Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2002 - 03
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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 7 May 2003

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 7 May 2003, of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

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

WEDNESDAY 7th MAY

1   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Advocate General, how many of her staff have taken sick leave due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111992)

2   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Advocate General, how many sick days were lost in the last year by her Department through staff mental health problems.

(112006)

3   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Advocate General, how many of her staff retired on medical grounds due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111970)

4   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Advocate General, what arrangements are made in her Department to allow staff to access counselling services.

(111940)

5   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many of his staff retired on medical grounds due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111967)

6   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what arrangements are made in his Department to allow staff to access counselling services.

(111942)

7   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many sick days were lost over the last year by his Department through staff mental health problems.

(112005)

8   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many of his staff have taken sick leave due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111991)

9   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many interim payments of child tax credit have been paid by each Inland Revenue office.

(111835)

10   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what change has taken place in the number of (a) physical and (b) verbal assaults on Inland Revenue staff since the introduction of child tax credit.

(111834)

11
N   Andy Burnham (Leigh): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what agreement on unpaid tax the Inland Revenue has reached with each professional football club in administration in the last two years.

(111572)

12   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what evaluations he has made on the benefit to low income families of measures to promote savings.

(112094)

13   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received regarding his decision to consult stakeholders before announcing decisions on fuel duty rates on road fuel gases.

(112093)

14   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what terms of (a) relief, (b) restructuring and (c) rescheduling of Iraq's debt he plans to propose in the Paris Club; and if he will make a statement.

(111819)

15   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what his Department's position is on repatriation claims in the UN Compensation Commission; if his Department will advocate payment of these from liberated Iraq; and if he will make a statement.

(111881)

16   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what economic terms he plans to set out regarding the repayment of Iraq's debt to the UK; and if he will make a statement.

(111811)

17   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what arrangements are made in his Department to allow staff to access counselling services.

(111947)

18   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many sick days were lost over the last year by his Department through staff mental health problems.

(112070)

19   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many of his staff have taken sick leave due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111974)

20   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many of his staff retired on medical grounds due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111954)

21   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue was raised by the landfill tax in the UK in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03; and how much revenue he estimates will be raised in 2003-04.

(111836)

22
N   Rachel Squire (Dunfermline West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will review the rules which reduce the amount of UK grants and funds awarded to the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council when it gains additional EU funding.

(111376)

23   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesborough, representing the Church Commissioners, what plans the Church Commissioners have for Lambeth Palace Library; and if he will make a statement.

(111842)

24
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps are being taken to evaluate strategies for promoting participation in art and cultural activities in schools and communities.

(111134)

25   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Millennium Commission has spent on consultancy fees, broken down by areas of expertise that consultants provided.

(112122)

26   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the Millennium Landmark projects which have received revenue support from the Millennium Commission, showing the cost and time commitment involved.

(112115)

27   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the variations in the Millennium Landmark projects from their original agreements with the Millennium Commission.

(112116)

28   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the Millennium Landmark projects indicating the estimate of the (a) costs of completion and (b) initial forecasted costs.

(112117)

29   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the cost of the administration of the Millennium Commission since its establishment; and which budgets have provided the money.

(112128)

30   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to wind up the Millennium Commission; and if she will make a statement.

(112121)

31   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the Millennium Landmark projects indicating the expected completion dates and the initial forecasted completion dates.

(112118)

32   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the Millennium Landmark projects which have received public money other than from the Millennium Commission, broken down by (a) amount and (b) funding organisation.

(112119)

33   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many qualified librarians have been employed in libraries in each year since 1996; and if she will make a statement.

(111818)

34   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many visits have been made to libraries in each year since 1996; and if she will make a statement.

(111817)

35   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many loans have been made from libraries in each year from 1996; and if she will make a statement.

(111816)

36   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many sick days were lost over the last year by her Department through staff mental health problems.

(112004)

37   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many of her staff have taken sick leave due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111990)

38   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what arrangements are made in her Department to allow staff to access counselling services.

(111941)

39   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many of her staff retired on medical grounds due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111969)

40   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance is given to communities to encourage children to take up running competitively.

(111921)

41   Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people her Department estimates participate in (a) angling and (b) canoeing on average each year.

(111926)

42   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what provisions he will make for the welfare of ex-service personnel after the Gulf conflict.

(111873)

43   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had on clearing up and removal of discarded military equipment; what financial resources he has to do this work; and if he will make a statement.

(112052)

44   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement in relation to the (a) cost and (b) expected commissioning date of the (i) light forces anti-tank guided weapon system, (ii) Nimrod MR A4 aircraft, (iii) A 400M aircraft and (iv) the ASRAAM missile; and what estimates of both were made when the contracts were let.

(112060)

45   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which UK forces will be committed to stabilisation and security operations in Iraq over the next year; and if he will make a statement.

(112086)

46   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects Assessment Phase Stage 3 of the CVF programme to be completed; and whether he plans to extend the timescale of this Phase.

(112018)

47   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what problems have been reported with desert boots issued to members of the armed forces serving in Operation Telic.

(112028)

48   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many prisoners held by British forces in the Gulf have been identified as (a) Fedayeen Saddam forces and (b) nationals from countries other than Iraq.

(112079)

49   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, to what extent military operations conducted in Iraq have accelerated the attrition of equipment used for this purpose; and whether the cost of such accelerated attrition is being taken fully into account in calculating and recovering the additional costs of the operations.

(112089)

50   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contribution (a) the UK and (b) Spain is making to Operation Endeavour; and if he will make a statement.

(112010)

51   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Le Touquet Summit declaration of 4th February, if he will place a copy of the text of NATO and EU agreements in the Library of each House; when they were concluded; and if he will make a statement.

(111914)

52   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress has been made on the disposal of the Royal Navy's redundant nuclear submarines; and whether he plans to move these submarines from their present location.

(112023)

53   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which vessels will continue with the Naval Task Group 03 deployment to the Far East.

(112083)

54   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what delays there have been in issuing clothing and personal equipment to members of the armed forces serving in Operation Telic.

(112029)

55   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what US assistance was (a) requested and (b) provided in deploying logistics as part of Operation Telic.

(112030)

56   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Defence Logistics Organisation was first notified to begin contingency plans for deployment in Operation Telic; and when it first began deploying equipment to the Gulf as part of Operation Telic.

(112024)

57   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Ministry of Defence Hospital Units have been used for the treatment of casualties from hostilities in the Gulf.

(112084)

58   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many sets of clothing were issued to soldiers serving with Seventh Armoured Brigade in Basra.

(112027)

59   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the planned work of the War Graves Commission in Iraq.

(112081)

60   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his estimate is of the additional costs incurred by his Department in connection with the conduct of operations in Iraq in (a) the financial year 2002-03 and (b) the present financial year to date; and what procedure is being followed to recover these from the earmarked reserve established by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

(112090)

61   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British military personnel are performing guarding duties at prisoner of war camps.

(1120880)

62   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when (a) HMS Astute, (b) HMS Artful and (c) HMS Ambush will be operational.

(112015)

63   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the UK naval base in Gibraltar was fully utilised for operations in Iraq; and if he will make a statement.

(112009)

64   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the (a) Territorial Army, (b) Royal Naval Reserve, (c) Royal Auxiliary Air Force, (d) Royal Marines Reserve and (e) Regular Reserve were (i) deployed and (ii) called up in connection with Operation Telic.

(112085)

65   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what Royal Navy warships are on station at the Falklands Islands; and what Royal Fleet Auxiliary support is available.

(112014)

66   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the command of Operation Endeavour.

(112008)

67   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his practice to identify and disclose the full costs of specific operations, as well as the additional costs.

(112092)

68   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans there are for the use of the Gibraltar base in potential future conflicts and peacekeeping operations.

(112011)

69   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the benefits of moving the CVF contract to a Target Cost Incentive Fee.

(112017)

70   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what kind of body armour was issued to soldiers serving with the Seventh Armoured Brigade in Basra; whether there was a reissue; and if he will make a statement.

(112026)

71   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether BAe and Thales have structured the (a) terms and (b) work share of their partnership in the CVF programme.

(112016)

72   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the book value is of ordnance, ammunition and missiles used up in the course of the conduct of operations in Iraq; how such book cost is calculated; what categories of munitions were used; and to what extent supplies will need to be replenished.

(112087)

73   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the commitment of RAF aircraft and personnel to operations in the Gulf region; and if he will make a statement.

(112019)

74   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Article V tribunals have been conducted by British military personnel in connection with verification of the status of Iraqi prisoners of war.

(112077)

75   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many prisoners have been released by British forces in the Gulf.

(112078)

76   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) main battle tanks and (b) other armoured fighting vehicles, broken down by type, were deployed to Iraq for the purposes of military operations there; what proportions of each of these (i) were destroyed or seriously damaged in action, (ii) were rendered unserviceable through other causes and (iii) were operationally available at the conclusion of the fighting.

(112088)

77   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the commitment of Royal Navy warships and personnel to the Gulf region; whether the Armilla patrol will continue; and if he will make a statement.

(112020)

78   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, to what extent it is possible to assign costs incurred by his Department in connection with the conduct of operations in Iraq (a) to periods (i) before the actual start of military action, (ii) while military action was taking place and (iii) subsequent to the conclusion of high intensity military action and (b) for the purposes of (A) preparing forces and resources and deploying them to the theatre of operations, (B) the conduct of military operations in theatre and (C) the recovery and repatriation of equipment, unused supplies and personnel.

(112091)

79   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of (a) Naval Service, (b) Army and (c) Royal Air Force personnel are available for operational duties.

(112013)

80   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Army units will remain in Iraq and Kuwait; when he expects them to be withdrawn; what replacements are to be made available; and if he will make a statement.

(112021)

81   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what field hospitals remain in the Gulf region.

(112022)

82   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been raised by the UK Gulf Forces Fund.

(112082)

83   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which infantry regiments have had a 24-month tour interval in the past five years.

(112012)

84   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK staff were integrated with US Central Command in contingency planning for military operations in Iraq.

(112031)

85   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how long the Defence Logistics Organisation needs to deploy fully equipment to forces once they are in-theatre.

(112025)

86   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the (a) forecast in-service date, (b) forecast date of main gate approval and (c) forecast cost of the assessment phase of the GMLRS; and how many rockets will be procured.

(111828)

87   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the operational effectiveness of the containers handling rough terrain during Operation Telic; and what the average time was for moving containers.

(111825)

88   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Tomahawk missiles were used in Iraq during Operation Telic; and what plans there are to replace them.

(111839)

89   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the replacement of ordnance used during the Iraq conflict; and what changes this might imply for UK armed forces armoury.

(111813)

90   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Storm Shadow missiles were used during the Iraq conflict; and if he will make a statement on its operational effectiveness.

(111814)

91   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated total procurement cost for Eurofighter is; what the estimated (a) cost and (b) saving would be of cancellation of the third tranche of orders; and if he will make a statement.

(111837)

92   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) the life expectancy of rotor blades in European conditions and (b) the average life expectancy in Iraq and Kuwait of each type of helicopter deployed in Operation Telic is; and if he will make a statement on the comparative lift capability of the fleets in such conditions.

(111826)

93   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the availability was in percentage terms of the Challenger II fleet deployed in Operation Telic on (a) the first day of combat operations, (b) 30th April and (c) the average for the duration of combat operations in Iraq; and if he will make a statement.

(111823)

94   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which units did not receive their full complement of desert kit before the beginning of hostilities in Iraq; and if he will make a statement.

(111820)

95   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list (a) the unit cost of vetting individuals by the Defence Vetting Agency and (b) the estimated cost of vetting individuals through a private contractor; and if he will make a statement.

(111840)

96   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the NLAW will use depleted uranium; how much will be procured; when the forecast in-service date is; and if he will make a statement.

(111829)

97   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the availability was of the AS90, in percentage terms, on Operation Telic (a) on the first day of combat operations, (b) on 30th April and (c) on average for the duration of combat operations in Iraq; and if he will make a statement on its operational effectiveness.

(111824)

98   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the HVM Starstreak system was deployed in Iraq; and if he will make a statement.

(111815)

99   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the operational effectiveness of the SA80 during operations in Iraq.

(111821)

100   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the amount and type of ordnance dropped on Iraq during Operation Telic; and what the overall cost was of the munitions used during the conflict.

(111812)

101   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the smart munitions in the UK inventory, including in each case the (a) unit cost and (b) total number of each unit expected to be procured; and what the total budget is for such weapons in each financial year until 2006.

(111838)

102   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the (a) Army, (b) Navy and (c) RAF have been killed while in service (i) in action, (ii) in action through friendly fire, (iii) by accident on operations, (iv) by accident on exercise and (v) by other means between (A) 11th September 1999 and 11th September 2001 and (B) 11th September 2001 to date; and if he will make a statement.

(111827)

103   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the helicopters deployed to Operation Telic together with the serviceability rates for each aircraft.

(111822)

104   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the remit and terms of reference are of the Home and Special Forces Secretariat; and who sits on this body.

(111852)

105   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what instructions were received by Sir John Waters from Sir Hugh Annesley concerning co-operation with the Stevens Inquiry; and if he will place a copy of the instructions in the Library.

(111853)

106   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what instructions and orders have been issued to members of HM Armed Forces in Iraq concerning co-operation with investigations into allegations concerning the unlawful use of lethal force by members of (a) UK, (b) US and (c) other forces performing policing and public order duties in Iraq.

(111845)

107   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what sums of money have been paid to Brian Nelson, his heirs and successors since his release from prison in 1997.

(111851)

108   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to establish a mechanism that can provide for investigation of allegations of the unlawful use of lethal force by members of HM Armed Forces in Iraq.

(111844)

109   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the rules of engagement are for the use of lethal force in Iraq.

(111843)

110   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many employees are suspended as a result of preliminary conclusions of investigations being conducted by Sir John Stevens.

(111849)

111   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the military status of Brian Nelson has been since his release from prison in 1997.

(111850)

112   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many sick days were lost over the last year by his Department through staff mental health problems.

(112003)

113   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civilians are estimated to have been killed in Iraq by British armed forces in the recent conflict.

(112007)

114   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps are being taken to protect (a) children and (b) adults from unexploded munitions in Iraq.

(111919)

115   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the war in Iraq has cost.

(111922)

116   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his staff have taken sick leave due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111989)

117   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps are being taken to destroy unexploded munitions in Iraq.

(111918)

118   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his staff retired on medical grounds due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111968)

119   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements are made in his Department to allow staff to access counselling services.

(111939)

120   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures have been taken by British forces in Iraq to remove and make safe (a) unexploded cluster bomblets, (b) landmines and (c) depleted uranium.

(111841)

121   Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Government's contribution is to the UN Non-Proliferation Treaty conference in Geneva.

(112096)

122
N   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what basis permission was given by RAF Gibraltar on 29th April for Spanish military jets to enter Gibraltar airspace.

(111698)

123
N   Mr Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his latest estimate is of the number of non-combatants killed in Iraq since 19th March.

(111460)

124   Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many firefighters there were per head of population in (a) Lancashire, (b) the North West of England and (c) Wales in each year since 1997.

(112056)

125   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many of his staff have taken sick leave due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111988)

126   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many sick days were lost in the last year by his Department through staff mental health problems.

(112002)

127   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what arrangements are made in his Department to allow staff to access counselling services.

(111938)

128   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many of his staff retired on medical grounds due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111964)

129
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will instruct his inspectors to speed up the dispatch of their Report on Tewkesbury Borough Council's Local Plan; and if he will make a statement.

(111643)

130   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much he has given to the London Borough of Wandsworth for education services in the borough in the last three years.

(112051)

131
N   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance he has issued to schools to ensure children of Chinese origin are not discriminated against, bullied or intimidated as a result of public concern over SARS; and if he will make a statement.

(111784)

132   Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) nurseries, (b) playgroups, (c) child minders, (d) out-of-school clubs and (e) holiday schemes have been provided in Lancashire in each year since 1997.

(112057)

133   Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average number of A-level points obtained by students in (a) Lancashire, (b) the North West of England and (c) England was in 2002.

(112058)

134   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many sick days were lost over the last year by his Department through staff mental health problems.

(112001)

135   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many of his staff have taken sick leave due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111987)

136   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many of his staff retired on medical grounds due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111966)

137   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what arrangements are made in his Department to allow staff to access counselling services.

(111937)

138
N   Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish her Department's life cycle environmental analysis of the production and consumption of organic foodstuffs by type.

(111570)

139
N   Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the Environmental Audit Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2001-02, Buying Time for Timber: Timber Trade and Public Procurement; and if she will make a statement on the time taken to reply.

(111593)

140   Mr Robert Jackson (Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many co-disposal hazardous waste sites will close as a result of the United Kingdom's implementation of the EU Landfill Directive of 1999; and what volume of waste is involved in such closures.

(111795)

141   Mr Robert Jackson (Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many landfill sites are no longer allowed to accept waste for disposal as a result of their failure to submit a conditioning plan; and what estimate she has made of the volume of waste that has thereby been diverted to (a) other landfill sites and (b) other means of disposal.

(111794)

142   Mr Robert Jackson (Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list waste sites, with their addresses, which have submitted hazardous waste landfill conditioning plans to the Environment Agency.

(111796)

143   Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the work being carried out with the support of her Department on the Partnership for Water and Sanitation.

(111857)

144   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of her staff retired on medical grounds due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111965)

145   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what arrangements are made in her Department to allow staff to access counselling services.

(111936)

146   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the issues raised most often in correspondence to her from farmers in the last three months, with the numbers of pieces of correspondence in each case.

(111924)

147   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of her staff have taken sick leave due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111986)

148   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many sick days were lost over the last year by her Department through staff mental health problems.

(112000)

149   Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects (a) Wedholme Flow, (b) Bolton Fell Moss and (c) Solway Moss to be designated as special areas of conservation in accordance with the recommendations of English Nature.

(112032)

150
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much money the Countryside Agency has provided to the Rural Transport Partnership in the South West region in each of the years of the existence of the scheme for which figures are available.

(111645)

151
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much money she has provided to the Countryside Agency in each of the years of its existence for which figures are available.

(111644)

152
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the removal of fallen stock from farms (a) following European legislation and (b) in the event that hunting should be banned.

(111646)

153   Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many angling development officer posts the Environment Agency is funding over the next three years; and if she will make a statement.

(111927)

154   Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much money was allocated by the Environment Agency to encourage participation in angling in each of the last five years; how much the Agency has allocated for each of the next three years; and if she will make a statement.

(111928)

155   Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much money was allocated by the Environment Agency to encourage participation in canoeing in each of the last five years; how much the Agency has allocated for each of the next three years; and if she will make a statement.

(111930)

156   Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many development officer posts the Environment Agency is funding to encourage canoeing over the next three years; and if she will make a statement.

(111929)

157
N   Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, why it was judged that the Focus programme was not best placed to provide best value for money or provision of services needed after 11th September 2001.

(111226)

158
N   Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps have been taken to ensure that the cost of the replacement for the Focus programme will fall within his Department's financial budgets.

(111227)

159
N   Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate has been made of the cost of providing a replacement for the Focus programme.

(111228)

160
N   Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost was of the cancellation of the contract with Fujitsu for the provision of the Focus programme.

(111229)

161
N   Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much money allocated to the Focus programme was irretrievable; whether penalties were imposed by Fujitsu as a result of the cancellation of the contract; and why it took as long as it did to cancel the programme once it became clear that it was no longer required.

(111230)

162   Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations have been made to the Nigerian Government regarding the death sentence passed on Amina Lawal.

(111913)

163   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the conventions of the Council of Europe that the United Kingdom has still to ratify and the reasons why these conventions have not been ratified by the United Kingdom.

(112050)

164
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations his Department has made to the Israeli government concerning respect for international law.

(111133)

165
N   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to support UK citizens of Chinese origin and their relatives overseas following concern over the SARS issue; and if he will make a statement.

(111783)

166   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28th April, Official Report, column 126W, on North Korea, what discussions the Government has had with international partners in the last six months; and what meetings are scheduled to discuss the situation in North Korea.

(112123)

167   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of the United States to provide for an independent body that can carry out an investigation of allegations of the unlawful use of lethal force by members of the Armed Forces performing policing and public order duties in Iraq.

(111846)

168   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what arrangements are made in his Department to allow staff to access counselling services.

(111935)

169   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many of his staff have taken sick leave due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111985)

170   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many sick days were lost over the last year by his Department through staff mental health problems.

(111999)

171   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many of his staff retired on medical grounds due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111962)

172   Tony Worthington (Clydebank & Milngavie): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement about recent activities of the Government relating to bilateral agreements with the United States concerning the International Criminal Court.

(111806)

173   Tony Worthington (Clydebank & Milngavie): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what implications the recent Extradition Treaty signed with the United States has for the treatment of those suspected of committing war crimes who might be tried by the International Criminal Court.

(111808)

174   Tony Worthington (Clydebank & Milngavie): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will urge that alleged Iraqi war criminals should be tried in the International Criminal Court; and if he will make a statement on his policy relating to offences committed by the previous Iraqi regime.

(111807)

175   Tony Worthington (Clydebank & Milngavie): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made towards bringing into practice a judicial system for the prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay.

(111809)

176   Tony Worthington (Clydebank & Milngavie): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement about his policy regarding the exemption of peacekeepers from possible referral to the International Criminal Court when the policy comes up for renewal at the Security Council.

(111810)

177   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether is it his policy to encourage and fund the provision of dysphasia support services by voluntary groups.

(111833)

178   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effects on human health of hydrogenated fats in processed foods.

(111830)

179   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether it is his policy to increase public awareness of the effects of hydrogenated fats on human health.

(111831)

180   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the provision of support services for patients suffering from dysphasia in the Altrincham and Sale area.

(111832)

181
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many reported adverse drug reactions via the electronic yellow card scheme there have been in each of the last five months; and what assessment he has made of the scheme.

(111132)

182
N   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice and assistance he is giving to people of Chinese origin regarding concerns over the SARS issue; and if he will make a statement.

(111782)

183   Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 14th April, Official Report, column 606W, on doctor numbers (Lancashire), when the number of doctors per 100 beds in each of the Lancashire NHS trusts will have been validated; and if he will write to the honourable Member for Ribble Valley with the information about how many have been validated.

(112103)

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

(112104)

185   Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors there are per 100 beds in each NHS trust in England.

(112059)

186   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many trusts there are within the NHS.

(111907)

187   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what additional financial assistance will be given to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital in 2003-04 to improve cancer services.

(111920)

188   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements are made in his Department to allow staff to access counselling services.

(111934)

189   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of his staff have taken sick leave due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111984)

190   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many sick days were lost over the last year by his Department through staff mental health problems.

(111998)

191   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for each prison the average amount of time available each week to give dental treatment to prisoners by qualified NHS dentists.

(111925)

192   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of his staff retired on medical grounds due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111963)

193
N   Andy Burnham (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Prison Service officers in the North West are acting as principal officers; and how long each has served in that temporary post.

(111571)

194   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) planned and (b) actual completion dates are for each of the stages in the planning and implementation of the electronic-based application route for criminal record checks.

(112044)

195   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what service levels were achieved by the Criminal Records Bureau in 2002-03; and what service levels were specified in the contract with Capita.

(112033)

196   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the statement of 30th April by the honourable Member for Leeds Central, Official Report, column 125WH, on the Criminal Records Bureau, when he expects to announce revisions to the charges for standard and enchanced disclosures.

(112102)

197   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Criminal Records Bureau has commissioned a review of the code provided by Capita.

(112098)

198   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the membership, and the changes thereto, of the Programme Board established to oversee the Criminal Records Bureau implementation; when it was established; and on how many occasions it has met.

(112039)

199   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list for each month since the Criminal Records Bureau started operations the (a) number of applications received, (b) the number of (i) standard and (ii) enhanced disclosures issued, (c) the number of applications outstanding, (d) the number of applications outstanding for more than (A) three weeks, (B) six weeks and (C) nine weeks, (e) the number of applications returned to registered bodies and (f) the number of total disclosures issued.

(112046)

200   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much it cost to implement the paper-based application route for the Criminal Records Bureau.

(112045)

201   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department made of the unit costs in (a) 2002-03 and (b) 2003-04 of (i) standard, (ii) enhanced and (iii) basic disclosure by the Criminal Records Bureau using the (A) paper-based, (B) telephone-based and (C) electronic-based application routes; and what the actual unit costs were in 2002-03.

(112041)

202   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his statement of 30th April, Official Report, column 119WH, on the Criminal Records Bureau, if he will make a statement on the ways in which the system failed to meet the specification; if he will place in the Library copies of the evaluation produced from the testing prior to launch; and when the decision to accept the system was made, and by which minister.

(112066)

203   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many free disclosures for volunteers the Criminal Records Bureau has issued in each month since its launch; and how much they have cost.

(112036)

204   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with officials from the devolved administrations in (a) Scotland and (b) Wales concerning their support for umbrella registered bodies.

(112038)

205   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the assessment of the Criminal Records Bureau system testing by the Office of Government Commerce referred to in the main findings of the independent review team report published on 27th February.

(112065)

206   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much it cost to appoint an independent negotiator in respect of Capita's Criminal Record Bureau contract; and who will bear the cost.

(112035)

207   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how, and for what purpose, the Invest to Save funding awarded to the Criminal Records Bureau by HM Treasury will be allocated.

(112034)

208   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Criminal Record Bureau's revised forecasts of demand for (a) standard and (b) enhanced disclosures are for (i) 2003-04 and (ii) 2004-05.

(112043)

209   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the system supplied by Capita for the Criminal Records Bureau is capable of extracting data concerning individual applications that have experienced delays outside the performance standards.

(112042)

210   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the cost of the Criminal Records Bureau referred to by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State during the adjournment debate of 23rd July 2002, Official Report, column 199WH, fall during the period of the cost recovery plan; and whether the estimate of the costs has changed.

(112037)

211   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of whether the documentation of the current release of the Criminal Records Bureau system is (a) complete and (b) up to date.

(112097)

212   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what costs have been incurred to date on enhancements and improvements to the system supplied to the Criminal Records Bureau by Capita (a) before and (b) after it started operations.

(112040)

213   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women who are serving a prison sentence in England and Wales for periods of time up to (a) one year, (b) two years, (c) three years, (d) four years and (e) five years have children under the age of 14.

(112048)

214   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, until what age a women serving a prison sentence in England and Wales is allowed to have a young child with them while they are in prison.

(112047)

215
N   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure people of Chinese origin are not discriminated against as a result of the public concerns over SARS; and if he will make a statement.

(111786)

216   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on prison and court escort services in each of the last five years.

(112138)

217   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training police officers receive in how to deal with victims of (a) child abuse and (b) rape; and whether there is an officer at every police station who has received this training.

(112106)

218   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of complaints by victims against a police officer were (a) acknowledged within 10 days and (b) investigated within 120 days in the last 12 months.

(112108)

219   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on the proposals set out in the European Commission Green Paper on Procedural Safeguards for Suspects and Defendants in Criminal Proceedings throughout the European Union (COM (2003) 75(01)); and if he will make a statement.

(112154)

220   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to repatriate (a) Iraqi asylum seekers and (b) Iraqis granted exceptional leave to remain; and if he will make a statement.

(112150)

221   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional funding will be made available to the probation service to meet the costs of the Custody Plus scheme as set out on page 133 of the explanatory notes to the Criminal Justice Bill; ; what recent meetings he has held with representatives of the National Probation Service in relation to the provision of additional funding for the Custody Plus scheme; and if he will make a statement.

(112147)

222   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he is taking to reduce the market in stolen goods.

(112132)

223   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding his Department has provided to the C-Far project in Highampton, Devon.

(112149)

224   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of victims of crime for which an offender is brought to trial are informed of (a) the date of the trial and (b) the outcome of the trial.

(112105)

225   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the Persistent Offender Scheme section of the Narrowing the Justice Gap website is password protected.

(112151)

226   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to introduce programmes based on restorative justice principles in prisons.

(112153)

227   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 28th April, Official Report, column 207W, on the anti-social behaviour White Paper, if he will list the formal consultation processes which the White Paper drew on.

(112144)

228   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 20th April, Official Report, column 202W, on the police, what the total expenditure by the Metropolitan Police on rental vehicles was in each of the last five years and for each month from April 2002 to March 2003.

(112109)

229   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of forged passports in circulation in the UK.

(112137)

230   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners escaped (a) at court and (b) while in transit between court and prison in each of the last five years.

(112141)

231   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many operational staff were employed by each of the private contractors responsible for prison and court escort services in each of the last five years.

(112139)

232   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the outcome was of the Justice and Home Affairs Council held in Veria on 28th and 29th March; and what the Government's stance was on the issues discussed.

(112134)

233   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested for possession of cannabis in the last 12 months.

(112143)

234   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Buckingham, of 28th April, Official Report, column 219W, on sickness absence, at what level information about long-term sickness absence in his Department is held.

(112145)

235   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with his US counterparts on (a) terrorism and (b) extradition since 1st January.

(112136)

236   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were deported in 2002; and what the total cost to his Department was.

(112130)

237   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the draft agreements between the European Union and the United States on extradition and mutual legal assistance have been classified as confidential; and if he will withdraw his request for the parliamentary scrutiny committees to consider the documents in camera.

(112155)

238   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Croydon South, of 12th December, Official Report, column 480W, on the Immigration and Nationality Directive, how many letters were sent to members of the public where a passport could not be traced in (a) 1997, (b) 1998, (c) 1999 and (d) to date in 2003.

(112148)

239   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what penalties have been imposed on the companies responsible for prisoner escorts in each of the last five years; and what the reason was for the penalty in each case.

(112142)

240   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research informed the proposed extension of the maximum duration of supervision orders under paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 2 to the Anti-Social Behaviour Bill.

(112131)

241   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Director General of the Prison Service is responsible for the operation of private prisons in England and Wales.

(112133)

242   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which prisons in England he plans to market test; and if he will make a statement.

(112152)

243   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in asylum removal centres are not being detained pending removal.

(112146)

244   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 11th April, Official Report, column 449W, on prisons, what the length of detention was of (a) convicted and (b) convicted unsentenced prisoners on 28th February 2003; and what the figures were for 30th June 2002.

(112129)

245   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of prisoners appearing at court arrived on time in the last year for which figures are available.

(112140)

246   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were arrested at airports in the UK in the last two years.

(112135)

247   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements are made in his Department to allow staff to access counselling services.

(111933)

248   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of his staff retired on medical grounds due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111961)

249   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of his staff have taken sick leave due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111983)

250   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sick days were lost over the last year by his Department through staff mental health problems.

(111997)

251   Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers occupy (a) posts that have previously been occupied by civilian staff and (b) posts that could be performed by civilian staff in each police service in England and Wales; and what percentage these figures represent of the total officer strength of each police service in England and Wales.

(111854)

252   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what financial help her Department is proposing to give to Iraq for health and education services with special reference to young people; and if she will make a statement.

(112053)

253
N   Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much of the money for the reconstruction of Afghanistan, promised at the Tokyo Conference, has found its way to Afghanistan.

(111781)

254   Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many of the national poverty reduction strategies received by her Department include measures to increase access to clean water and improve sanitation; and how her Department encourages such activities.

(111856)

255   Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department has taken to encourage the treatment of domestic and village waste in the most impoverished countries.

(111855)

256   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what arrangements are made in her Department to allow staff to access counselling services.

(111932)

257   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many of her staff retired on medical grounds due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111960)

258   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the amounts of financial aid given to Malawi over the last 12 months; and when they were given.

(111916)

259   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many of her staff have taken sick leave due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111982)

260   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many sick days were lost in the last year by her Department through staff mental health problems.

(111996)

261   Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that Iraqi women and Iraqi womens' organisations are included in all stages of preparation for the Iraqi interim authority and for the preparation of the new Iraqi constitution.

(111910)

262   Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with Unifem regarding the involvement of Iraqi women in preparations for the Iraqi interim authority.

(111911)

263   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many of the Department's staff retired on medical grounds due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111959)

264   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many staff in the Department have taken sick leave due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111981)

265   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many sick days were lost over the last year by the Department through staff mental health problems.

(111995)

266   David Burnside (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures are in place to ensure Northern Ireland meets the health and safety requirements for water and sewage services in respect of (a) trihalomethane and (b) cryptosporidium levels.

(112076)

267   David Burnside (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps are being taken to improve Northern Ireland's water sewerage services; and what funding has been made available for these measures.

(112075)

268   David Burnside (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on infraction proceedings against the Government arising from Northern Ireland's failure to comply with EU directives on drinking and waste water.

(112074)

269   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many sick days were lost over the last year by his Department through staff mental health problems.

(111994)

270   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many of his staff retired on medical grounds due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111958)

271   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what arrangements are made in his Department to allow staff to access counselling services.

(111953)

272   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many of his staff have taken sick leave due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111980)

273   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many individuals are awaiting speech therapy assessment in Northern Ireland; and how many have been waiting for longer than six months.

(111802)

274   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many overseas nurses are employed in Northern Ireland within the National Health Service; and how many vacancies for nurses there are.

(111799)

275   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, since early October 2002, how many people have been informed that their details were held by the Provisional IRA; and how many of them are (a) prison officers, (b) police officers and (c) political representatives.

(111801)

276   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many vacancies for occupational therapists there are within the National Health Service in Northern Ireland.

(111797)

277   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many NHS vacancies there are for speech therapists in Northern Ireland.

(111803)

278   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to increase the number of general practitioner posts in Northern Ireland.

(111800)

279   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his Answer of 31st March, Official Report, column 532W, on multiple sclerosis, how many patients in Northern Ireland have commenced (a) beta interferon products and (b) glatiramer to treat multiple sclerosis since 1st January.

(111847)

280   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people are awaiting occupational therapy assessment in Northern Ireland; and how many have waited more than six months.

(111798)

281
N   The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much public money the Northern Ireland Office has granted to the Northern Ireland Centre for Trauma and Transformation in Omagh; and for what purpose.

(111697)

282   Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Prime Minister, whether the Wilson doctrine applying to tapping the telephones of honourable Members includes Members who have not taken the Oath.

(112055)

283   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Prime Minister, how many sick days were lost over the last year by his Office through staff mental health problems.

(111993)

284   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Prime Minister, what arrangements are made in his Office to allow staff to access counselling services.

(111952)

285   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Prime Minister, how many of his staff retired on medical grounds due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111957)

286   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Prime Minister, how many of his staff have taken sick leave due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111979)

287
N   Mr Richard Shepherd (Aldridge - Brownhills): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his oral Answer of 29th January, Official Report, column 875, on reducing the number of asylum applications, whether the Government has decided fundamentally to look at the UK's obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights.

(111423)

288   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many of her staff retired on medical grounds due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111956)

289   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many sick days were lost over the last year by her Department through staff mental health problems.

(112067)

290   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what arrangements are made in her Department to allow staff to access counselling services.

(111951)

291   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many of her staff have taken sick leave due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111978)

292   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Solicitor General, how many sick days were lost in the last year by her Department through staff mental health problems.

(112068)

293   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Solicitor General, how many of her staff have taken sick leave due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111977)

294   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Solicitor General, how many of her staff retired on medical grounds due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111971)

295   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Solicitor General, what arrangements are made in her Department to allow staff to access counselling services.

(111950)

296   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made to the effects on (a) pensioners, (b) the disabled and (c) the local community of the closure of the Barmouth Road Post Office, Wandsworth, SW18.

(112054)

297
N   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will take steps to support businesses operated or owned by people of Chinese origin which deal directly with the public, with specific reference to (a) restaurants and (b) shops, to combat the effect of public concern over the issue of SARS; and if she will make a statement.

(111785)

298   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 20th April, Official Report, column 106W, on Iraq (Reconstruction), what the process for decisions on awarding contracts to companies for the reconstruction off Iraq is; who makes the final decision; and if she will make a statement.

(112126)

299   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 20th April, Official Report, column 106W, on Iraq (Reconstruction), which British companies have been invited to tender for contracts for the reconstruction of Iraq; what the process is for bidding for contracts; who decides the criteria for inclusion in the tender list; how many contracts have been let; what each contract is for; what the value of each contract is; what the overall budget for the reconstruction of Iraq is; who has contributed to the budget; and if she will make a statement.

(112125)

300   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 28th April, Official Report, column 106W, on Iraq (Reconstruction), what discussions the Government has had with EU partners on equality of treatment in bidding for contracts to aid the reconstruction of Iraq; and if she will make a statement.

(112124)

301   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many new regulations on business have been introduced in each year since 1997.

(111923)

302   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what arrangements are made in her Department to allow staff to access counselling services.

(111949)

303   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many of her staff retired on medical grounds due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111955)

304   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many sick days were lost in the last year by her Department through staff mental health problems.

(112069)

305   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many of her staff have taken sick leave due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111976)

306
N   Rachel Squire (Dunfermline West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will review the arrangement whereby the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council has its income from UK grants and funds reduced when it gains additional EU funding.

(111375)

307   Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much funding has been allocated to the UK through (a) Objective One and (b) Objective Two programmes in each of the last five years, broken down by (i) region and (ii) scheme.

(111804)

308   Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much has been distributed by (a) Government offices and (b) regional development agencies in EU structural funds to UK organisations in each of the last five years, broken down by region.

(111805)

309   Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with local authorities on the use of the revenue from parking meters and parking permits for improved cycle networks and cycle parking facilities.

(111848)

310   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many sick days were lost over the last year by his Department through staff mental health problems.

(112072)

311   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of his staff have taken sick leave due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111975)

312   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what arrangements are made in his Department to allow staff to access counselling services.

(111948)

313   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of his staff retired on medical grounds due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111945)

314   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the reasons for proposing the closure of the driving test centre in Shrewsbury.

(111917)

315
N   Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 11th December 2002, Official Report, column 351W, on the Central Railway Scheme, what conclusion he has reached on making the Strategic Rail Authority's report to him on the Central Railway Scheme publicly available.

(111475)

316   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many of his staff have taken sick leave due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111973)

317   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many sick days were lost over the last year by his Department through staff mental health problems.

(112071)

318   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what arrangements are made in his Department to allow staff to access counselling services.

(111946)

319   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many of his staff retired on medical grounds due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111944)

320
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for Women, what recent discussions she has had with the Minister of State for Sport regarding the promotion of women's sports in the UK.

(111135)

321
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many young people in (a) Coventry and (b) the West Midlands have found permanent employment through the New Deal each year since 1998.

(111136)

322
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what monitoring takes place to ensure that employers involved in the New Deal provide jobs of quality for the employees whom they accept.

(111137)

323   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to alter the number of people who work in Jobcentre Plus in Portsmouth in the next 12 months.

(112062)

324   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the level of service available to the people of Portsmouth from Jobcentre Plus; and what changes he expects to see in the level of service in the next 12 months.

(112063)

325   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to ensure that Jobcentre Plus remains in the public sector; and if he will make a statement.

(112064)

326   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the future of Jobcentre Plus; and what plans he has that will affect (a) the staff and (b) the level of service they offer the public.

(112061)

327   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of his staff have taken sick leave due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111972)

328   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many sick days were lost over the last year by his Department through staff mental health problems.

(112073)

329   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of his staff retired on medical grounds due to mental health problems in the last year.

(111943)

330   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to reform the capital rules on means tested savings.

[Transferred] (112095)

331   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement about the future of the Millennium Dome; and when he expects to be able to stop putting public money into the project.

[Transferred] (112120)

332   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much the costs of maintaining the Millennium Dome have been each month; and from which departmental budget this money has come.

[Transferred] (112127)

333   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children are in prison.

[Transferred] (111915)

334   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library the paper on the setting up by West Sussex County Council of safe houses for children and young people who have been trafficked into the United Kingdom.

[Transferred] (112049)

335   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, whether there is a child witness officer available at every court; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (112107)