Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2002 - 03
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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 6 May 2003

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 6 May 2003, of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

For other Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 6 May 2003, of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order of Business.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer from Wednesday 7 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.

TUESDAY 6th MAY

1   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list government written consultation documents published since 1st January 2000 which had consultation periods of (a) less than three weeks, (b) between three and six weeks, (c) between 12 weeks and (d) 12 weeks or more.

(111724)

2   Mr Richard Bacon (South Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on which taxes have risen since 1997.

(111476)

3
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the annual sales have been in gallons of red diesel in each year since 1990; and what the annual tax take has been.

(111129)

4   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people resident in Buckinghamshire pay income tax at the top rate of 40 per cent.

(111726)

5   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to review the National Insurance lower earnings limit.

(111751)

6   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many persons previously on disabled persons tax credit are awaiting transfer to regular working tax credit payments.

(111669)

7   Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the terms of reference and timescale are for the review of the effectiveness of the national childcare strategy in ensuring an adequate supply of affordable childcare, as indicated in the Budget Statement.

(111761)

8   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Financial Services Authority intends to conduct surveys to assess how consumer confidence in financial services products would be affected by the options put forward in the FSA's discussion paper 19.

(111458)

9   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what work has been undertaken (a) to assess the basic economic indicators in Iraq and (b) to overcome the failure by the Iraqi regime to supply figures to international economic institutions.

(111453)

10   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if the Financial Services Authority will provide a cost/benefit analysis for the three options discussed in the FSA's discussion paper 19.

(111446)

11   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will post information on the Inland Revenue microsite for tax credits and on any reprints of tax credit application forms stating that children may also be eligible for free school meals as a result of the credit.

(111448)

12   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what indication the Financial Services Authority has received from the financial services industry of the number of new savers with low incomes that would be likely to start saving as a result of the proposals laid out in the FSA's discussion paper 19.

(111438)

13   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many complaints concerning income drawdown have been lodged in each year since 1996.

(111445)

14   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the IMF has issued interim reports on the work of its Iraq task force.

(111454)

15   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the response received from the Consumer Association to the Financial Services Authority Discussion Paper 19 on simplified investment products.

(111434)

16   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what tariffs exist on the importing of Iraqi goods to (a) the EU and (b) the UK.

(111553)

17   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many complaints concerning the sale of stakeholder pensions have been received in each year since their introduction; and what broad categories these complaints fell into.

(111440)

18   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will ensure that more prominence is given in leaflets sent out with child tax credit awards to making parents aware of the free school meals entitlement for children.

(111450)

19   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many children he estimates benefit from free school meals in Brent as a result of the child tax credit.

(111449)

20   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his Department is working with the World Bank to provide it with primary economic information on Iraq.

(111452)

21   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Financial Services Authority will be publishing detailed estimates of the reductions in unit costs that would be offered by the options for pension regulation put forward in the FSA's discussion paper 19.

(111442)

22   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many Customs and Excise staff have been deported under immigration law in the last two years.

(111722)

23   Jim Knight (South Dorset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what his policy is on offering lowered rate of air passenger duty to European countries; and on what basis (a) Switzerland is included and (b) Belarus is excluded.

(111545)

24   Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in the London Borough of Redbridge are eligible for child tax credits.

(111747)

25   Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the UK Government is (a) encouraging its G8 partners and (b) pledging itself fully to fund the Global Health Fund at the forthcoming G8 summit; and if he will make a statement.

(111568)

26   Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to pursue reform of the HIPC initiative; with particular reference to the use of the debt to export ratio as a measure of debt sustainability; and if he will make a statement.

(111567)

27   Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if the UK Government will support measures to tackle the shortfall in the HIPC Trust Fund at the forthcoming G8 summit; and if he will make a statement.

(111574)

28   Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will support efforts to find solutions to the collapse in coffee prices at the forthcoming G8 summit; and if he will make a statement.

(111569)

29   Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many officials in his Department have received honours; and how many honours are held by his officials, broken down by category of honour.

(111493)

30
N   Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what adjustment for asylum seekers has been made to the International Passenger Survey Data in each of the years 1995 and 2002 to arrive at the net immigration estimates.

(111274)

31   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she had with the Department for Education and Skills on the impact on schools of the Youth Sport Trust initiative.

(111555)

32   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the purchasing of chocolate of encouraging children to collect tokens from confectionery to provide for sporting equipment under the Youth Sport Trust initiative.

(111542)

33   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions took place between her Department and (a) Cadbury, (b) schools, (c) local authorities and (d) parents of children regarding the Youth Sport Trust initiative to encourage children to collect tokens from chocolate bars to provide for sporting equipment.

(111541)

34   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how long the Youth Sport Trust initiative will last; what estimates she has made of the number of extra pieces of equipment schools will gain from the initiative; and when the initiative will be reviewed.

(111543)

35   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with English Heritage on (a) the arrangements for tendering archaeological work to accompany a major development and (b) the quality and expertise of the teams carrying out such work.

(111695)

36   Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many blue commemorative plaques were erected in each of the last five years; and, for each year, what the cost was to public funds.

(111632)

37   Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, who (a) sets the criteria of selection and (b) is responsible for the erection of blue commemorative plaques.

(111633)

38   Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the policy and criteria are for the erection of blue plaques to commemorate distinguished citizens in their native localities.

(111637)

39   Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the average cost was of erecting a blue commemorative plaque in the last 12 months.

(111631)

40   Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what after-school activities are available in the London Borough of Redbridge.

(111740)

41   Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many officials in her Department have received honours; and how many honours are held by her officials, broken down by category of honour.

(111495)

42   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what help and advice she is offering to the authorities in Iraq to help secure the return of looted antiquities.

(111477)

43   Joyce Quin (Gateshead East & Washington West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on her policy with regard to UK participation in the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.

(111459)

44
N   Mr Tony Banks (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what animal fur, broken down by species and value, has been purchased by his Department in each of the last 10 years; and what use was made of the fur.

(111124)

45
N   Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what instructions have been issued to Coalition troops about seizing documents as evidence of crimes against humanity.

(111614)

46   Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had regarding a change in the number of Eurofighter Typhoons to be purchased by the UK.

(111587)

47
N   Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the performance of the SA80 A2 used by British troops in the recent Iraq conflict.

(111656)

48   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what response his Department will be making to the recent recommendations by the United Nations Environment Programme that guidelines be distributed immediately to military and civilian personnel, and to the general public, on how to minimize the risk of accidental exposure to depleted uranium.

(111451)

49   Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) MoD-owned and (b) long term leased accommodation units there are in each of the six districts of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

(111432)

50   Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of his Department's accommodation units situated within civilian areas in Kerrier District have been empty in each of the last five years for which records are available; and of these how many were in the St Ives constituency.

(111424)

51   Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, of the total available stock of MoD accommodation units in each of the six districts of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, (a) how many and what proportion are within a restricted military base, and how many of those are empty, and (b) how many are situated within the civilian community and how many of those are empty.

(111431)

52   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that the procurement process for the replacement schemes for PAX and RPAX do not penalise regulars and reservists deployed within the 30 day exclusion period applied by many insurers at times of conflict.

(111651)

53
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to assess compensation entitlements for those victims injured or killed as a result of actions or omissions of the Force Research Unit, its predecessor and successor units.

(110862)

54   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what instructions he has received concerning cooperation with and disclosure to the Inquiry of Sir John Stevens.

(111638)

55
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many covert human intelligence sources are handled by the Joint Services Group.

(110864)

56   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the terms are of the retirement of Mr Colin Davenport.

(111639)

57   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who the head is of the Joint Services Group; and who provides its secretariat.

(111640)

58   Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officials in his Department have received honours; and how many honours are held by his officials, broken down by category of honour.

(111485)

59   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken since the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty Review and Extension Conference in 2000 to increase the transparency of United Kingdom nuclear weapons capability.

(111706)

60
N   Rachel Squire (Dunfermline West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what classification is given to the MoD estate at Rosyth; what this estate consists of in respect of the dockyard and the former naval base; and what plans there are to reclassify the defence estate at Rosyth.

(111152)

61   Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what services are available for the support of members of the armed forces as they return home from Iraq.

(111778)

62   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what representations he has received about the Regulatory Reform (Housing Management Agreements) Order.

(111733)

63   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what representations he has received about the Local Authorities (Charges for Specified Welfare Services) (England) Regulations.

(111749)

64   Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the impact of the proposed withdrawal of Local Authority Social Housing Grant on the number of new social housing starts in (a) inner London, (b) London and (c) England after the current transitional arrangements are withdrawn.

(111759)

65   Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress the Boundary Commission has made with its report on the new parliamentary boundaries for Wales; and when it is expected to complete its deliberations.

(111591)

66   Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many man hours have been lost in the Somerset Fire Service as a result of strike action in the past 12 months.

(111657)

67   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what legislation (a) prohibits and (b) restricts the publication of the remuneration of public officials in (i) central government, (ii) government agencies, (iii) non-departmental public bodies, (iv) local government and (v) the NHS; and if he will make a statement.

(111471)

68
N   Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to review the rent re-structuring formula for residents in sheltered housing.

(111123)

69   Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to relieve homelessness in the London Borough of Redbridge.

(111746)

70   Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions he has held with the Women's Action Committee of the Fire Brigades Union about family-friendly modernisation of working hours.

(111741)

71   Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many officials in his Department have received honours; and how many honours are held by his officials, broken down by category of honour.

(111494)

72
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will ask the Standards Board for England to look into allegations of unlawful practice by members of the Cheltenham Borough Council Cabinet.

(110984)

73
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent investigations he has made into allegations of bullying and harassment of (a) male and (b) female council chief executives for political partisan motives; and if he will make a statement.

(110986)

74
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many council chief executives have left their positions since the introduction of the Local Government Act 2000; and if he will make a statement.

(110985)

75
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to re-introduce surcharging of councillors in instances where unlawful practice has taken place; and if he will make a statement.

(110987)

76   Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, in how many, and in what percentage, of the cases that have been referred to the Standards Board for England the Board has found a serious breach of conduct.

(111771)

77   Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the costs incurred by the Standards Board for England were during its first year of operation.

(111772)

78   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what representations regarding his proposals to revise PPG21 he has received from the tourist industry.

(111652)

79   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to revise PPG21; and if he will make a statement.

(111653)

80   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations he has received about the School Governance (Constitution) (England) Regulations.

(111735)

81   Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he is taking to monitor and assess the quality of (a) selection of trainees, (b) in-school training and (c) overall outcome of the Graduate Teachers programme.

(111779)

82   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of children of compulsory school age attended independent schools in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

(111682)

83   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the cost was to his Department and its predecessor of publishing documents, brochures, leaflets and consultation papers in each of the last five years for which information is available.

(111681)

84   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of sugar intake on the teachability of children in classrooms.

(111467)

85
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to improve the cleanliness and hygiene of school toilets.

(111126)

86   Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers there were per head of population in (a) Lancashire and (b) the North West of England in each year since 1997.

(111575)

87   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether his Department has informed local education authorities of the free school meals available to children from low-income households as a result of the child tax credit.

(111447)

88   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of state secondary schools inspected by Ofsted in 2001-02 have an obligatory school uniform policy; and what percentage have a school prefect system.

(111676)

89   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funds his Department has allocated to partnerships between the independent and state school sectors; and if he will make a statement.

(111677)

90   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of secondary state school lessons inspected by Ofsted in 2001-02 were judged satisfactory or better; and what percentage were judged poor.

(111675)

91   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many independent schools were inspected by Ofsted in 2002.

(111674)

92   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of lessons inspected by Ofsted use pupil setting for (a) year 10 and (b) year 11.

(111673)

93
N   Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, from which schools he has received representations about this year's education settlement, broken down by education authority.

(111275)

94   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what disciplinary methods newly-qualified teachers are (a) encouraged to use and (b) discouraged from using; and what guidance is available from the Department.

(111650)

95   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils in each year group (a) had access to and (b) took up musical instrument lessons in the latest year for which figures are available.

(111688)

96   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps are being taken to assist talented musicians from state schools to achieve excellence as musicians.

(111685)

97   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) peripatetic and (b) staff musical instrument teachers work in state schools in the UK; how many full-time equivalent staff there are; and what the average number of hours worked per week was in the latest period for which figures are available.

(111687)

98   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the performance of behaviour improvement programme experts in addressing disruptive students.

(111649)

99   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of state-educated pupils in each government office region had access to musical instrument lessons during school hours and on school premises in (a) 1992, (b) 1997 and (c) 2002.

(111684)

100   Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance he has given to local education authorities on fixing dates for school terms, with particular reference to areas where many children attend schools in an authority other than where they live.

(111465)

101   Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will meet the honourable Member for Croydon South to discuss funding for (a) Woodcote High School, Croydon and (b) education funding in Croydon.

(111686)

102   Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children have been statemented in Shropshire in each of the last 10 years.

(111662)

103   Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children with statements of special educational needs in Shropshire were taught in (a) maintained special schools and (b) other maintained schools in the last 10 years.

(111663)

104   Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many officials in his Department have received honours; and how many honours are held by his officials, broken down by category of honour.

(111483)

105   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what resources he has allocated to fund the Education Fast Track Initiative; and if he will make a statement.

(111577)

106   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received about the Environmental Protection (Waste Recycling Payments) (Amendment) (England) Regulations.

(111734)

107
N   Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the appeals procedure is for a landowner whose property has been entered in error as common land on the draft Right to Roam map.

(111089)

108   Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of sulphur emissions in the UK.

(111589)

109   Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of emissions from furnaces fuelled from animal carcasses and animal by-products.

(111590)

110
N   Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects her proposed scheme to remove animal carcases from farms to be operational; and how farmers should deal with carcases until the scheme is operational.

(111276)

111
N   Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has for allowing renewable energy crops to be grown on set-aside land; and if she will make a statement.

(111277)

112
N   Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how long it will take to assess the responses from farmers on her Department's proposed scheme for the removal of carcases from farms after 1st May.

(111278)

113
N   Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to advise people entering Britain of the illegality of importing meat; and if she will make a statement.

(111279)

114   Lembit O�pik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 10th April, Official Report, column 364W, on fallen stock, if she will list the alternative processes that the Commission is considering for approval; and what the timetable is for the consultation process.

(111408)

115   Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to increase funding to the Environment Agency for flood defence.

(111658)

116   Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many officials in her Department have received honours; and how many honours are held by her officials, broken down by category of honour.

(111481)

117   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was spent under the landfill tax credit scheme in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03 (i) on Object C and CC projects, (ii) on community environmental projects and (iii) in total on all eligible schemes.

(111550)

118   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funds will be available for the Sustainable Waste Management Legacy Fund for 2003; and how much ENTRUST will receive to administer the transition fund.

(111549)

119   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects decisions on allocating transitional funding from the Sustainable Waste Management Legacy Fund to be completed.

(111551)

120   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects the Government to respond to the Strategy Unit's report, Waste Not Want Not, published on 27th November 2002.

(111548)

121
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking alongside the United States, Germany and France to strengthen the United Nations, following the war with Iraq.

(110870)

122
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions the Government has held with other members of the United Nations regarding the (a) future constitution and (b) structure of government for Iraq.

(110871)

123
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what timetable he proposes for the establishment of a new government in Iraq; and when he expects elections will take place for a new government.

(110872)

124
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what oil revenues are being held by the United Nations in a trust for the people of Iraq.

(110873)

125
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to include Dafur within human rights monitoring as part of the Sudan peace process.

(111371)

126
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the demonstrations that have taken place in Dafur, Sudan, on the security situation in the region.

(111373)

127
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Government of the Sudan on the situation in Dafur, Sudan.

(111378)

128
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the inter-tribal conflict in Dafur, Sudan.

(111372)

129
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the decision of the UN Commission on Human Rights to vote against the extension of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Sudan; and what discussions he has had with the Russian Government on this matter.

(111379)

130   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of sensitive information relating to British diplomacy passing between Russia and Iraq in recent months.

(111461)

131   Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the UN Security Council on the re-introduction of UN weapons inspectors to Iraq to validate and oversee the destruction of weapons of mass destruction, should such weapons be found.

(111716)

132   Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on Somaliland.

(111738)

133   Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to promote the role of women in the reconstruction of Iraq.

(111743)

134   Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Spanish counterpart on combating South American international crime, particularly within the EU; and if he will make a statement.

(111564)

135   Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment has been made of the success of the international war on drugs; and if he will make a statement.

(111565)

136   Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Commonwealth members from the Caribbean, (b) other Caribbean governments, (c) Venezuelan authorities, (d) Colombian authorities and (e) the USA on ways in which co-operation and joint operations can combat drug trafficking from the Caribbean coast of South America; and if he will make a statement.

(111566)

137   Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many officials in his Department have received honours; and how many honours are held by his officials, broken down by category of honour.

(111490)

138   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK embassies in EU countries have required additional protection since the start of the Iraq conflict; and if he will make a statement.

(111479)

139   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether it is his policy that the reconstruction of the (a) infrastructure and (b) private homes damaged or destroyed in the invasion of Iraq should be paid for by Iraq.

(111710)

140   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what evidence was provided by the United Kingdom to the members of the United Nations Security Council to demonstrate Iraq's possession of weapons of mass destruction in support of preambular paragraphs 3 and 6 of Security Council Resolution 144 (2002) prior to the vote on the resolution on 8th November 2002.

(111701)

141   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether, in respect of commitments entered into in the final declaration of states party to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Review and Extension Conference in 2000, it is Her Majesty's Government's objective to achieve complete nuclear disarmament.

(111707)

142   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he intends to take to make provision for UNMOVIC inspectors to return to the permissive areas south of Baghdad.

(111704)

143   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of the removal of (a) weapons of mass destruction and (b) weapons of mass destruction material by members of (i) the Ba'ath Party and (ii) the former Iraqi Government.

(111703)

144   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how the Government plans to achieve independent verification of the discovery of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

(111702)

145   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made in the last five years in improving United Kingdom verification techniques in respect of nuclear weapons.

(111709)

146   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in what way Her Majesty's Government has implemented its commitment, made at the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty Review and Extension Conference 2000, to provide regular updates on progress towards nuclear disarmament.

(111708)

147   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department had with the Iraqi Patriotic Union prior to 28th April.

(111585)

148   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received about the National Care Standards Commission (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations.

(111731)

149   Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what response he has made to the recommendations of the Royal College of Physicians on ambulatory and domiciliary oxygen supply.

(111780)

150
N   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has responded to the National Asthma Campaign's Ten Point Charter for asthma sufferers.

(110659)

151
N   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of people with asthma had at least an annual review of their condition in the last year for which figures are available.

(110660)

152
N   Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the terms of reference are for the Independent Review Panel examination of the future of acute health care in East Kent.

(110658)

153
N   Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he will take to reduce the cost of asthma treatment to asthma sufferers in England; and if he will make a statement.

(106910)

154
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department gives to local authorities about charging for domiciliary care services to disabled children.

(111125)

155   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 14th April, Official Report, column 605W, on Children's Trusts, when the pilot schemes will begin; how long they will run for; and when an assessment of their success will be completed.

(111558)

156   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of sugar intake on hyperactivity of children.

(111407)

157
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have contacted the Health Service Ombudsman regarding their failure to receive continuing care funding for a relative.

(111128)

158   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 14th April, Official Report, column 605W, on Children's Trusts, if he will list the criteria that his Department will use to assess the proposals for each children's trust; when he expects to make an announcement regarding who has been successful; and when the Children's Trusts will become operational.

(111559)

159
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many authorities have (a) reviewed their eligibility criteria and (b) altered their eligibility criteria following the Health Service Ombudsman report HC399; and what assessment he has made of the number of people who are entitled to receive compensation following local authority reviews of continuing care criteria.

(111127)

160   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions took place between his Department and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on the Cadbury initiative with the Youth Sport Trust on assessing the effects chocolate has on obesity; and whether he expects an increase in the amount of confectionery consumed by children following the introduction of the initiative.

(111554)

161   Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on links between long-term use of the contraceptive pill and cervical cancer.

(111433)

162
N   Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the catchment area is for patients for (a) Royal Liverpool University Hospital, (b) Royal Aintree Hospital, Liverpool, (c) Women's Hospital, Liverpool, (d) Cardiothoracic Centre, Liverpool, (e) Alderley Hospital Trust, Liverpool and (f) the Neurological Unit, Walton.

(110942)

163   Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what targets he has set for the take up of written personal action plans for people with asthma.

(111428)

164   Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what efforts he has made to extend the use of written personal action plans for people with asthma in each of the last two years.

(111429)

165   Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the impact of personal action plans for people with asthma in respect of (a) asthma symptoms, (b) working days lost, (c) night time waking, (d) outpatient hospital visits, (e) in-patient hospital visits, (f) emergency events, (g) medicine dependency, (h) prescription costs and (i) other measures.

(111430)

166   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many different IT systems are being used by GPs; and what plans he has to harmonise them.

(111752)

167   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 9th April, Official Report, column 334W, on waiting times, whether any of the figures for waits in the table were in excess of national targets.

(111725)

168   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what public health education programmes he has launched aimed at the risk of heart disease in women.

(111755)

169   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment the Avon Ambulance Trust has made of delays at accident and emergency departments since the Commission for Health Improvement Report in October 2002; what conclusions that assessment reached; and if he will place a copy of the assessment in the Library.

(111754)

170   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the (a) NHS audits and (b) other statistical assessments which require records to be kept of amputations.

(111768)

171   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients waited more than (a) 12 and (b) 18 months for cancer treatment in the most recent year for which figures are available.

(111767)

172   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS trusts are reducing diabetic treatment facilities in hospitals and moving services into primary care.

(111766)

173   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the process that will be used to assess the allergenic nature of food ingredients to meet the requirements of Directive 2000/13/EC.

(111753)

174   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes there have been to death rates from heart disease among women in the past ten years.

(111757)

175   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the FSA Report on Local Food; and when he expects to publish a response to it.

(111756)

176   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of eligible patients waited less than 60 minutes between their call for professional help and receiving thrombolytic treatment, (a) for the latest day for which figures are available and (b) for previous recent periods in the last 12 months for which data was collected.

(111398)

177   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evidence he has collated on the number of lives that could be saved by reducing the time between (a) the onset of symptoms and (b) arrival in hospital and the start of thrombolytic treatment.

(111399)

178   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what targets have been set for the NHS on the wait for eligible patients between their call for professional help and receiving thrombolytic treatment.

(111397)

179   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 29th April, ref 109824, what the (a) full title and (b) date of publication are of the breast cancer guidance from NICE referred to in the Answer.

(111718)

180   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what legislation regulates the description of food as smoked.

(111472)

181   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department (a) spent in financial year 2002-03 and (b) has budgeted for the financial year 2003-04 on (i) research, (ii) vaccine and other preventive programmes and (iii) advice, information and publicity in respect of meningitis conditions.

(111404)

182   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what financial support his Department gives to the Meningitis Trust.

(111403)

183   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the proposed use of cloning by the Roslin Institute to research a cure for motor neurone disease.

(111750)

184   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what has been done to address the 2001 Food Commission report concerning high levels of sugar, salt and saturated fat in food marketed at children.

(111765)

185   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures are being taken to work with food retailers and manufacturers to raise consumer awareness of (a) healthy eating regimes and (b) the contents and properties of pre-packaged food items.

(111696)

186   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in ensuring that NHS whistleblowers are not persecuted in the work place for reporting malpractice.

(111763)

187   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the election of nurses to the management boards of NHS hospitals.

(111762)

188   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on his Department's working relationship with the International Obesity Taskforce; and what the latest figures are for childhood obesity in (a) Teesside and (b) the UK.

(111764)

189   Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which targets set by the NHS will apply to foundation hospitals.

(111540)

190   Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the operating surplus or deficit was of each NHS hospital trust in the last year for which figures are available.

(111539)

191   Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dental practices accept new NHS patients in the constituencies of (a) Cleethorpes, (b) Grimsby, (c) Scunthorpe, (d) Brigg and Goole, (e) Gainsborough, (f) Louth and Horncastle and (g) Hull West and Hessle.

(111474)

192   Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research he has commissioned comparing the bio-availability of artificial and naturally occurring fluoride in water supplies; and when the findings of such research will be made publicly available.

(111469)

193   Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice he has received from (a) the Chief Medical Officer and (b) the Chief Dental Officer on the implications of the recent Medical Research Council report on water fluoridation for the Government's policy on fluoridation.

(111468)

194   Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what quantity of each individual (a) benzodiazepine and (b) antidepressant was prescribed by doctors in England in 2002.

(111470)

195   Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was in A&E from arrival to admission, transfer or discharge in (a) England, (b) Royal Shrewsbury Hospital Shropshire, (c) Princess Royal Hospital Telford and (d) Wrexham Maelor District General Hospital on the last date for which figures are available.

(111690)

196   Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the population of Shropshire was registered with an NHS dentist in each of the last five years.

(111664)

197   Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists there are per head of population in Shropshire.

(111665)

198   Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on evaluating integrated medicines in each of the past five years.

(111666)

199   Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many sudden unexpected deaths from epilepsy there were in (a) Shropshire, (b) the West Midlands, (c) England and (d) the UK in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

(111667)

200   Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to safeguard the future of local pharmacies and chemists within the National Health Service.

(111744)

201   Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many officials in his Department have received honours; and how many honours are held by his officials, broken down by category of honour.

(111487)

202   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether persons suffering from dementia are tagged in (a) NHS hospitals and (b) nursing homes; and if he will make a statement.

(111478)

203   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the statistically most likely candidate in the North East London Health Authority for an abortion in the latest year for which figures are available in terms of (a) the marital status of the woman, (b) the age of the woman, (c) the gestation of the pregnancy, (d) the number of previous children born by the woman, (e) the number of previous abortions undergone by the woman and (f) the legal grounds under which the abortion was performed; and how many abortions were performed in the North East London Health Authority in each year since 1973, broken down by the above categories.

(111531)

204   Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will respond to the honourable Member for West Worcestershire's letters of (a) 4th February and (b) 14th March about Mrs Wendy Hands.

(111775)

205   Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether regional specialised commissioning groups will continue to commission specialised services where constituent primary care trusts so determine.

(111776)

206   Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how he will monitor and report the effectiveness of the new arrangements for specialised commissioning.

(111777)

207
N   Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 27th March, Official Report, column 397W, on food labelling, for what reasons the number of informal samples of foodstuffs declined in the last 10 years; and what measures he is taking to reverse the trend.

(111215)

208   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received about the Asylum Support (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations.

(111728)

209   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the circumstances in which police issue lost property numbers rather than crime numbers to victims of theft.

(111463)

210   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has received requests for assistance from the United States authorities relating to information provided by James Ujaama and the case of Abu Hamza.

(111715)

211   Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reconviction rate of (a) youth offenders and (b) first time youth offenders was in (i) the UK, (ii) Tyne and Wear, (iii) South Tyneside and (iv) the Jarrow constituency in each year since 1997.

(111672)

212   Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what further measures are planned to reduce the reconviction rate of young offenders in (a) the UK and (b) the Jarrow constituency.

(111671)

213   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many criminal offences have been abolished since 1997.

(111723)

214   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 28th April, Official Report, column 64W, whether the research study on mandatory drug testing will be assessing the impact of the time that the different types of drug tested for stay in the system on (a) prisoner attitudes to drug taking and (b) the class and type of drug consumed in prisons by prisoners with (i) a history and (ii) no history of Class A drug offences.

(111792)

215   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 28th April, ref 108954, on RAF Fairford, on what basis the Terrorism Act 2000 was used to body search demonstrators at RAF Fairford.

(111793)

216   Jim Knight (South Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the review of the Charity Commission has to give additional assistance to trustees of charities in fulfilling their obligations.

(111544)

217   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on his Department's progress in achieving the recommendations of the Cabinet Office Strategy Unit's report Private Action, Public Benefit.

(111647)

218   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the way in which his Department intend to take forward the twinning of ethnic minority and mainstream voluntary groups.

(111691)

219   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether copies of the state of the sector quarterly reports will be sent to honourable Members; and what their purpose is.

(111692)

220   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recommendations have been issued to community foundations on better working with independent grant making trusts; and who he consulted when drafting them.

(111693)

221   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice has been issued and what is being done (a) centrally and (b) regionally as part of the Home Office's work in supporting grass roots organisations to (i) develop coherence and a distinctive identity for specific grant making programmes, (ii) foster productive networking, learning and knowledge transfer among partner organisations and (iii) support the dual role of community-based organisations as local service providers and independent voices, with a wide advocacy role.

(111694)

222   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans there are to create a new public benefit test to determine an organisation's eligibility for charitable status.

(111648)

223   Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what security measures are in place for the ports of (a) Grimsby, (b) Immingham, (c) Hull and (d) Goole.

(111462)

224   Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects the internal inquiries into naturalisation application B1090943, commenced on 21st September 2001, to be completed; and why these inquiries have been delayed.

(111464)

225   Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants for asylum are resident in the London Borough of Redbridge.

(111748)

226   Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Asylum and Immigration cases were actioned by honourable Members in the last 12 months.

(111769)

227   Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases were referred to the MPs' Hotline section of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate in each of the last 12 months.

(111770)

228   Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on reducing street crime within the London Borough of Redbridge.

(111745)

229   Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials in his Department have received honours; and how many honours are held by his officials, broken down by category of honour.

(111489)

230   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which charities and charitable organisations provide public services (a) alongside and (b) additional to those provided by (i) central and (ii) local government.

(111547)

231   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 2nd April, Official Report, column 750W, if his Department will publish an updated version of Central Government Funding of Voluntary and Community Organisations 1982-83 to 1999-2000: ISBN 1 84082 636-3.

(111584)

232   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidelines are in place to determine which charities and charitable organisations will receive direct funding from central and local Government.

(111546)

233   Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Anti Social Behaviour Orders are in force.

(111774)

234   Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many breaches there have been of Anti Social Behaviour Orders.

(111773)

235   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the (a) vulnerability and (b) prospects for retention of agents for food distribution programmes in Iraq.

(111457)

236   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what studies have been conducted to assess the (a) short-term and (b) medium-term economic requirements of Iraqi households.

(111455)

237   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment has been made of the likely tax-base in Iraq.

(111456)

238   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to deal with the humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe.

(111717)

239   Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress the International Financial Institutions Department within her Department has made on publication of a list of shame of creditors not complying with the HIPC process; and if she will make a statement.

(111562)

240   Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had regarding support programmes for coffee farmers facing poverty following the collapse of coffee prices; and if she will make a statement.

(111563)

241   Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with (a) the USA, (b) the EU and (c) Spain regarding the restoration of full democracy and stability in Venezuela; and if she will make a statement.

(111641)

242   Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with non-governmental organisations regarding working with Venezuelan authorities and NGOs to restore stability in Venezuela; and if she will make a statement.

(111642)

243   Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if the Government will make meeting the millennium development goals on universal primary education and gender parity in access to primary education a priority at the G8 summit; and if she will make a statement.

(111561)

244   Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many officials in her Department have received honours; and how many honours are held by her officials, broken down by category of honour.

(111480)

245   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether it is her policy that Iraqi money held in United Nations Accounts should be used to help cover the operational costs and administrative expenses of the new food distribution programme in Iraq; and whether she plans to cap these costs.

(111700)

246   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of how long existing food stocks will last without replenishment in (a) Northern, (b) Central and (c) Southern Iraq.

(111699)

247   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with her G8 counterparts regarding the commitment of additional funds to the WHO to eliminate polio by 2005.

(111576)

248   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what financial resources her Department has allocated to enable small coffee producers in developing countries to diversify into alternative livelihoods; and to which countries.

(111583)

249   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what financial resources her Department has allocated to helping coffee producers gain organic certification for their coffee; and to which countries.

(111582)

250   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with G8 governments regarding meeting the Millenium Development Goals on universal primary education and gender parity in access to primary and secondary education; and if she will make a statement.

(111579)

251   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what financial resources her Department has allocated to enable coffee farmers to form co-operatives; and if she will make a statement.

(111668)

252   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what representations she has received about the Immigration and Asylum Appeals (Procedure) Rules.

(111727)

253   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how much legal aid funding has been paid to Citizens Advice Bureaux for legal aid work in each year since 2000-01.

(111417)

254   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many cases funded by legal aid monies have been handled by Citizens Advice Bureaux in each year since 2000-01.

(111416)

255   Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many officials in the Department have received honours; and how many honours are held by officials, broken down by category of honour.

(111491)

256
N   Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on his plans to introduce university top-up fees in Northern Ireland.

(111374)

257   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will place a copy of the Blelloch Report on the handling of intelligence sources in the Library.

(111466)

258
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the overview and recommendations of the report by Sir John Stevens on the murder of Mr Patrick Finucane, published on 17th April.

(110861)

259
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what instructions were issued to RUC Special Branch concerning co-operation with and disclosure to the inquiry conducted by Sir John Stevens.

(110863)

260   Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average cost was of erecting a blue commemorative plaque in the last 12 months.

(111619)

261   Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many blue commemorative plaques were erected in each of the last five years; and, for each year, what the cost was to public funds.

(111622)

262   Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what arrangements are in place to fund the erection of blue commemorative plaques in Northern Ireland; and how these arrangements differ from those in England.

(111636)

263   Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to involve interested parties in developing the blue plaques scheme to mark the diversity of Northern Ireland's cultural heritage.

(111634)

264   Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the stimulus to cultural tourism that would be generated by the pursuit of a properly funded blue commemorative plaque scheme in the Province.

(111635)

265   Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the policy and criteria are for the erection of blue plaques to commemorate distinguished citizens in their native localities.

(111628)

266   Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many officials in his Department have received honours; and how many honours are held by his officials, broken down by category of honour.

(111486)

267   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps have been taken by the Environment and Heritage Service of the Department of the Environment to (a) measure the decline of saltmarsh on the shores of Strangford Lough and (b) develop a strategy to prevent further declines in this habitat.

(111532)

268   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the recent investigation at the Royal Victoria Hospital into the disappearance of donated money.

(111689)

269   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the recent trial of electronically tagging juvenile sex offenders; how many individuals were involved; what cost was incurred; how much the retention of these individuals in prison would have cost; and what plans he has to implement this policy with adult offenders.

(111411)

270   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans the Environment and Heritage Service of the Department of the Environment has to designate special protection areas to conserve the habitat of the hen harrier.

(111538)

271   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what respite care is available for young people suffering from autistic spectrum disorders aged (a) 15 years and (b) 16 years.

(111409)

272   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many patients in Northern Ireland have been awaiting initial neurosurgery outpatient assessment for longer than (a) 12 and (b) 18 months.

(111413)

273   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what action he has taken to increase the recruitment and training of nurses to work in neurosurgery in Northern Ireland.

(111414)

274   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, of those awaiting neurosurgery hospital admission, how many patients are considered (a) emergency and (b) clinically urgent cases.

(111415)

275   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps the Environment and Heritage Service of the Department of the Environment has taken to implement the recommendations of the Comptroller and Auditor General's report on Areas of Special Scientific Interest.

(111533)

276   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many patients in Northern Ireland have been waiting for neurosurgery admission to hospital for longer than (a) three years, (b) five years and (c) seven years.

(111412)

277   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans the Environment and Heritage Service has to establish a formal enforcement policy for the protection of areas of special scientific interest as promised in the EHS Corporate Plan for 1996-97.

(111535)

278   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans the Environment and Heritage Service of the Department of the Environment has to eradicate the ruddy duck in Northern Ireland.

(111534)

279   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to create a residential facility for young people suffering from autistic spectrum disorders in Northern Ireland.

(111410)

280   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps have been taken to protect and manage the Ballynahone Bog Area of Special Scientific Interest.

(111536)

281   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when sheep grazing will be permitted in the Inner Mourne mountains.

(111537)

282   The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many operations were carried out in Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast in (a) July 2002 and (b) August 2002; and how many operations are scheduled for the same months in 2003.

(111719)

283
N   The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps are being taken to combat robberies in (a) Fountain Lane and (b) other areas of Belfast City Centre.

(111219)

284
N   The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding was allocated by the Voluntary and Community Unit of the Department of Social Development to the (a) Support for Regional Infrastructure of the Voluntary and Community Sector programme, (b) District Councils Community Support programme and (c) the EU Programme: Building Sustainable Prosperity, Measure 3.2 and 3.3.

(111220)

285   The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what action has been taken to ensure that Northern Ireland companies have an opportunity to bid for reconstruction and other work in Iraq.

(111720)

286
N   The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what public funding is available to extend the coverage of the CCTV network within (a) Belfast City Centre and (b) other parts of the South Belfast District Command Unit of PSNI.

(111218)

287
N   The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding was allocated by the Northern Ireland Office Victims Liaison Unit in programme funds in (a) 2001, (b) 2002 and (c) 2003.

(111217)

288   Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the President of the Council, how many officials in his Department have received honours; and how many honours are held by his officials, broken down by category of honour.

(111492)

289
N   Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Prime Minister, what contingency preparations he authorised civil servants to make for his resignation before the parliamentary vote on war with Iraq.

(111216)

290
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Leicester East, 31st March, Official Report, column 526W, on special advisers, for what reason Lord Birt is not listed.

(111153)

291
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the occasions since 1st March on which public expenditure has been incurred on official visits by Mrs Blair.

(111131)

292
N   Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library a copy of his reply to the letter from KOMOS of 15th April.

(110622)

293   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, if, during his meeting with President Putin of Russia on 29th April, he raised the issue of the assistance the United Kingdom is providing to the Russian Federation to manage its surplus military plutonium stockpile.

(111705)

294   Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the average cost was of erecting a blue commemorative plaque in the last 12 months.

(111621)

295   Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, who (a) sets the criteria of selection and (b) is responsible for the erection of blue commemorative plaques.

(111627)

296   Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the policy and criteria are for the erection of blue plaques to commemorate distinguished citizens in their native localities.

(111630)

297   Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many blue commemorative plaques were erected in each of the last five years; and, for each year, what the cost was to public funds.

(111624)

298   Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many officials in her Department have received honours; and how many honours are held by her officials, broken down by category of honour.

(111497)

299
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Solicitor General, on what dates files have been forwarded to the Northern Ireland Director of Public Prosecutions as a result of the inquiry being conducted by Sir John Stevens; how many files were forwarded in each case; in what proportion of cases the DPP has initiated a prosecution; and how many have been successful.

(110865)

300
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many contracts have been awarded related to the reconstruction of Iraq; of those, how many have been awarded to (a) US and (b) UK companies; what the total value is of contracts awarded; and what percentage have gone to (i) US and (ii) UK companies.

(111130)

301   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations she has received about the Electronic Communications (Universal Service) Regulations.

(111730)

302   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations she has received about the Financial Assistance for Industry (Increase of Limit) Order.

(111729)

303   Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, in how many cases covenants and other conditions relating to post issue implementation have been included in an ECGD contract, project or investment; how many times relevant monitoring reports have indicated that remedial action is required; and if she will make a statement.

(111420)

304   Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, in how many high potential impact cases the Export Credit Guarantee Department has required (a) an environmental impact assessment, (b) a social impact assessment, (c) a resettlement action plan and (d) independent external advice or report.

(111419)

305   Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 27th February, Official Report, column 654W, on the renewable energy initiative of the ECGD, which of the listed renewable energy technologies had applications which were considered to have (a) low potential impact, (b) medium potential impact and (c) high potential impact; and which applications were successful.

(111557)

306   Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much of the renewable energy initiative of the ECGD has been allocated to projects; and if she will make a statement.

(111422)

307   Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many applications identified as having high potential impact have been (a) submitted to the ECGD's Underwriting Committee and (b) approved by the ECGD.

(111421)

308   Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 27th February, Official Report, column 654W, on the renewable energy initiative of the ECGD, if she will make a statement on the initiative's minimum risk standards.

(111556)

309   Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many times a case has (a) been progressed and (b) approved under the ECGD's sensitive cases mechanism.

(111418)

310
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions have been held between her Department and its counterparts in the US administration regarding (a) the future development of biofuels and (b) a reduction in the use of petrol.

(110869)

311   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what efforts are being made to ensure the Post Office pin pads to access benefit entitlement are user friendly for blind and partially sighted people; and if she will make a statement.

(111714)

312   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she intends to reply to the letter to him dated 31st March from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms K Grant.

(111592)

313   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 impact of statutory performance benchmarks on the relative pay of women.

(111655)

314   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 proposed introduction of statutory performance criteria into the process which determines board-room bonuses.

(111654)

315   Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will estimate the cost in the (a) next 12 months and (b) last 12 months of employers' national insurance contributions to (i) her Department, (ii) agencies of her Department, (iii) local government carrying out work within the remit of her Department, (iv) industry, (v) small business and (vi) self-employed people.

(111659)

316   Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps she is taking to ensure broadband is made available to all those living in Shropshire.

(111660)

317   Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many homes and businesses in Shropshire have a broadband connection.

(111661)

318   Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many officials in her Department have received honours; and how many honours are held by her officials, broken down by category of honour.

(111496)

319   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what financial resources her Department has allocated to monitoring the International Coffee Organisation quality scheme.

(111580)

320   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions her Department has had with her US counterpart regarding the possibility of the USA joining the International Coffee Organisation.

(111581)

321   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions her Department intends to have with her G8 counterparts regarding the dumping of subsidized goods upon developing countries.

(111578)

322   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the progress of the Government's response to the Office of Fair Trading report on the control of entry regulations and pharmacy services in the UK.

(111586)

323   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to stop train companies adding minutes to their summer timetables in order to reduce the fines paid for late trains.

(111406)

324   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the announcement by Thameslink that it will increase the journey times on its routes in order to reduce the fines it pays for late services.

(111405)

325   Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with (a) his counterparts in Europe, (b) his counterparts in other maritime nations and (c) the International Maritime Organisation regarding the creation of internationally recognised marine environment high risk areas.

(111426)

326   Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what targets he has set for the creation of marine environment high risk areas in waters within UK jurisdiction.

(111427)

327   Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 16th December 2002, Official Report, column 580W, to the honourable Member for Reading East, what progress his Department is making towards the publishing of the consultation document on marine environment high risk areas.

(111560)

328   Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the UK will become a contracting party to the IMO Bankers 2001 Convention.

(111425)

329   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will restrict the number of lanes that heavy goods vehicles may use within the Active Traffic Management pilot scheme in the places where drivers are permitted to use the hard shoulder.

(111402)

330   Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to prevent a recurrence of the recent disruption to services on the Central Line of the London Underground.

(111739)

331   Mr Kerry Pollard (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has (a) to ensure speedy commencement of the Thameslink re-franchising process and (b) to enable further investment in rolling stock to be made in the Bedford to Brighton service.

(111401)

332   Mr Kerry Pollard (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with (a) Network Rail and (b) the Strategic Rail Authority on the delays in commencing the installation of a new train maintenance depot at Bedford.

(111400)

333   Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officials in his Department have received honours; and how many honours are held by his officials, broken down by category of honour.

(111488)

334   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward measures to monitor and enforce the legislation relating to the misuse of tachographs; if he will undertake more frequent spot-checks in respect of (a) hours of working by lorry drivers, (b) the roadworthiness of vehicles and (c) the legal weight and safety of the cargo; and if he will make a statement.

(111499)

335   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many lorry drivers were convicted in each of the last three years for which figures are available for exceeding the number of permitted hours of working.

(111500)

336   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) lorry drivers and (b) haulage firms were convicted in each of the last three years for which figures are available for offences involving the (i) tampering with and (ii) removal of tachographs.

(111498)

337
N   Rachel Squire (Dunfermline West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what action she intends to take on bull bars following the consultation exercise carried out during the last Parliament; and if she will bring forward legislation for aggressive bull bars to be made illegal.

(111151)

338   Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many blue commemorative plaques were erected in each of the last five years; and, for each year, what the cost was to public funds.

(111623)

339   Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the average cost was of erecting a blue commemorative plaque in the last 12 months.

(111620)

340   Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the policy and criteria are for the erection of blue plaques to commemorate distinguished citizens in their native localities.

(111629)

341   Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, who (a) sets the criteria of selection and (b) is responsible for the erection of blue commemorative plaques.

(111626)

342   Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many officials in his Department have received honours; and how many honours are held by his officials, broken down by category of honour.

(111482)

343   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received about the Social Security (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations.

(111732)

344   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what action he is taking to encourage persons on incapacity benefit to maximise their overall benefits (a) after 28 weeks, when incapacity benefit is increased to the short-term higher rate and (b) after 52 weeks, when a claimant becomes entitled to a disability premium on income support.

(111670)

345   Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in (a) England and (b) London were affected by council tax benefit restrictions in each year since 1998; and what his estimate is of (i) the savings to the Exchequer in each year consequent upon these restrictions and (ii) the average cost to those households affected.

(111760)

346   Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of this year's council tax increases upon (a) council tax benefit expenditure and (b) the numbers of households subjected to council tax benefit restrictions.

(111758)

347   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of the mobility component of Disability Living Allowance reached their 65th birthday in each of the last five years.

(111683)

348   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people aged (a) 60, (b) 61, (c) 62, (d) 63 and (e) 64 made a successful claim for the mobility component of disability living allowance in each of the last five years; and what the average age was of successful mobility claimants in each of the last five years.

(111680)

349   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate (a) the additional cost and (b) the number of beneficiaries of reforming attendance allowance by (i) reducing the amount of time a person has to be ill to receive the benefit of three months, (ii) introducing a lower rate care component, (iii) introducing a lower and higher rate mobility component and (iv) abolishing attendance allowance and removing the upper age limit on claiming disability living allowance; and if he will set out the take-up assumptions used in making these estimates.

(111678)

350   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people aged 65 and over are receiving the mobility component of disability living allowance (a) at the higher rate, (b) at the lower rate and (c) in total.

(11679)

351
N   Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will issue guidance to ensure that callers to the benefits payment helpline wishing to open a post office account are given every assistance in opening such an account, rather than a bank account.

(111088)

352   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the withdrawal of benefits for Abu Hamza because of his alleged terrorist connections.

(111721)

353   Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of working-age (a) adults, (b) men and (c) women in the North West of England are members of a stakeholder pension plan.

(111588)

354   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will make clear in future public information campaigns that stakeholder pensions are not backed by the Government.

(111441)

355   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what policies his Department has for targeting Government information on pensions to groups in the workforce that traditionally have a low take-up rate of private pension provision.

(111435)

356   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, where his Department has conducted research to assess the benefits of targeting pensions advice at workers that have recently entered new permanent positions.

(111436)

357   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of whether in the (a) short, (b) medium and (c) long term the recent falls in equity performance will lead to consumers buying cash investments instead of equity investments.

(111443)

358   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 10th April, Official Report, column 395W, on Transco, whether an exemption certificate was issued to Transco by the HSE from the requirement to reassess its engineers' qualifications by the approved competency standard before 3rd March 2002.

(111552)

359   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what research his Department has conducted to assess the financial literacy of consumers with different income levels.

(111439)

360   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will make an assessment of (a) whether and (b) to what extent price caps and regulation have an effect on the ability of pension companies to offer products to lower income groups, with particular reference to stakeholder products.

(111444)

361   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will work with the Inland Revenue to send out information to workers entering new permanent positions about the benefits of taking out private pension provision.

(111437)

362
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants have chosen to receive benefits by (a) basic bank account, (b) ordinary bank and building society account and (c) post office card account.

(111221)

363
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has for an exceptions service to assist people with disabilities to receive their benefits following the introduction of direct ACT payments; what the timetable is for introduction of such a service; and if he will make a statement.

(111222)

364
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps have to be taken by (a) a claimant, (b) the Post Office and (c) his Department in order for a claimant to receive benefits through a Post Office card account.

(111225)

365
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to allow casual agents to collect benefits on behalf of elderly and disabled claimants following the introduction of direct ACT payment of benefits.

(111223)

366
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the consequences are to a claimant of failure to respond to correspondence concerning direct payment of benefits by ACT; how many claimants have failed to respond; what consequences have followed such failures; and if he will make a statement.

(111224)

367   Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of people aged 80 and over in (a) Cleethorpes constituency and (b) Grimsby constituency who will receive the increased winter allowance of £300.

(111473)

368   Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to repeat the Listening to Older People programme; and if he will make a statement.

(111742)

369   Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to publish the Older People Strategy; and if he will make a statement.

(111737)

370   Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which voluntary and commercial organisations have been consulted during the development of the Older People Strategy.

(111736)

371   Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials in his Department have received honours; and how many honours are held by his officials, broken down by category of honour.

(111484)