Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2002 - 03
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The Order Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 30 April 2003

For Written and Oral Questions for answer from Thursday 1 May 2003 see Part 2 of this Paper.

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

WEDNESDAY 30th APRIL

1   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there are centralised records kept of (a) all Government Next Steps agencies and (b) their current chief executives.

(110766)

2   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the Government Next Steps agencies, with their respective chief executives.

(110767)

3   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what action he is taking to ensure that take up of tax credits is not adversely affected by the initial administrative problems.

(110856)

4   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when the first figures from the Inland Revenue will be released to show the percentage take up of tax credits by constituency.

(110857)

5   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what action he is taking to relieve the impact of the problems encountered when administering tax credits in the Redcar constituency.

(110855)

6   Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his Department plans to replace the Construction Industry Scheme's Registration Card (CIS 4), Construction Tax Certificate (CIS 5) or Subcontractor's Tax Certificate (CIS 6) with a simplified and single certificate.

(110916)

7   Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the impact on the Construction Industry Scheme of the introduction of the CIS 4/5/6 scheme in August 1999.

(110911)

8   Lembit Opik (Montgomeryshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the impact of a 40 per cent reduction in anti-smuggling staff in Wales; and if he will make a statement.

(110718)

9   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the unit costs of (a) self-assessed taxpayers and (b) non self-assessed taxpayers were in the latest year for which data is available on a comparable basis to table 2 of Inland Revenue: The Government's expenditure plans 2000-01-2001-02, Cm 4617.

(110814)

10   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the savings gateway is open to anyone living in the pilot areas who is entitled to the new child tax credit; and if he will make a statement on eligibility, with particular reference to how the measure of income used in determining the level of a tax credit is defined.

(110898)

11   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families have made a successful application for the children's tax credit for (a) 2001-02 and (ii) 2002-03.

(110900)

12   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many savings gateway accounts have been opened in each of the five pilot areas.

(110901)

13   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer who will qualify to pay the reduced rate of national insurance; and whether they will qualify for the basic retirement pension.

(110770)

14   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what measures she is taking to ensure the identification and return of antiquities and cultural artefacts looted from Iraq.

(110606)

15   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information her Department has collated on the contribution made by British academic institutions to the safeguarding of Iraqi museums and cultural sites.

(110887)

16   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has received from academic centres of archaeology about the expertise of the people and organisations carrying out archaeological work alongside major developments.

(110839)

17   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what rules are applied to people and organisations seeking to participate in archaeological work alongside major developments.

(110838)

18   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she has taken to secure a ban in the international trade in objects of Iraqi cultural heritage.

(110847)

19   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what measures are in place to deal with the illicit trade of objects of Iraqi cultural heritage.

(110848)

20   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many illegally obtained objects of Iraqi cultural heritage, broken down by type, have been found entering the United Kingdom since 9th April.

(110845)

21   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to encourage the return of cultural objects stolen or illicitly exported from Iraq.

(110846)

22   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support she is giving to the promotion of British food and drink within her campaign for Britons to holiday in Britain this year.

(110748)

23   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to preserve market towns.

(110691)

24   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has received from heritage groups in the United Kingdom regarding the preservation of market towns.

(110692)

25   Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to introduce a television licence fee for deaf people.

(110652)

26   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions took place with US military officials regarding the risk of looting from Iraqi museums and repositories of cultural artefacts (a) prior to and (b) during recent hostilities; and what discussions have taken place since the Coalition occupation of Baghdad.

(110604)

27   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures were taken by Coalition forces to protect the contents of museums in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities during the recent conflict.

(110603)

28   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures he is taking to (a) prevent further looting of cultural artefacts and antiquities in Iraq and (b) ensure the security of museums and other repositories of works of art and cultural value.

(110599)

29   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the result was of the RAF NAR team Standardisation Exercise in Suffolk; and what recommendations have been put forward as a result of this exercise.

(110888)

30   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what efforts the armed forces are making to secure former Iraqi government buildings; and if he will make a statement on the discovery by journalists of Iraqi government documents.

(110877)

31   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Coalition troops, broken down by country, (a) were in place on 10th April and (b) are currently in place outside Iraqi (i) museums, (ii) libraries, (iii) archives, (iv) monuments and (v) sites; and what proportion of total Coalition troops these figures represent, broken down by country.

(110849)

32   Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future role of the Royal Irish Regiment.

(110906)

33   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who is responsible within his Department for the planning and execution of army exercises; and what procedures are in place to assess their performance and that of their subordinates.

(110552)

34   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the Government will make assessment of (a) the risks of relying on the ready availability of civilian strategic lift assets and (b) the possibility of arrangements with civilian suppliers to guarantee strategic lift capacity during times of crisis; and if he will make a statement.

(110556)

35   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans the Government has to undergo a Joint Rapid Reaction Force exercise where participants do not have prior notice; and if he will make a statement.

(110554)

36   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what mechanisms are in place to monitor the process of applying lessons learned from past army exercises to future activities; and who is responsible for ensuring such processes take place.

(110553)

37   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to balance the cost of modifying equipment against that of supporting unmodified equipment in theatre, when assessing cost effectiveness.

(110551)

38   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans the Government has to undergo a Joint Rapid Reaction Force exercise to demonstrate the capability of medical services; and if he will make a statement.

(110555)

39   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the performance of Challenger 2 tanks in the desert conditions of Southern Iraq in 2003.

(110759)

40   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what military assets, including personnel, in Iraq are being applied to provide medical treatment for Iraqi civilians; and for how long they will remain in place.

(110760)

41   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what opportunities for modern apprenticeships he makes available in the armed forces.

(110761)

42   Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his latest estimate is of the number of (a) RBL 755 cluster bombs dropped on targets within Iraq and (b) L20 cluster shells fired by UK forces around Basra.

(110806)

43   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he next intends to visit the British military base on Gibraltar.

(110704)

44   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria he uses to decide whether to arrange for official homecoming and victory parades following conflicts involving UK troops.

(110547)

45   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will organise a parade to welcome UK servicemen home from the Persian Gulf.

(110546)

46   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of British troops deployed in the Persian Gulf have now returned home.

(110705)

47   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the showing of BBC News coverage to HM Forces deployed in the Persian Gulf.

(110590)

48   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much the Merseyside Housing Renewal Group are paying in fees to Grimley in the first year of operation; and whether other professional fees are being paid during this start-up period.

(110681)

49   Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what measures he plans to take in the next two years to tackle the housing shortage in Luton.

(110664)

50   Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what measures he intends to take to increase protection of park home owners against site owners.

(110667)

51   Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many park home site owners have been prosecuted for overcharging park home owners for utility services in the last 12 months.

(110668)

52   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many man-hours have been lost in the Fire Service in the London Borough of Havering as a result of strike action in the past 12 months.

(110586)

53   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he has taken to increase voter turn-out in the May local elections.

(110694)

54   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what criteria will apply to fees review within the quinquennial access agreement term, with particular reference to the position of existing students.

(110928)

55   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what safeguards will be introduced (a) to ensure the independence of the proposed Office for Fair Access from HEFCE and (b) to define the financial and administrative relations between them.

(110929)

56   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether he plans further studies on the comparative lifetime incomes of graduates and non-graduates, with particular reference to (a) courses studied and (b) subsequent sector of employment.

(110914)

57   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when the study by Professor Schwartz on assessment of the merit of applicants to higher education will be available.

(110965)

58   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether the proposed Office for Fair Access will be required (a) to report annually on overall achievements of the higher education sector in improving access and (b) to preserve confidentiality of their dealings with individual institutions in connection with the implementation of their access agreements.

(110927)

59   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when the review of the possibility of post A-level entry to higher education will be completed.

(110924)

60   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what arrangements will be made for liaison between the Office for Fair Access and HEFCE in the collection and analysis of data on admissions and non-completion of courses.

(110915)

61   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what evidence he has collated on the fairness of existing higher education admissions systems.

(110882)

62   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on progress with the advanced education award.

(110925)

63   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has, in conjunction with HEFCE, for improving the sensitivity of the existing postcode premium in encouraging higher education institutions to improve access for disadvantaged students.

(110880)

64   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether the proposed new higher education grant will be made available to existing students on its introduction in 2004.

(110881)

65   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether he plans to offer the raised income threshold for student loans available from April 2005 to existing income-contingent loans.

(110930)

66   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, in what circumstances compensation will be payable from public funds to training providers in the light of the withdrawal of individual learning accounts; and what the estimated cost of such payments is.

(110886)

67   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on recent changes in the senior management team at the Learning and Skills Council.

(110879)

68   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what credit will be given to efforts by an individual higher education institution to encourage wider participation by students in their area, notwithstanding that some may attend institutions elsewhere.

(110926)

69   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the timetable and progress of Strategic Area Reviews by Local Learning and Skills Councils.

(110884)

70   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether he plans to substitute the harmonised European inflation index for the retail prices index in the calculation of liabilities for student loans.

(110883)

71   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the annual (a) staffing and (b) running costs of the proposed Office for Fair Access to higher education will be.

(110885)

72   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, who will cover PFI repayments on schools closed before the end of the repayment period.

(110682)

73   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of entrants aged under 21 years to modern languages courses at higher education institutions in each year from 2003 to 2008.

(110875)

74   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what efforts his Department is making, through reform of the 14-19 curriculum, to increase the number of entrants aged under 21 years to modern languages courses at higher education institutions in the UK.

(110874)

75   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what financial support is available for mature students undertaking a full-time degree course at university with no earnings from any source.

(110758)

76   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of A level students from the London Borough of Havering secured a place at university last year.

(110584)

77   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action he will be taking regarding teachers who boycott SATs for under 12s.

(110697)

78   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the recent National Union of Teachers Conference.

(110699)

79   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of teachers and lecturers about teachers and lecturers being bullied by colleagues or parents of students; and what action he intends to take.

(110549)

80   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what advice he will be issuing to teachers regarding SATs for the under 12s.

(110696)

81   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of GCSE students in the London Borough of Havering achieved five or more C grades, or higher, last year; and what the proportion was in other London boroughs.

(110581)

82   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations he has received following the recent National Union of Teachers Conference.

(110698)

83   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funding and technical support has been made available for establishing and running children's centres; and what plans he has to improve co-operation with local Sure Start programme plans.

(110775)

84   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children's centres have opened in each year since 1997; where they are located; what links they have with pre-school learning in disadvantaged areas; and if he will make a statement.

(110774)

85   Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cases of Varroa mites her Department has identified, broken down by county.

(110866)

86   Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action she has taken to deal with the threat from Varroa mites; and if she will make a statement.

(110868)

87   Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research her Department has undertaken to combat Varroa mites.

(110867)

88   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 14th April, Official Report, columns 479-80W, on farm subsidies, what proportion of production-linked subsidy payments have been redirected into rural development measures since 2001.

(110876)

89   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support her Department is giving to the British food and drinks industries to help them to promote British brands.

(110747)

90   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will give financial support to the British Food Trust for the creation of the Great British Kitchen.

(110918)

91   Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to stop the use of enriched cages to house laying hens; and on what basis this decison was made.

(110917)

92   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will establish a joint working party including representatives from Government and industry to monitor the implementation of the EU Animal By-Products Regulation.

(110895)

93   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to monitor the practical consequences of the implementation of the EU Animal By-Products Regulation for (a) the disposal of blood from abattoirs, (b) the disposal of fallen stock, (c) the disposal of catering waste to land and (d) the disposal of food waste from small retailers; and if she will make a statement.

(110894)

94   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the number of abattoirs that will be unable to comply with the blood tank requirements of the Animal By-Products Regulation.

(110893)

95   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will place in the Library copies of responses made to her Department's consultation on the Mid-Term Review of the Common Agricultural Policy.

(110896)

96   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many herd breakdowns there have been in each of the last five years owing to a positive reaction to the test for bovine tuberculosis in each region of England; and how many of those herds were closed herds, with no stock brought onto the farms in question in the period since any previous tests.

(110757)

97   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in how many of those herds suffering a breakdown following testing for bovine tuberculosis were (a) lesions found at the post mortem of any animal from the herd and (b) tissue samples taken which proved positive for mycobacterium bovis in each of the last five years.

(110756)

98   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, of those herds with a breakdown confirmed by a positive laboratory test for mycrobacterium bovis, how many are vaccinated against bovine viral diahorrea.

(110754)

99   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department most recently carried out tests on traps used to catch and kill wild mammals licensed by her Department; what the purpose of such tests were; where the tests were conducted; what criteria were applied in assessing the results of these tests; and if she will place in the Library details of the conduct of these tests.

(110753)

100   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many herds under movement restrictions to control the spread of bovine tuberculosis have been subject to such controls for (a) more than two years, (b) between one and two years, (c) between six months and one year and (d) less than six months.

(110755)

101   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has assessed the compliance of traps used to catch and kill wild mammals for which a license is not necessary with (a) the criteria her Department applies to licenced traps and (b) the International Trapping Standards.

(110749)

102   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish performance data on each trap for catching and killing wild mammals that has been tested and licensed by her Department.

(110752)

103   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will place in the Library copies of the licences her Department has issued for traps to catch and kill wild mammals that are in force.

(110750)

104   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the compatibility of the standards applied by her Department and its predecessor to traps for catching and killing wild mammals as licensed by her Department with the International Trapping Standards; and if she will make a statement.

(110751)

105   Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what conclusions she has reached on the consultation on reducing the statutory notice periods for cars abandoned on private land.

(110663)

106   Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it compulsory for fast food outlets and commercial kitchens to install (a) fat traps and (b) grease interceptors in their waste water discharge systems.

(110678)

107   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimates he has (a) made and (b) received of the number and sterling value of (i) antiquities, (ii) cultural artefacts and (iii) works of art which have been looted from Iraq since Coalition forces occupied the country.

(110600)

108   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the United Nations concerning export criteria on (a) works of art, (b) items of cultural value and (c) antiquities in Iraq, in the event of the lifting of trade sanctions; and if he will make a statement.

(110602)

109   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the United Nations regarding the security of antiquities and works of cultural value remaining in Iraq.

(110601)

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N   Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications of the draft European Constitution's proposals on the area of freedom, justice and security for Britain's Schengen opt-out; and if he will make a statement.

(109553)

111   Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received from (a) the Israeli Defence Force and (b) the United Nations on the killing of Mr Ian Hook; and if he will place these in the Library.

(110909)

112   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24th February, Official Report, column 251W, on Iraq, whether there are claims by UK shareholders still outstanding in respect of the 1974 nationalisation of the Iraqi oil industry.

(110919)

113   Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his estimate is of the proportion of conflict diamonds reaching European markets.

(110746)

114   Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department has given to the Liberian peace talks and the Bamako Talks.

(110745)

115   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department made of civilian infrastructures and what plans were made for the restoration of essential services in Iraq, prior to military action; and if he will make future plans publicly available.

(110977)

116   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether steps have been taken in Iraq to recruit specialists in the international justice sector; and what plans have been made for transitional justice processes.

(110978)

117   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions have taken place about debt-restructuring in Iraq; and if he will make a statement.

(110979)

118   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement about what co-ordination there has been with the United Nations regarding the future governance of Iraq.

(110976)

119   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans there are for the management of Iraqi oil revenues; and if he will make a statement.

(110981)

120   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether there have been delays in issuing licences to humanitarian agencies in Iraq.

(110980)

121   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans there are to parole and vet Iraqi soldiers prior to their involvement in reconstruction activities.

(110975)

122   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement about sanctions on Iraq.

(110974)

123   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what measures are being taken in Iraq to establish (a) security, (b) effective policing and (c) the rule of law.

(110973)

124   Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Royal Thai Government to request that (a) Thailand will officially host talks between the Burmese military and the ethnic nationalities, (b) the Thai mediation between the SPDC and the ethnic groups is open and transparent, (c) the future of Burma's national reconciliation will be at the heart of the mediation process and (d) ethnic leaders are allowed to meet officially on Thai soil to discuss their future.

(110607)

125   Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government (a) has taken and (b) will take to (i) facilitate the New Panglong Initiatives undertaken by representatives of the eight Burma States, (ii) encourage ethnic representations in the national reconciliation process and (iii) engage with and meet ethnic representatives officially.

(110608)

126   Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received in the last 12 months in respect of human rights violations in Indian-held Kashmir.

(110665)

127   Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had on introducing international human rights inspectors to Indian-held Kashmir.

(110666)

128   Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether the terms of UN Resolution 43/173 of 9th December 1988 are being observed in Guantanamo Bay.

(110813)

129   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the US Administration regarding the future of the (a) European Union and (b) United Nations.

(110711)

130   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with members of the United States Administration regarding (a) Zimbabwe, (b) Iran, (c) North Korea and (d) Syria.

(110588)

131   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the policy of the Government towards the proposal laid down in the proposed European Constitution stating that the member states may accede to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.

(110702)

132   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the US Administration regarding the (a) German and (b) French Administration.

(110713)

133   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last spoke to the (a) German and (b) French foreign ministers.

(110587)

134   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the policy of the Government towards the proposal laid down in the proposed European Constitution stating that the European Union should have a legal personality.

(110701)

135   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the US Administration regarding the future development of NATO.

(110712)

136   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the policy of the Government towards the proposal laid down in the proposed European Constitution that Europe should be governed on a federal basis.

(110700)

137   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the policy of the Government towards the proposal laid down in the proposed European Constitution with regard to the creation of citizenship of the Union.

(110703)

138   Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has (a) commissioned into the number of methadone overdose deaths in the UK in the last 12 months for which figures are available and (b) evaluated on the role of methadone supervision in reducing overdose deaths.

(110598)

139   Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to provide specific funding for the implementation of the Government's commitment to end ageism in the NHS.

(110594)

140
N   Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the terms of reference are of the referral of the future of East Kent acute hospital services to the Independent Reconfiguration Panel.

(108810)

141   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether all hospitals in England have in place for 2002-03 senior nurses with a ward environment budget of over £5,000; and whether his Department monitors this centrally.

(110824)

142   Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the Government is doing to ensure that women with breast cancer are not waiting longer than the four weeks between being told that they need radiotherapy and starting their treatment.

(110744)

143   Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progess has been made on the new GP contracts for those practising in the London area.

(110743)

144   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to ensure that infertility treatment and assisted conception techniques are available on the NHS throughout England and Wales.

(110829)

145   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the NHS hospitals which are subject to reconfiguration reviews.

(110947)

146   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the impact of the European Working Time Directive on midwives.

(110956)

147   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the results of the consultation on the future configuration of NHS hospitals.

(110953)

148   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to use career grade doctors to cover emergency 24 hour access to medical and surgical care.

(110946)

149   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many practising NHS clinicians have been recruited to management, administrative and other non-clinical posts in the NHS in the past 12 months.

(110943)

150   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff are being taken on by the NHS to manage the transition to the European Working Time Directive.

(110944)

151   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines the NHS Information Agency issues about the adjustment of waiting time statistics to reflect periods of suspension from a list where a patient indicates that they may be away on holiday.

(110954)

152   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, where the digital transmission of X-Rays is in use.

(110951)

153   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital-based doctors and consultants have left the NHS in each of the past five years.

(110948)

154   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS in (a) financial terms and (b) staffing of including on call time within the 48 hour week provided for by the European Working Time Directive.

(110945)

155   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses are training to become nurse practitioners.

(110950)

156   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors have been recruited from post-graduate courses by NHS hospitals in each of the past five years.

(110949)

157   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many midwife-only maternity units are in operation at non-acute hospital sites; and if he will list them.

(110955)

158   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action his Department intends to take to clarify the responsibilities of health authorities and local authorities in the area of communicable disease control.

(110958)

159   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his statement to the House of 28th April, if he will make a statement on the status of a declaration signed by passengers returning from SARS-affected areas.

(110931)

160   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list (a) the distance from target funding allocations and (b) estimated time to target for (i) each strategic health authority and (ii) each primary care trust.

(110823)

161   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the amount of hospital food wasted in terms of returned meals in the NHS in England in each year since 1997.

(110821)

162   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many accident and emergency departments have only one resident doctor specialising in A and E on duty at night; and to which grade in each case the doctor is trained.

(110816)

163   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 14th April, Official Report, column 626W, on Ward (Definition), if he will place a copy of the data dictionary in the Library.

(110891)

164   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action his Department intends to take to implement the recommendations in the 1988 Public Health in England report by the Chief Medical Officer on revising the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984.

(110922)

165   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department intends to establish a statutory notification scheme for laboratories.

(110957)

166   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to publish the review into NHS Direct, referred to in the strategy document, Developing NHS Direct.

(110819)

167   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 1st April, Official Report, column 688W, on the Health Protection Agency, if he will list the programmes; and what slippage has occurred to contribute to the underspends of revenue and capital.

(110892)

168   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his oral statement of 28th April, Official Report, column 38, on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, if he will make a statement on the action to be taken against people returning to the United Kingdom from SARS affected areas, who are unable or unwilling to sign a declaration.

(110961)

169   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he has received advice from (a) the World Health Organisation and (b) the Chief Medical Officer on the transmissibility of SARS through (i) aerosol routes and (ii) fomites.

(110963)

170   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 8th April, column 239W, on NHS Professionals, which NHS trusts are using NHS Professionals; and which NHS trusts have used NHS Professionals in the past and have since ceased to use its services.

(110890)

171   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on plans for a national patient database, referred to in the strategy document, Developing NHS Direct.

(110818)

172   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the total cost of establishing (a) strategic health authorities and (b) primary care trusts.

(110815)

173   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance is given to the NHS about the involvement of reception staff in triage.

(110817)

174   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) fires and (b) false fire alarms there were in the NHS in each year since 1997.

(110820)

175   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) scientific and (b) medical advice he has received in support of a policy of screening for SARS at airports using a declaration for passengers to sign.

(110923)

176   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library the advice by the Chief Medical Officer on whether SARS should be made a notifiable disease.

(110962)

177   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) suspected and (b) probable SARS cases there were in the UK on the most recent day for which information is available.

(110966)

178   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action his Department intends to take to amend the powers exercised as a last resort over people, premises and property in circumstances posing a risk to public health.

(110959)

179   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list hospitals and primary care trusts where suspected SARS cases are being observed or treated as inpatients.

(110964)

180   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action his Department intends to take to change the reserve powers available to the Secretary of State in the event that an outbreak of communicable disease is being mishandled.

(110960)

181   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the number of security incidents in the NHS in England in each year since 1997.

(110822)

182   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the role of aircraft air conditioning systems in the spread of (a) SARS and (b) other infectious diseases; and if he will make a statement.

(110807)

183   Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what part his Department has played in respect of child protection issues in the Home Office taskforce on child protection and the internet.

(110669)

184   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had regarding health risks associated with the use of sunbeds.

(110545)

185   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of (a) throat, (b) prostate, (c) bowel, (d) breast and (e) lung cancer patients in the London Borough of Havering were treated successfully in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

(110585)

186   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust regarding the changes in management of the trust.

(110583)

187   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust regarding the appointment of a new Trust chairman.

(110582)

188   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the British Medical Association regarding health risks associated with the use of sunbeds; and if he will make a statement on health risks associated with the use of sunbeds.

(110589)

189   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provisions are being made to increase the level of funding for services for the mentally handicapped in the London Borough of Havering.

(110693)

190   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to screen new born babies for cystic fibrosis; and if he will make a statement.

(110676)

191   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will waive prescription charges for those with cystic fibrosis; and if he will make a statement.

(110675)

192   Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to promote and facilitate (a) exercise programmes in the community and (b) other cardiovascular disease prevention initiatives.

(110677)

193   Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the precautions being taken at Heathrow to prevent the spread of the SARS virus into the United Kingdom via the airport.

(110559)

194   Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the preparations being made at hospitals near Heathrow Airport to treat people arriving at Heathrow Airport who are infected with the SARS virus.

(110558)

195   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what specialist assistance is available for child victims of trafficking for exploitation; what plans he has to ensure that social services staff have training on child trafficking; and if he will make a statement.

(110787)

196   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what direct financial support the Home Office gives to each of the sexual assault referral centres in England and Wales.

(110728)

197   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the most recent rates of (a) prosecution and (b) conviction are for rape and sexual assault in police areas which (i) have and (ii) do not have sexual assault referral centres.

(110722)

198   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is Home Office policy that local police authorities should share in the costs of (a) establishing and (b) running sexual assault referral centres; and whether there has been a budget allocated to a police area for such a project.

(110725)

199   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Home Office budget for rape counselling and support services was in financial year 2002-03.

(110719)

200   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what Home Office policy is on whether sexual assault referral centres should be partly financed as to (a) capital setup costs and (b) running costs by primary care trusts; and what liaison he has with the Department of Health about such projects.

(110724)

201   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Home Office will publish the comparative study of sexual assault referral centres carried out by London Metropolitan University.

(110721)

202   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what Home Office guidelines there are to assist in the establishment of policies and procedures for sexual assault referral centres.

(110723)

203   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Home Office's preferred model is for rape counselling and support services.

(110726)

204   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training in self defence is given to police community support officers.

(110859)

205   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what policy the Home Office has to encourage the establishment of sexual assault referral centres in England and Wales.

(110727)

206   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what budgetary provision the Home Office has made to provide rape counselling and support services to match the change in the number of rape complainants resulting from the passage of the Sexual Offences Bill.

(110720)

207   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sexual assault referral centres there are in England and Wales; and how they are financed.

(110729)

208   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many parenting orders have been issued in England and Wales in each year that they have been available.

(110843)

209   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many parents in England and Wales who have been ordered to attend parenting programmes are awaiting places on such courses.

(110842)

210   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners were moved from HM prisons and kept temporarily in police custody, broken down by (a) police authority and (b) month, in the period March 2002 to March 2003.

(110844)

211   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many parenting programmes are being provided in England and Wales in each county; what the cost is of each place on a parenting programme; and how many additional places on parenting programmes are going to be funded in (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2004-05.

(110841)

212   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action his Department is taking to increase the availability of parenting classes in England and Wales.

(110840)

213   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the review of death certification will recommend giving MRSA a code so that it can be listed as a cause of death on death certificates; and if he will make a statement.

(110826)

214   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the review of death certification is likely to be concluded; and if he will make a statement.

(110825)

215   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 24th February, Official Report, column 315W, when the findings of the review into the Forensic Science Service will be published.

(110920)

216   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had about an agreement between the Police Complaints Authority and the Mersey Tunnels Police.

(110560)

217   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 25th March, Official Report, column 151W, what his estimate is of the total number of education hours lost throughout the Prison Service over the last 12 months due to staff shortages; and if he will estimate the financial cost of these lost hours.

(110889)

218   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 11th March from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs Natalia Belhka.

(110609)

219   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 10th February from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Sheik Mohammad Kamal Uddin.

(110610)

220   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 11th March from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs H. Abdul Wahed.

(110611)

221   Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he intends to take in respect of solicitors and agents who fail properly to advise clients in respect of asylum cases.

(110673)

222   Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many replies to letters about asylum from the honourable Member for Luton South have been outstanding for (a) one month, (b) three months, (c) six months, (d) 12 months and (e) more than 12 months; and which cases are involved in each instance.

(110662)

223   Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he (a) has taken and (b) intends to take in respect of solicitors and agents who charge asylum seekers for writing letters to honourable Members.

(110674)

224   Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the group dealing with domestic violence perpetrators within the police force has met; and if he will make a statement.

(110661)

225   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with (a) the Metropolitan Police and (b) senior police officers in Hackney and Havering regarding the loss of eight police officers from the London Borough of Havering to the London Borough of Hackney.

(110715)

226   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the loss of eight police officers from the London Borough of Havering to the London Borough of Hackney.

(110716)

227   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of police officers in the UK are armed; and what proportion were armed in (a) 1979, (b) 1983, (c) 1987, (d) 1993, (e) 1997 and (f) 2001.

(110593)

228   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he next intends to review police numbers in the London Boroughs of (a) Havering and (b) Hackney.

(110714)

229   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many firearms have been surrendered to the police as part of the Trident gun amnesty campaign.

(110591)

230   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes involving a firearm were committed in the UK in (a) 1979, (b) 1983, (c) 1987, (d) 1992, (e) 1997, (f) 2001 and (g) 2002.

(110592)

231   Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to prevent the sale from licensed retail premises of graffiti magazines containing pictures of illegal graffiti.

(110679)

232   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proposals he has to ensure child victims of trafficking are protected from and do not return to or are not kidnapped by their trafficker or abuser; what specialist safe accommodation and supervision is available in such circumstances; and if he will make a statement.

(110785)

233   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what counselling services are available to child victims of trafficking; and what special immigration arrangements can be made if the child is not from the UK.

(110786)

234   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sex offenders have been banned from travelling abroad to locations where they may abuse children; and if he will make a statement.

(110779)

235   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many child protection officers are stationed at UK ports and airports; what plans he has to increase these numbers; and what plans he has to create a permanent child protection unit.

(110782)

236   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what structures are in place for, and what plans he has to improve, the exchange of information on child sex offenders between countries.

(110781)

237   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with EU colleagues regarding the inclusion of specific children's rights in EU policy.

(110778)

238   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training is available for immigration and police officers in identifying a trafficked child; and what powers can be used to protect trafficked children discovered at ports and airports.

(110783)

239   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures are in place to ensure that child sex offenders from abroad are prevented from entering the UK; and if he will make a statement.

(110780)

240   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to create a specialist police unit to investigate work-related deaths.

(110827)

241   Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of Kenya's progress towards meeting World Bank and IMF targets for reform and policy changes on corruption, reform of the judicial and legal system and macro-economic framework; and what time-frame she expects for increases in financial assistance through (a) the IMF, (b) the World Bank and (c) her Department.

(110733)

242   Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made in restoring clean water supplies to (a) Kirkuk and (b) Mosul in Iraq.

(110732)

243   Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment her Department has made of the humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

(110730)

244   Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what time-frame her Department expects for the restoration of the oil for food programme in Iraq at the level of the local distribution centres.

(110731)

245   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to her Answers of 27th March, Official Report, column 353-4W, on broadcasting and cultural services, what measures she is taking to reconstruct (a) broadcasting and (b) cultural services in Iraq.

(110835)

246   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) assessment her Department made of civilian infrastructures and (b) plans were made for the restoration of essential services in Iraq prior to military action; and if she will make future plans publicly available.

(110972)

247   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what reports she has received about the adequacy of equipment and quality control systems for preventing blood contamination in Iraqi hospitals.

(110970)

248   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the distribution system set up under the oil for food programme in Iraq is operational.

(110971)

249   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the frequency of household waste removal in Baghdad.

(110968)

250   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what reports she has received about cholera outbreaks in (a) Basra and (b) Hilla.

(110969)

251   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what level of assistance is being given by the Government to education projects regarding AIDS and HIV in Africa.

(110708)

252   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what efforts are being made to ensure the speedy provision of aid through the World Food Programme to combat the recurrent food crisis in Ethiopia.

(110709)

253   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what level of aid is being provided to uprooted people in developing countries; and to what extent the Government has acted upon the agreements made at the Montevideo Convention in 2001.

(110707)

254   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to combat the famine in (a) Ethiopia and (b) Eritrea.

(110710)

255   Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what progress has been made in implementing the commitments given to both Houses on the issue of child contact during the Adoption and Children Bill proceedings.

(110672)

256   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost is, per pupil, of providing education in each Northern Ireland education and library board area for primary and post-primary schools in the (a) controlled sector, (b) maintained sector and (c) integrated sector.

(110569)

257   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost of placing and retrieving traffic cones on Northern Ireland roads and motorways was in each of the last three years.

(110578)

258   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list by (a) name, (b) location and (c) number of vacant places available, the primary and post-primary schools in each Northern Ireland education and library board area in each of the last five years.

(110576)

259   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the pupil/teacher ratio is in Northern Ireland's primary and post-primary schools; and what it is projected to be in each of the next five years.

(110568)

260   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many accidents have occurred on Northern Ireland roads and motorways as a result of stray traffic cones in each of the last three years.

(110579)

261   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many teachers were employed in (a) primary and (b) post-primary schools in each Northern Ireland education and library board area in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.

(110573)

262   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many new senior managers' and managers' posts have been created in each of the last five years in each Northern Ireland health trust.

(110564)

263   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what (a) notice and (b) discussion occurs between hospitals outside the Northern Health and Social Board and the local community health trust within the Board area prior to discharging a patient into the community.

(110561)

264   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the projected number of teachers employed in primary and post-primary schools in each Northern Ireland education and library board area is for the next 10 years.

(110572)

265   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the salary costs for (a) senior managers and (b) managers in each Northern Ireland health trust are for 2003-04.

(110565)

266   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Northern Ireland teachers have (a) retired and (b) left the profession within their first three years, in each of the last five years.

(110571)

267   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proposals his Department has to improve the safety of placing and retrieving traffic cones on Northern Ireland roads and motorways.

(110562)

268   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list, by district council areas, the (a) Home-Start schemes and (b) Sure-Start schemes funded by health boards and trusts in Northern Ireland.

(110580)

269   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list by (a) name, (b) location and (c) education and library board area those schools that have been closed in each of the last five years.

(110570)

270   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Northern Ireland health trust senior managers and managers sit on more than two public sector boards, authorities or non-governmental organisations.

(110563)

271   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the enrolment figures at (a) primary and (b) post-primary schools were in each Northern Ireland education and library board area in each of the last five years.

(110575)

272   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) senior managers and (b) managers are employed in each Northern Ireland health trust.

(110566)

273   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been (a) injured and (b) killed, placing and retrieving traffic cones on Northern Ireland roads and motorways in each of the last three years.

(110577)

274   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the population projections for (a) primary and (b) post-primary schools in each Northern Ireland education and library board area are for each of the next 10 years.

(110574)

275   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of their time was spent by senior managers (a) in meetings, (b) in conferences and (c) on training courses in each Northern Ireland (i) health trust and (ii) education and library board in each of the last 12 months.

(110567)

276   Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on progress in bringing the new Assets Recovery Agency within the remit of the Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice.

(110908)

277   Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures he has introduced to prevent the spread of SARS to Northern Ireland.

(110905)

278   Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps the Northern Ireland Office is taking to highlight Alzheimer's Awareness week in Northern Ireland.

(110907)

279
N   Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Prime Minister, what plans the Government has to celebrate Gibraltar's 300th anniversary (a) in the UK and (b) in conjunction with the Government of Gibraltar.

(109554)

280   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Prime Minister, when he next plans to meet (a) President George W Bush, (b) US Secretary of State Colin Powell and (c) Prime Minister John Howard.

(110695)

281   Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Solicitor General, if she will list the reviews of deaths in cases of domestic violence she has undertaken; and what her conclusions were in each case.

(110671)

282   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what powers she has to monitor and prevent the sale (a) via the internet and (b) by other means of antiquities looted from Iraq; and if she will make a statement.

(110605)

283
N   Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has had on marking Gibraltar's 300th anniversary with a commemorative stamp issue for 2004; and what representations were received on the issue.

(109552)

284   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, in what products imports from sub-Saharan Africa have grown since the implementation of the Everything but Arms agreement; by what margin; and if she will make a statement.

(110768)

285   Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the £450 million subsidy announced for the rural Post Office network requires parliamentary approval; and when she expects to receive state aid approval from the European Commission.

(110910)

286   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many representations she has received from members of the public regarding the proposed deregulation of the pharmacy industry; and if she will make a statement.

(110706)

287   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures are in place to ensure that working parents with children under six or with disabled children are (a) able to to request flexible working hours from employers and (b) that their requests are seriously considered.

(110777)

288   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to introduce a statutory right to adoption leave for parents with a newly adopted child; and if she will make a statement.

(110776)

289   Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if the Government will establish a challenge fund for local authorities for car clubs.

(110934)

290   Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans the Department has for undertaking further research into the effectiveness of car clubs.

(110932)

291   Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what encouragement the Department is giving to local authorities within its guidance for developing local transport plans for the support of car clubs; and what (a) financial and (b) other support the Department is giving to local authorities for (i) promotion and (ii) development of car clubs.

(110933)

292   Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for Metronet's planned upgrade and refurbishment of their London Underground lines.

(110810)

293   Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many units of new rolling stock Metronet are to receive; and when they are due to be delivered.

(110809)

294   Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what basis, and for what reasons, a reassessment of the traffic statistics for 2000 began in 2002.

(110812)

295   Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the proposed refurbishment of the Bakerloo line will commence.

(110808)

296   Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what basis the selection of the preferred bidders was made in respect of London Underground's public private partnership.

(110811)

297   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Home Office, (b) the British Transport Police and (c) Transport for London regarding crime on the District line in the London Borough of Havering; and if he will make a statement.

(110550)

298   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the Greater Anglia rail franchise.

(110595)

299   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) First and (b) the Strategic Rail Authority in relation to the Greater Anglia rail franchise.

(110596)

300   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons First has been excluded from the bidding process for the Greater Anglia rail franchise.

(110597)

301   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Home Office, (b) the Metropolitan Police and (c) Transport for London regarding crime on buses in the London Borough of Havering; and if he will make a statement.

(110548)

302   Mr John Taylor (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what mechanisms exist (a) for the regulation and (b) for the supervision of the Motor Insurers Bureau.

(110897)

303   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to increase the payment due under the caring allowance entitlement of the State Second Pension.

(110858)

304   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he will review the introduction of a compulsory employer contribution to stakeholder pensions as part of the pensions green paper consultation.

(110860)

305   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to make public funds available to assist disabled people taking up public appointments (a) through the Access to Work Scheme and (b) through other mechanisms.

(110742)

306   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many specialist disability advisers will be recruited to assist the employment of disabled people; and what core skills they will be expected to possess.

(110739)

307   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to improve access to Job Centre Plus for disabled people, with particular reference to (a) physical access to premises and (b) staff training in disability awareness.

(110740)

308   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pilot schemes under the Green Paper Pathway to Work will involve medical services delivered other than by the National Health Service.

(110741)

309   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) target population, (b) total expenditure in the last financial year and (c) the average cost of a job placement were for the (i) New Deal for Lone Parents, (ii) the New Deal for Young People and (iii) the New Deal for Disabled People.

(110734)

310   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what studies he is conducting into whether potential loss of disability living allowance inhibits potential returners to work.

(110735)

311   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will extend the return to work credit scheme to the whole of the UK.

(110736)

312   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to exclude the pilot return to work credit from calculations for (a) housing and (b) council tax benefit.

(110737)

313   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to improve awareness of the Access to Work scheme; and how much was spent on its promotion in the last year for which figures are available.

(110638)

314   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what work has been completed since 1997 on redefining the ratio between the number of job centre vacancies and the total number of vacancies in the economy, and the extent to which this ratio varies in different areas across the country.

(110685)

315   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what analysis he has undertaken of the rate of offload from each of the working age benefits; and how this rate differs for different areas of the country.

(110763)

316   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants there were of (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) incapacity benefit, (c) housing benefit and (d) lone parents on income support, in (i) May 1997 and (ii) the last year for which figures are available.

(110680)

317   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of households below pensionable age had no-one in work and were dependent on benefit in each of the last 30 years.

(110690)

318   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average duration of benefit claims was for each of the major benefits administered by his Department and its predecessors in each of the last 30 years.

(110765)

319   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how travel to work areas are defined; and what changes have been made in this definition since 1979.

(110686)

320   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many travel to work areas have (a) less than 5 per cent., (b) 6 to 10 per cent., (c) 11 to 15 per cent., (d) 16 to 20 per cent. and (e) over 20 per cent. of the work force turning over each year.

(110688)

321   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) unemployed claimants and (b) unfilled vacancies there are in each travel to work area; and if he will express these data as an employment to vacancy ratio.

(110762)

322   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what work his Department has completed on the destinations of those people leaving each of the benefits of his Department for people of working age.

(110764)

323   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employees in benefit agency offices are qualified as British Sign Language interpreters; and if he will make a statement.

(110878)

324   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 20th March, Official Report, column 921W, on financial support, what the average length of time to grant indefinite leave to remain on the basis of the domestic violence concession was in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and what financial support is available during that time to (a) women who are pregnant or with one or more children and (b) single women for (i) subsistence and (ii) housing costs, including funding for places at refuges for victims of domestic violence.

(110983)

325   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many submissions were received during the online consultation on the pensions Green Paper; and how many submissions are not to be made public (a) because the author specifically asked for their comments to be kept private and (b) for other reasons.

(110903)

326   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many submissions received during the online consultation on the pensions Green Paper were edited or amended before being made public.

(110902)

327   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many responses he has received to the Green Paper on Pensions; and if he will place copies of the responses in the Library.

(110904)

328   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent by the adviser discretion fund in each month since July 2001; and what the projected cost is over the next 12 months.

(110913)

329   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of rejected applications to the Social Fund for (a) budgeting loans and (b) crisis loans have been overturned on appeal in each year since 1997.

(110912)

330   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications there have been to the Social Fund for (a) budgeting loans and (b) crisis loans in each year since 1997; and how many have been rejected in each of those years.

(110921)

331   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disability employment advisers there have been in each year since 1992.

(110899)

332   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work-related deaths have occurred in each year since 1997; and who is responsible for investigating work-related incidents.

(110828)

333   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children have been removed from poverty since 1997; how many are estimated to be living in poverty; what targets he has for reducing child poverty; and if he will make a statement on progress towards reaching those targets.

(110769)

334
N   Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the National Assembly's education secretary about higher education funding in Wales.

[Question Unstarred] (109795)

335   Lembit Opik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the observations in relation to staffing levels at ports in Lord Carlile of Berriew's 'Report on the Operation in 2001 of the Terrorism Act 2000'; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (110717)

336   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the national insurance contribution requirements are for a basic pension; and whether those currently paying the reduced rate of national insurance will qualify for a basic pension.

[Transferred] (110772)

337   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to introduce a reduced basic pension for people who have paid the reduced liability rate of national insurance; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (110771)

338   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what benefits are available to women who have paid reduced rate contributions of national insurance.

[Transferred] (110773)

339   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the rates of misdiagnosis in the video diagnosis of skin disease in Northern Ireland.

[Transferred] (110952)

340   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children have disappeared from care in each year since 1997; what measures are in place to ensure children remain in care; what assessment has been made of where children go when they disappear from care; what measures are in place to try to keep track of their whereabouts; and if he will make a statement about the safety of children who disappear from care.

[Transferred] (110784)

341   Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost is of undertaking a pilot scheme in a police authority in respect of police acting in third party orders in cases of domestic violence.

[Transferred] (110670)

342   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many family tax credit claims were outstanding in each of the last 12 months.

[Transferred] (110557)

343   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer which 100 local authority wards have (a) the lowest and (b) the highest employment rates; and what the rates are in each case.

[Transferred] (110684)

344   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer which five regions had (a) the lowest and (b) the highest employment rates in each year since 1997; and what their respective rates were.

[Transferred] (110683)

345   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer which local authority areas have (a) less than 50 per cent., (b) 50 to 55 per cent., (c) 56 to 60 per cent., (d) 61 to 65 per cent., (e) 66 to 70 per cent., (f) 71 to 75 per cent., (g) 76 to 80 per cent., (h) 81 to 85 per cent. and (i) 86 to 90 per cent. employment rates.

[Transferred] (110687)

346   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of the population of working age was in work in each of the last 30 years.

[Transferred] (110689)

347   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment has been made of the capacity of Iraqi civil society to participate in the rebuilding of Iraq; and if he will make a statement on the measures being taken to foster Iraqi participation in the future governance of Iraq.

[Transferred] (110982)