalition invasion of Iraq. |
| | [Transferred] (105588)
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| 282 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what advice will be available for people who forget their Post Office card account PIN numbers. |
| | [Transferred] (105417)
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| 283 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what conditions apply to the import of live pheasants from (a) the EU and (b) countries not in the EU. |
| | [Transferred] (105606)
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| 284 | Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on grant aid given to LG for their operations in Newport, South Wales. |
| | [Transferred] (105610)
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| 285 | Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list each grant given to (a) LG Electronics and (b) LG Semiconductors from public funds for their operations in Newport, South Wales, and the dates on which they were given. |
| | [Transferred] (105608)
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| 286 | Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what scale of funding was offered to LG Electronics in seeking to attract the firm as an inward investor for their operations in Newport, South Wales. |
| | [Transferred] (105607)
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| 287 | Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much funding was (a) offered and (b) provided to LG Semiconductors following the offer aimed at attracting the firm as an inward investor for their operations in Newport, South Wales. |
| | [Transferred] (105609)
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| 288 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to give further help to councils in (a) support and (b) funding to remove abandoned vehicles. |
| | [Transferred] (105501)
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| 289 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many third party account holders a Post Office card account holder may nominate; and why there is no provision in the scheme to allow for a temporary third party. |
| | [Transferred] (105397)
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