Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2002 - 03
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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 14 May 2003

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 14 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 14th MAY

1   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many telephone lines are dedicated to dealing with queries from the general public who telephone the Working Tax Credit Helpline; what monitoring is conducted on the time taken to respond to messages left in the helpline; what the average response time for messages is; and what representations he has received about response times.

(113514)

2   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Working Tax Credit Helpline.

(113513)

3   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what proposals the Government has made since the Kananaskis G8 summit (a) to provide more relief than envisaged at completion point for HIPCs that have debts above the thresholds as a result of commodity price shocks within the HIPC rules and (b) to press for a change in the rules to ensure that additional relief provided beyond HIPC by some bilateral donors is excluded from the calculations; what response the Government has received from other G8 members to its proposals; and if he will make a statement.

(113651)

4   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment his Department has made of Clause 171 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards)Bill; and if he will make a statement.

(113461)

5   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how long on average each tax office is taking to process tax returns; and how many returns have been outstanding for (a) six weeks, (b) nine weeks, (c) 12 weeks and (d) more than 12 weeks.

(113533)

6   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps is he taking to support manufacturing in the North West.

(113464)

7   Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the impact of an increase in the amount of tax credit received by an individual on their (a) housing benefit and (b) council tax benefit; and if he will make a statement.

(113515)

8   Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the impact of the new tax credits on entitlement to (a) housing benefit and (b) council tax benefit; and if he will make a statement.

(113588)

9   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer to what level the basic rate of income tax would have to be raised to meet the cost of raising the state retirement pension to 8 per cent. of GDP by 2050.

(113547)

10   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress has been made by the World Bank to provide reports on legal action brought against heavily indebted poor countries by creditors not participating in the HIPC initiative.

(113397)

11   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will take steps with the World Bank as part of the HIPC initiative to resolve conflicts between the decisions made by the International Court for the Settlement of Investment Disputes and the obligations on heavily indebted poor countries.

(113396)

12   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his Answer of 7th May, Official Report, column 689W, on tax credits, if he will put details about the passported benefits available with tax credits on the application forms; and whether the leaflet described in his response will be sent to all those in receipt of tax credits.

(113347)

13   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress has been made by the World Bank to provide technical assistance to heavily indebted poor countries involved in litigation with creditors not participating in the HIPC initiative.

(113398)

14   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of the (a) phone calls and (b) e-mails received by the Customs Confidential hotline since its inception produced information on which HM Customs could act.

(113359)

15   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) phone calls and (b) e-mails have been received by the Customs Confidential hotline since its inception, broken down by category of alleged offence.

(113358)

16   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how may (a) arrests and (b) convictions have been attributable to information received by the Customs Confidential hotline since its inception; and what the costs of operating the Customs Confidential hotline were in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

(113360)

17   Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the impact on manufacturing in (a) Wales and (b) the United Kingdom if the UK does not become part of the Eurozone.

(113538)

18   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his Answer of 9th April, Official Report, column 269W, on Inspectorates, what the total costs incurred by the Inland Revenue were in each year since 1997.

(113400)

19   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list playing field sites, by local authority, indicating which are managed by the local authority on behalf of the National Playing Field Association; and if she will make statement.

(113653)

20   Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the development by Sport England of women's participation in (a) football, (b) rugby and (c) cricket.

(113665)

21   Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Football Association on developing a professional women's football league; and what support she is giving to developing the professionalisation of women's football.

(113666)

22   Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with television and press organisations about increasing positive media coverage of women's sport.

(113664)

23   Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement in her policy on (a) increasing participation and (b) promoting excellence in (i) women's football, (ii) women's cricket and (iii) women's rugby.

(113667)

24   Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what World Class Performance money has been given to the coach Mr Arbeits.

(113457)

25   Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what system there is to ensure that lottery funding is used only by athletes and coaches who support drug free sport.

(113456)

26   Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much financial support has gone to Frank Dick and Denise Lewis from the World Class Performance funds.

(113455)

27   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contribution the United Kingdom is making (a) to training the Sierra Leone army and police and (b) to the reintegration of former combatants.

(113658)

28   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many United Kingdom troops are deployed in Sierra Leone; what the number was at its peak; what the timetable is for reducing the UN peacekeeping force; and what assessment he has made of whether the timetable is likely to be met.

(113657)

29   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made with securing a G8 commitment to implement common standards in arms export controls; and if he will make a statement on the outcome of the Lancaster House conference on arms export control.

(113660)

30   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress the United Kingdom has made with developing a plan which will enable Africa by 2010 to deploy a brigade sustainable in the field for 18 months for peace-keeping operations.

(113659)

31
N   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many graduate scientists were recruited by the Nuclear Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston in each of the last three years; and how many additional graduate scientists will be recruited during 2003-04.

(112825)

32   Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, at how many sites in South Africa are British service personnel who died during the Boer War thought to be buried; what estimate his Department has made of the cost of maintaining these burial sites; how much the British Government contributes towards the maintenance of these burial sites; and if he will make a statement.

(113502)

33   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Committee headed by General Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank will report on the review of the issuing of a Medal to those who served in the Suez Canal Zone between 1951 and 1954; and if he will make a statement.

(113601)

34   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans the Government has to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of D-Day; and if he will make a statement.

(113602)

35   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the sources of the knowledge assembled on the Iraqi programme of weapons of mass destruction.

(113537)

36   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many injured servicemen have been returned from the Gulf to the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on (a) medical and (b) convalescence treatment available to them.

(113662)

37   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment is made when assessing capital housing allowances to Islington of the council's income from the sale of buildings that could be used for housing purposes; and if he will make a statement.

(113520)

38
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the written statement of 6th May, Official Report, columns 28-29WS, on the Home Improvement Agency, what consultation was undertaken in advance of the statement; with whom; and if he will publish the local commissioning models and statements consulted upon.

(113052)

39
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the timetable is for the letting of the new contract for the national co-ordinating body for home improvement agencies.

(113053)

40
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what evaluation he has undertaken of the effectiveness of Foundations, the national co-ordinating body for home improvement agencies.

(113054)

41
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what funding central government has allocated for home improvement agencies in each of the last three years; and what its projected budgets are for each of the next three years.

(113055)

42   Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what accumulated reduction in compliance costs for United Kingdom business has resulted from the passage of Regulatory Reform Orders.

(113656)

43   Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what consultations were undertaken by Ordnance Survey with (a) English Heritage, (b) the Church Conservation Trust, (c) archaeological groups and (d) religious organisations and churches about the proposed deletion of symbols of churches no longer used as places of worship; and what guidance he gave to Ordnance Survey on the consultation process.

(113661)

44   Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Macclesfield on 10th March, Official Report, column 111W, on Ordnance Survey maps, if he will ensure that Ordnance Survey publishes the results of consultation and research among users to which he referred.

(113663)

45   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 7th April, Official Report, columns 115-6W, on inspectorates, what the total pay costs incurred by the (a) Single Housing Inspectorate and (b) Planning Inspectorate were in each year since 1997.

(113383)

46   Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on how many occasions his official residences have been used for (a) charitable and (b) other fund-raising events since May 1997; what charges were made for such events; and what was made of (i) catering and (ii) other facilities provided by the residences.

(113542)

47   Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many publications have been issued by the Audit Commission in each of the last five years; and what the cost was of each.

(113556)

48   Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many authorities have applied to his Department to have the reduction in right to buy discounts extended to their local authority area.

(113565)

49   Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when the (a) Social Exclusion Unit and (b) Urban Policy Unit were formally established.

(113561)

50   Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many publications have been issued by the (a) Social Exclusion Unit and (b) Urban Policy Unit in each year since establishment; and what the cost was of each.

(113559)

51   Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many conferences have been organised by the (a) Social Exclusion Unit and (b) Urban Policy Unit in each year since each was established; and what the cost of each conference was.

(113552)

52   Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what advice he provides on obtaining housing for young people in housing need; and if he will make a statement.

(113563)

53   Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many conferences were organised by the Audit Commission in each of the last five years; and what the cost of each was.

(113554)

54   Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many conferences staff of the Audit Commission attended in each of the last five years; what the (a) cost and (b) purpose was in each case; and how many were overseas conferences.

(113553)

55   Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proposals he has to improve the built environment in London.

(113567)

56   Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what rules govern the use of his official residences for non-official purposes.

(113544)

57   Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many research projects the (a) Social Exclusion Unit and (b) Urban Policy Unit commissioned (i) in 2003-04 and (ii) 2002-03; and what the criteria for selection of each project were.

(113558)

58   Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on plans to extend the reduction in right to buy discounts.

(113564)

59   Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many equivalent full time employees there were in the Audit Commission, (a) when it was first established and (b) on 1st May 2003.

(113557)

60   Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many conferences staff of the (a) Social Exclusion Unit and (b) Urban Policy Unit attended in each year since the Unit was established; what the (i) cost and (ii) purpose was in each case; and how many were overseas conferences.

(113551)

61   Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many research projects the Audit Commission commissioned in (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2002-03; and what the criteria for selection of each project were.

(113555)

62   Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on how many occasions aircraft have been chartered for (a) himself and (b) other Office of the Deputy Prime Minister ministers; when each charter took place; what the cost was; and what aircraft was used in each case.

(113568)

63   Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on how all-postal election pilots will operate next year under the Government's proposals for the 2004 English local elections and European Parliamentary elections to take place on the same day.

(113543)

64   Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he last met representatives of the house building industry to discuss house building in England; and if he will make a statement.

(113566)

65   Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the (a) number and (b) location are of sites for travelling people in each county; and if he will make a statement.

(113562)

66   Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent representations he has received concerning the allocation of funds to local education authorities.

(113569)

67   Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many equivalent full time employees there were in the (a) Social Exclusion Unit and (b) Urban Policy Unit (i) when they were established and (ii) at 1st May.

(113560)

68   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 1st May, Official Report, column 485W, on looked after children, on what dates he held meetings with the Independent Schools Council; what issues were discussed; and when he plans to hold future meetings.

(113349)

69   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 1st May, Official Report, column 485W, on looked after children, what steps his Department is taking to encourage co-operation between local education authorities and the Independent Schools Council on the education of looked after children.

(113350)

70   Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what grant is available to headteachers from 1st April to meet the cost of threshold payments for teachers in school; and if he will make a statement.

(113517)

71   Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what grant is available to headteachers to meet the cost of teachers who moved up the upper pay scale to point 2 from September 2002; and if he will make a statement.

(113516)

72   Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what decisions he has made about public funding for Steiner schools.

(113518)

73   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many male partners of retired teachers would be eligible for more generous pension provisions on the death of their spouse if the rules on transferring teacher pension entitlement to a widower became uniform; and what estimate he has made of the cost of changing policy in this way.

(113546)

74   Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action he is taking to ensure that part-time students have access to the full range of academic programmes available to their full-time equivalents.

(113459)

75   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of pupils, after finishing their GCSEs, (a) remained at the same school, (b) went on to a different further education institution and (c) left secondary education, in each of the last five years.

(113571)

76   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what his estimate is of the proportion of schools in (a) deprived areas and (b) affluent areas which intend to permit 14 year-olds to drop language subjects; and if he will make a statement.

(113389)

77   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what his policy is on encouraging the use of school uniforms.

(113572)

78   Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action his Department is taking to support training in the clothing and textiles industry to follow up the Strategic Training in Apparel and Textiles programme.

(113392)

79   Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations he has received from Sunderland City Council on his figures for the percentage of education funds passed to schools by the council; and what action he plans to take.

(113348)

80   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total pay costs incurred by the Office for Standards in Education were in each year since 1997.

(113387)

81   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent advice his Department has issued to schools in the London Borough of Havering regarding the (a) number of hours of physical education that should be taught to GCSE pupils and (b) the setting of homework tasks for GCSE pupils.

(113472)

82   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to ensure equal access to subject choice for GCSE pupils of differing abilities in the London Borough of Havering; and if he will make a statement on subject choice for GCSE pupils in the Borough.

(113471)

83   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will provide financial support for the monitoring of the International Coffee Organisation quality scheme.

(113504)

84   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recommendations for action she will make at the International Coffee Organisation/World Bank Coffee Conference on 19th May.

(113506)

85   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has made to the US Administration on (a) membership of the International Coffee Organisation and (b) support for the quality scheme.

(113505)

86   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to the Government of the GM trials taking place in England and Wales is.

(113353)

87   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the export of livestock to France in each of the last three years.

(113357)

88   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the volume of food imports into the United Kingdom from member states of the European Union.

(113356)

89   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what restrictions are imposed on English bed and breakfasts on use of eggs produced by their own free-range chickens.

(113406)

90   Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proposals she has for the protection and promotion of small-scale local livestock markets in England and Wales.

(113374)

91   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on her Department's budget for tackling animal disease.

(113532)

92   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with (a) environmental and wildlife groups and (b) fish farmers and their representative groups regarding the otter population in England; what steps she is taking to protect the otter population in England; and if she will make a statement.

(113485)

93   Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding has been made available to the Carbon Trust in each financial year since its inception; and how much of its budget it has spent.

(113453)

94   Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what value of allowances has been made available to businesses since the introduction of the Enhanced Capital Allowance Scheme; and what the take up has been.

(113454)

95   Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what monitoring her Department has carried out to assess the effectiveness of the (a) Carbon Trust and (b) Energy Savings Trust; and if she will make a statement.

(113452)

96   Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what budgets her Department has allocated for public awareness activities in each financial year to 2005-06; and to what policy areas funds have been allocated.

(113451)

97
N   Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department held (a) during and (b) before the Azores Summit in March concerning Gibraltar; and at what level they were conducted.

(113288)

98
N   Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he held personally with his Spanish counterpart concerning Gibraltar during the Azores Summit in March.

(113289)

99   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the US administration on (a) NATO reconfiguration and (b) plans to increase its troops presence in Africa.

(113526)

100   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects the UN Secretary General and James Baker, to publish their proposals for the Western Sahara.

(113527)

101   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking (a) to bring peace and better governance to Liberia and (b) to end Liberian efforts to destabilise Sierra Leone and other countries.

(113640)

102   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made with (a) governance reform and (b) transparent economic management, including the transparent management of diamonds, in Sierra Leone.

(113639)

103   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made with (a) disarmament, (b) demobilisation, (c) repatriation, (d) reintegration, (e) rehabilitation and (f) post-war reconstruction in the Great Lakes region of Africa.

(113637)

104   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made with (a) a cease-fire and (b) the implementation of the Arusha agreement in Burundi.

(113638)

105   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement about the progress and prospects of the peace process in Sudan.

(113641)

106   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made with lifting sanctions on the Angola rebels; and what the prospects are for holding free elections in Angola by 2005.

(113642)

107   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made with (a) security sector reform and (b) better economic and political governance in Angola.

(113643)

108   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made in the formation of an inclusive transitional government for the Democratic Republic of Congo.

(113636)

109   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Syrian authorities on (a) bilateral relations and (b) the Middle East.

(113462)

110   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library the correspondence from the United Nations relating to the Iraqi declaration of 7th December 2002.

(113545)

111   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions have been held by UK representatives in India with representatives of Dalib peoples; and if he will make a statement.

(113519)

112   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Pentagon regarding the proposed release of the child detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; and if he will make a statement.

(113570)

113   Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK citizens are detained by the USA in (a) Guantanamo Bay and (b) Afghanistan; whether any of them are under 18; what legal and consular advice is available to them, whether any have been charged with offences; and if he will make a statement.

(113598)

114   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list each of the articles of each of the core treaties and related protocols of the European (a) Community and (b) Union in force which were (i) approved as being subject to consequential parliamentary legislative proceedings and (ii) accepted and executed by Crown prerogative following advice from ministers.

(113437)

115   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) preparations and (b) discussions have taken place on the agenda for the Caribbean Regional Seminar on Advancing the Decolonisation Process in the Caribbean and Bermuda on 20th May.

(113541)

116   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the forthcoming United Nations Conference in Anguilla in May, with particular reference to issues affecting Gibraltar; and which officials will be representing the UK at the Conference.

(113465)

117   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has held with the Chief Minister of Gibraltar.

(113477)

118   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has held with the European Commission regarding aid to Iraq.

(113479)

119   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has held with the European Environment Agency regarding greenhouse gas emissions; and if he will make a statement on changes in the level of such gases in European Union member states since January 2001.

(113474)

120   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the European Commission's recovery plan to save cod from extinction in (a) the North Sea and (b) other fishing grounds around Britain.

(113473)

121   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has held with the EU Fisheries Commissioner.

(113475)

122   Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which EU member states and accession countries' governments are proposing to hold national referenda to ratify the European Constitution; and if he will make a statement.

(113441)

123   Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether draft article 14 of Title B of the Draft European Constitution is intended to be justiciable by the European Court of Justice.

(113442)

124   Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the expected cost to the Exchequer is of (a) the pay element of Agenda for Change in (i) cash terms and (ii) real terms and (b) the administration costs of the Agenda for Change process.

(113529)

125   Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) proportion of the NHS pay bill and (b) cash amount will be available to pay weighting to staff in high cost areas under Agenda for Change.

(113528)

126   Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on whether there should be a second ballot of the the workforce in 2004 on Agenda for Change.

(113530)

127   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the numbers of (a) foster carers and (b) adoptive families; and what steps his Department is taking to encourage more adoptive and foster families to come forward.

(113377)

128   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many looked after children there were in each of the last five years; and how many children were adopted in each year.

(113376)

129   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the funding announced on 12th May for service development for people with myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome will be distributed.

(113655)

130   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 8th May, Official Report, column 867W, on continuing care funding, what the procedure is for estimating the numbers of people who may have been wrongly denied continuing care; what the estimates are for each area; and what estimate he has made of the cost of the care which was wrongly denied.

(113352)

131   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the level and range of service provision for people with myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome.

(113534)

132
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to promote healthy eating amongst children.

(112671)

133   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recommendations he issues to primary care trusts on the maximum number of heads of the population for (a) palliative care and (b) intermediate care beds; and what the average number is in each primary care trust areas around London.

(113405)

134   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 6th May, Official Report, column 662W, on NHS Direct, what reference is made in the review to past (a) successes and (b) failures of NHS Direct.

(113344)

135   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will reply to the letter to him of 7th April from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms Marion Ratnor.

(113439)

136   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress the Medical Research Council has made in its programme of work in relation to research into the fluoridation of drinking water.

(113460)

137   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research he has evaluated on possible links between high levels of salt in pre-prepared food and heart disease in children under 10.

(113401)

138   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research he has commissioned on how many (a) women aged 60 and over and (b) men aged 65 and over, in each year since 1997, have died due to the effects of fuel poverty; and if he will make a statement.

(113404)

139   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the amount spent in each year since 1997 on the Keep Warm, Keep Well campaign; and if he will make a statement.

(113403)

140   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 11th March, Official Report, column 237W, on the Food Standards Agency, what the total pay costs incurred by the Food Standards Agency were in each year since 1997.

(113384)

141   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 28th April, Official Report, columns 279-80W, on NHS inspection staff, what the total pay costs incurred by the (a) Commission for Health Improvement, (b) National Institute for Clinical Excellence, (c) National Care Standards Commission and (d) Social Services Inspectorate were in each year since 1997.

(113388)

142   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 7th March, Official Report, columns 1273-4W, on staff numbers, what the total pay costs incurred by the (a) Medical Devices Agency, (b) Meat Hygiene Service and (c) Medicines Control Agency were in each year since 1997.

(113378)

143   Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what use his Department has made of the 2001 census in the restructuring of York Formula for Primary Care Trust funding; and if he will make a statement.

(113434)

144   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the UK have died of CJD since the disease was first identified; and how many have been (a) cremated and (b) buried.

(113393)

145   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists have been recruited from (a) within the EU and (b) other countries to work in NHS dentistry since 2000.

(113548)

146   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what special conditions attach to the burial of persons who have died from CJD.

(113394)

147   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dental patients have contracted notifiable diseases following treatment with inadequately sterilised instruments in each of the last five years.

(113549)

148   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on procedures for protecting whistleblowers in the National Health Service.

(113469)

149   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ensure the speedy appointment of a new locum consultant surgeon at Oldchurch Hospital in Romford.

(113470)

150   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to reduce the mortality rate at Oldchurch Hospital in Romford.

(113468)

151   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what procedures should be followed if an anaesthetist disagrees with a consultant surgeon regarding the treatment of a patient under their care.

(113466)

152   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to investigate complaints made about procedures at Oldchurch Hospital, following the resignation of a locum consultant surgeon at Oldchurch Hospital in Romford; what discussions he has held with (a) the Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trusts and (b) the Clinical Director at Oldchurch Hospital on the matter; and if he will make a statement.

(113467)

153   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the honourable Member for Sutton and Cheam's written questions tabled for answer on 7th May on the Criminal Records Bureau.

(113535)

154   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many juveniles were held at (a) HMYOI Feltham, (b) HMYOI Warrington, (c) HMYOI Northallerton, (d) HMYOI Thorn Cross, (e) HMYOI Onley and (f) HMYOI Glen Parva in each of the last 12 months, broken down by ethnic group.

(113431)

155   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) children, (b) women and (c) men were deported under Immigration Acts powers in 2002.

(113426)

156   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 1st May, Official Report, column 527W, on prisons, how many prisoners at each of the prisons listed were engaged in average or above average levels of purposeful activity.

(113428)

157   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of stay per prisoner was at (a) HMP Altcourse, (b) HMP Rye Hill and (c) HMP Wolds in 2001-02.

(113429)

158   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals, broken down by nationality, have been served with deportation orders on the basis that their removal from the UK was (a) conducive to the public good and (b) conducive to the public good as a consequence of a criminal conviction, in each year since 1997.

(113364)

159   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there are specified offences which, if committed by a foreign national, would trigger deportation proceedings on the basis that their removal from the UK was conducive to the public good; and if he will make a statement.

(113365)

160   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 452W, on secure training centres, if he will list the reasons for each financial penalty imposed at Medway Secure Training Centre.

(113432)

161   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many juveniles have been sentenced to detention for life under (a) section 53 of the Children and Young Offenders Act 1933 and (b) section 91 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 in each of the last 10 years.

(113433)

162   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 1st May, Official Report, column 527W, if he will provide a breakdown of activities in which prisoners were engaged at each of the prisons listed in 2001-02.

(113427)

163   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 29th April, Official Report, column 354W, on drugs, if he will provide a breakdown of offences by substance.

(113422)

164   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he (a) has taken and (b) plans to take in response to the recommendation adopted at the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council in Brussels on 28th-29th November 2002 in relation to terrorist profiling; and if he will make a statement.

(113361)

165   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what process is used to measure the performance of private sector prisons; and what changes are being made to that process following the introduction of a new system for (a) assessing and (b) publicising the performance of public sector prisons.

(113424)

166   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 1st May, Official Report, columns 529-30, on prisons, what proportion of the prison population in England and Wales is housed in (i) houseblocks, (ii) ready to use units and (iii) modular temporary units.

(113425)

167   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is in relation to (a) granting leave to remain and (b) the length of the period of leave in cases where an individual establishes a right to remain in the UK under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

(113419)

168   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what factors are taken into consideration when a decision is taken to serve a deportation order on a foreign national on the grounds that his removal from the UK would be conducive to the public good.

(113418)

169   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the outcome was of the Meeting of G8 Ministers of Justice and Home Affairs in Paris on 5th May; and what the Government's stance was on the issues discussed.

(113421)

170   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted for causing death by dangerous driving in 2002; and what the average length of the sentence imposed was.

(113362)

171   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to respond substantively to the recommendation of the Review of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 in relation to the deletion of offenders' criminal records at 18 for the purposes of employment.

(113420)

172   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the cost of policing the demonstrations in central London on 1st May.

(113423)

173   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners at HMP Altcourse completed a cognitive behavioural therapy programme in 2001-02; and how the benefits of the programme were evaluated.

(113430)

174   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter to him of 31st March from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Miss Zahra Svzeiman.

(113438)

175   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to his letter to the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton of 7th April about the letter from the Right honourable Member of 27th September 2002, with regard to Mr Winston Frank Tracey, why he has not yet replied to that letter.

(113440)

176   Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost has been to public funds of detaining indefinitely suspected terrorists under the Anti Terrorism Crime and Security Act 2001.

(113599)

177   Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work permits to enter and work in the UK have been applied for in each of the last 24 months; and how many have been granted in each of the last 24 months.

(113600)

178   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 5th March, Official Report, column 1096W, on prison inspectors, what the total pay costs incurred by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons were in each year since 1997.

(113386)

179   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 21st March, Official Report, column 453W, on Inspections (Police), what the total pay costs incurred by (a) Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary, (b) the Police Standards Unit and (c) the Police Complaints Authority were in each year since 1997.

(113379)

180   Mr Sio(r)n Simon (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish his planned changes to the Immigration Rules.

(113654)

181   Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what controls there are on the (a) purchase and (b) use of BB guns by children; and what controls he plans to introduce on the (i) sale and (ii) use of BB guns by children.

(113435)

182   Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to increase the monitoring of night time passenger arrivals at UK airports in respect of (a) immigration control and (b) customs.

(113525)

183   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work permits have been issued in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by (a) occupation and (b) region of employment.

(113652)

184   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to help producer countries capture more value from agricultural commodities, including coffee.

(113512)

185   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if the UK Government will financially support moves taken by producer countries to reduce stocks on the coffee markets in order to raise the market price.

(113511)

186   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Department is taking to help small coffee producers in developing countries (a) to diversify into alternative livelihoods following the decline in world coffee prices and (b) to gain organic certification for their coffees.

(113508)

187   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she will make to EU Commissioner Neilson on the use of unspent EU aid money to compensate poor countries for the fall in coffee prices through (a) assisting the International Coffee Organisation in monitoring coffee quality, (b) increasing aid to boost coffee farmers' market power and (c) helping them diversify to the production of other crops.

(113510)

188   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the role of (a) financial support for agricultural extension services and (b) the formation of cooperatives, to assist in increasing coffee farmers' market power in developing countries.

(113509)

189   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what new initiatives her Department has taken since the G8 Kananaskis summit to promote agricultural productivity in Africa.

(113617)

190   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps have been taken to implement the paper on access to medicine produced by the Government, the United Kingdom pharmaceutical industry and multi-lateral agencies; and if she will place a copy in the Library.

(113614)

191   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance the Commonwealth Business Council has given to the NEPAD Business Group.

(113611)

192   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what new initiatives have been taken by G8 countries to support the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals for education in African Countries which are not yet reforming, with particular reference to (a) Nigeria and (b) Democratic Republic of Congo; and what additional funding has been made available for education in African countries already covered by the World Bank's Fast Track initiative.

(113613)

193   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance her Department is giving to expand digital opportunities in Africa.

(113612)

194   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made with (a) developing and (b) applying performance indicators to measure the effectiveness of (i) donor inputs to poverty reduction strategy papers and (ii) the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.

(113618)

195   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made with a country-by-country assessment of (a) finance gaps, (b) necessary policy reforms and (c) private sector participation for providing safe water in Africa.

(113609)

196   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress each G7 country has made on (a) untying aid and (b) removing nationality restrictions on technical co-operation direct budgetary support since the Kananaskis summit.

(113620)

197   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what additional financial contributions have been made by G8 countries to the Polio Eradication Initiative since the G8 Kananaskis summit; and whether the initiative faces a funding gap.

(113615)

198   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the OECD Development Assistance Committee has produced practical guidance on how to (a) reduce the costs for recipients of aid and (b) promote their ownership of it; whether an action plan to implement this has been issued; whether other G7 members have responded to the DAC guidance; and how these statements will be monitored.

(113619)

199   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her Department has done to bring United Kingdom companies together with NEPAD.

(113624)

200   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when a Commonwealth Development Corporation African Fund was established; how much it intends to invest in African businesses; how much this will increase its investment in Africa; and whether the Commonwealth Development Corporation intends to mirror the G8 proposal to devote half its resources to Africa.

(113610)

201   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement about the help the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund has given to Africa, and its future plans.

(113625)

202   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many countries receiving United Kingdom aid have agreed poverty reduction strategies with her Department; and how many she expects will be agreed each year to 2006; how many of these strategies she expects to be (a) multi-donor agreements and (b) to be superseded by multi-donor agreements; and which other bilateral and multilateral donors are working with the United Kingdom on multi-donor agreements.

(113630)

203   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what increased contributions have been made to the Integral Framework for Trade-related Technical Assistance; whether the Framework has been extended to all developing countries; what additional capacity-building support to developing countries for trade has been introduced since June 2002; and if she will make a statement.

(113623)

204   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how each (a) EU member state and (b) the European commission will report progress towards the Monterrey commitment that member states should spend an average of 0.39 per cent. of their gross national product on aid by 2006.

(113629)

205   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the EU water initiative, launched at the World Water Forum, in Kyoto in March 2003 and the UK's contribution to the EU initiative.

(113608)

206   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the contribution made by her Department (a) bilaterally and (b) multilaterally with the UN, World Bank and EU on (i) post-war reconstruction in the Sudan, (ii) dealing with Sudan's debt and (iii) developing a poverty reduction strategy paper for Sudan.

(113626)

207   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many African-based businesses have won contracts funded by her Department in each of the last three years; what the values of those contracts were; and what steps her Department has taken to increase the opportunity for African businesses to bid for such contracts.

(113621)

208   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the G8 leaders' Africa Personal Representatives have agreed a process for reporting each G8 country's and the EU's progress towards the Monterrey commitments; how often these reports will be made; and how they will be published.

(113628)

209   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the timetable is for completing Poverty Reduction Framework Agreements with (a) Ethiopia, (b) Ghana, (c) Mozambique, (d) Sierra Leone, (e) Tanzania and (f) Uganda; and if she will make a statement on plans for such agreements with other countries.

(113631)

210   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much (a) in cash terms and (b) as a percentage of the Department's total expenditure her Department has spent in Africa in each year since 1997-98; and how much it will spend in Africa this year and in each of the next three years.

(113627)

211   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what contributions have been made by each G8 country to the global health fund; and what proportion of the global health fund's requirement is currently funded.

(113616)

212   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress the EU has made since the G8 Kananaskis summit in increasing the percentage of EU aid which is (a) spent in Africa, (b) spent in low income countries and (c) spent on poverty reduction.

(113622)

213   Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the destruction by Israeli military forces of Well No C67 in Beit Hanoun, Gaza, on 26th April, and the impact of the destruction of the well on the availability and quality of water supplies to the local Palestinian population; and what representations she is making to the Israeli Government on the matter.

(113595)

214   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on aid to North Korea.

(113463)

215   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid to Dalib people and their organisations (a) has been provided in India in each of the past five years and (b) expected to be provided in 2003-04.

(113521)

216   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what consideration is given to the position of Dalib people in India when bilateral and multilateral aid programmes are considered by the Department for International Development.

(113522)

217   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Department for International Development has formed a medium-term economic plan for Iraq.

(113395)

218   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the delivery of EU aid to Iraq.

(113540)

219   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the cash value of the EU aid delivered to Iraq since the start of the conflict in the Gulf is.

(113478)

220
N   Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will introduce proposals to remove legal professional privilege involved in the provision of advice to Government departments in the drafting of legislation.

(113008)

221   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what his policy is on the awarding of QC status to non-practising barristers.

(113550)

222   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many members of the PSNI are (a) seconded and (b) serving with police services overseas.

(113447)

223   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) clinical staff and (b) non-clinical staff are employed on health and personal social services in Northern Ireland.

(113448)

224   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his assessment is of the threat posed by each terrorist organisation proscribed in Northern Ireland.

(113449)

225   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total costs associated with the recent visit of President Bush to Hillsborough, County Down were.

(113450)

226   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total costs of the press office of the Northern Ireland Office were in 2002-03, broken down by (a) staff costs, (b) administration and (c) other.

(113445)

227   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many personnel serve in the Home Battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment; and where they are based.

(113446)

228   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total costs of the special purchase of evacuated dwellings scheme were in the last financial year.

(113444)

229   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost was of policing Loyalist band parades in Lurgan on 25th April and on 3rd May; and how many personnel from (a) the PSNI and (b) the Royal Irish Rangers were involved in policing each event.

(113345)

230   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what reasons PSNI personnel policing the Loyalist parade in Lurgan on 3rd May were not wearing identification numbers; and what measures he has taken to ensure that PSNI personnel wearing protective gear over their uniform may still be identified by a clearly displayed identification number.

(113346)

231   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the closure of the mortuary facilities at Craigavon Area Hospital.

(113366)

232   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many applications have been submitted in relation to the decommissioning of fishing vessels as part of the most recently announced decommissioning scheme; how many are for boats (a) over 10 metres in length and (b) under 10 metres in length; with what type of fishing these vessels were involved; and how many applications have been (i) accepted and (ii) refused for vessels fishing out of (A) Portavogie, (B) Ardglass and (C) Kilkeel.

(113486)

233   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many asylum seekers are located in Northern Ireland; at what establishments they are being housed; and what the cost of housing asylum seekers in Northern Ireland was in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

(113369)

234   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) Roman Catholics, (b) Protestants and (c) people of other religions applied to join the police in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years.

(113370)

235   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the closing date for receipt of applications to the most recent fishing vessels decommissioning scheme was.

(113487)

236   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many jobs in the manufacturing industry in Northern Ireland have been lost since April 1998.

(113501)

237   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether deceased persons' relatives who participated in the Human Organs Inquiry can obtain copies of the paperwork they supplied to the Inquiry.

(113373)

238   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether any (a) organs, (b) blocks and (c) slides (i) are being and (ii) have been retained in the last five years at Craigavon Area hospital.

(113368)

239   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his Answer of 27th April, Official Report, column 332W, on bye-laws, if he will make a statement on the content of applications received by the Department of Environment from Ards Borough Council requesting permission to invoke new bye-laws in the past 10 years; when they were received by the Department of Environment; what action has been taken towards granting permission on each separate application; how many of these applications are within the power of the Department to confirm; and when local government authorities are notified that an application has not been successful.

(113458)

240   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether (a) organs, (b) blocks and (c) slides from hospital post mortems are kept separate from coroners' post mortems.

(113371)

241   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) organs, (b) blocks and (c) slides were destroyed prior to the Human Organs Inquiry.

(113372)

242   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, where (a) organs, (b) blocks and (c) slides are stored for post mortems carried out at (i) Foster Green hospital and (ii) Belfast City hospital.

(113367)

243   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his Answer of 29th April, Official Report, column 332W, on bye-laws, which local government authorities have applications for bye-laws outstanding; how many outstanding applications there are per local government authority; what the content is of outstanding applications received by the Department of Environment from local government authorities requesting permission to invoke new bye-laws in the past 10 years; when they were received by the Department of Environment; what action has been taken towards granting permission on each separate application; how many of these applications are within the power of the Department to confirm; and when local government authorities are notified that an application has not been successful.

(113573)

244   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made by the Northern Ireland Fishing Task Force; and when it intends to publish its overall findings.

(113488)

245   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the President of the Council, what the annual cost is of running the House of Lords Appointments Commission.

(113591)

246   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the President of the Council, how many times the House of Lords Appointments Commission has met in the last 12 months.

(113590)

247
N   Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he held with his Spanish counterpart concerning Gibraltar during the Azores Summit in March; and whether an agreement was reached.

(113287)

248   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he invited the then Secretary of State for International Development to comment in writing on the draft UN Resolution on Iraq, tabled by the UK and USA, before 8th May.

(113594)

249   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Prime Minister, what considerations led him to re-appoint Lord Stevenson as Chair of the House of Lords Appointments Commission; and if he will make a statement.

(113592)

250   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Prime Minister, when he last met Lord Stevenson to discuss the work of the House of Lords Appointments Commission.

(113593)

251   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if she will make a statement on prospects for employment in Scottish call centres.

(113531)

252   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions she has held with the Boundary Commission for Scotland regarding the review of Scottish constituency boundaries; if she will make a statement on progress of the review; and when she expects the recommendations of the review to be implemented.

(113484)

253
N   Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, in respect of (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions for charges related to pyramid direct selling and multi-marketing practices, and their advertising in each year from 1987, what the (i) places and (ii) dates were of the court cases concerned; what sentences were conferred on directors; what offences were pleaded guilty to; and if she will make a statement.

(113007)

254
N   Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what powers she has to prevent two master franchises within the same trading scheme in the United Kingdom from using coercive attempts to press their franchisees with registering for VAT as a means of the master franchises obtaining an exemption under the provisions of the Trading Schemes Act 1996; and if she will make a statement.

(113009)

255   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what joint action has been taken by EU G8 members to address the impact of the CAP mid-term review on developing countries; what new initiatives to reduce the EU agricultural subsidies and improve market access to the EU for African countries have been proposed by EU G8 members; and which of these initiatives will be taken by the EU to the WTO Cancun Ministerial.

(113646)

256   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what new proposals have been made by G8 members to eliminate tariff escalation and peaks relating to goods of particular interest to Africa; and which of those proposals will be supported by the EU at the WTO Cancun Ministerial.

(113647)

257   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress has been made by the Whitehall Africa Trade Group in drawing up terms of reference for a G8 study of how to improve preferential access schemes in G8 countries.

(113648)

258   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the value is at current prices of United Kingdom (a) exports to and (b) imports from Africa in each of the last 20 years; and what percentage of (i) UK and (ii) world trade UK trade with Africa constitute in each of these years.

(113650)

259   Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress has been made over the past two years on her Department's review of the Business Transfer Regulations; what delays have been experienced; and if she will make a statement.

(113500)

260   Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many employment agencies have submitted responses to her Department's consultation paper on the EU Commission proposals for a directive on the working conditions of temporary (agency) workers; and if she will make a statement.

(113498)

261   Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans her Department has to prevent foreign citizens who are not based in the UK from making a tribunal claim under the Employment Rights Act, following the repeal in 1999 of section 196 of the Act; and if she will make a statement.

(113499)

262   Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether employees who are (a) serving prison sentences, (b) asbent on long term sickness and (c) absent on sabbaticals and unpaid leave will continue to accrue paid holiday entitlement under the Working Time Regulations; and what plans her Department has to change this.

(113495)

263   Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent estimate her Department has made of the cost to industry and business in the UK of sickness absence; and what plans have been made to tackle abuse of sickness absence by employees.

(113496)

264   Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what safeguards are in place under current legislation to prevent firms from unfairly discriminating against younger women, and in favour of older women less likely to take advantage of maternity and other benefits; and if she will make a statement.

(113497)

265
N   Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much has been spent promoting the Insolvency Service Directors' hotline in each year since its inception.

(113286)

266
N   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her policy is on supporting the expansion of the WTO agenda to include investment; and if she will make a statement.

(113265)

267   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions she has held with the London Chamber of Commerce regarding manufacturing employment within the Greater London area.

(113354)

268   Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the work of the Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation.

(113539)

269   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will introduce legislation preventing door-to-door salespeople calling on households unannounced.

(113402)

270
N   Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what help she will give to Regional Development Agencies in England to increase inward investment.

(112954)

271   Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many former miners in Amber Valley have (a) claimed and (b) received payments in compensation for (i) chronic bronchitis and emphysema and (ii) vibration white finger.

(113390)

272   Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent by his Department and its predecessors on external research and consultants in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) aviation, (b) local transport, (c) mobility and inclusion, (d) roads, vehicles and road safety, (e) shipping, (f) integrated transport, (g) railways, (h) science and research, (i) transport statistics, (j) freight logistics and (k) other subjects.

(113351)

273   Mr Ivan Henderson (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will determine the applications for port developments at (a) Dibden Bay, (b) London Gateway (Shellhaven) and (c) Bathside Bay together.

(113523)

274   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd February to the honourable Member for Bath, Official Report, column 46W, on railway staff, what the total pay costs incurred by the Office of the Rail Regulator were in each year since 1997.

(113382)

275   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 5th March, Official Report, columns 1030-1W, on DVLA, what the total pay costs incurred by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency were in each year since 1997.

(113381)

276   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd March, Official Report, columns 796-7W, on Departmental Agency staff, what the total pay costs incurred by the (a) Vehicle Certification Agency, (b) Maritime and Coast Guard Agency and (c) Driving Standards Agency were in each year since 1997.

(113380)

277   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd March, Official Report, column 798W, on the Highways Agency, what the total pay costs incurred by the Highways Agency were in each year since 1997.

(113375)

278   Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he will publish the business case for Crossrail.

(113536)

279   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many complaints were received from passengers as a result of problems on railway track near Romford in (a) April 2000, (b) April 2001, (c) April 2002 and (d) April 2003.

(113481)

280   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many faults were reported on railway lines into Romford in (a) April 2000, (b) April 2001, (c) April 2002 and (d) April 2003.

(113480)

281   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what EU legislation sets out a safety framework for public service vehicles, with particular reference to (a) non-fluorescent lighting and (b) low floor access.

(113476)

282   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent communication he has had with managers of First Great Eastern regarding safety on their service through Romford.

(113483)

283   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progess is being made to improve safety (a) on railway lines into Romford and (b) at Romford railway station; and if he will make a statement.

(113482)

284   Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on plans to change overnight security arrangements at UK airports.

(113524)

285   Mr John Taylor (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will investigate the inability of constituents in Solihull to obtain questionnaires to respond to the Midlands version of the Government's Consultation on Regional Airports; and if he will make a statement.

(113443)

286   Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the change in value of the state retirement pension in the last 10 years.

(113493)

287   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what system is in place for making decisions as to whether allegations of benefit fraud should be investigated; and if he will make a statement.

(113492)

288   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 6th May, Official Report, column 545W, on benefits, how many contacts will be made with invited customers who fail or refuse to respond, before phasing out their order books; whether any order books have been phased out in respect of an invited customer who has failed to respond; and what steps he intends to take to ensure that such customers are not elderly and disabled people who qualify for the exceptions service.

(113597)

289   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member of Sutton and Cheam of 1st April, Official Report, column 606W, on Post Office card accounts, what the nature is of the alternative method of payment referred to; what assessment he has made of when it will be required; and if he will make a statement.

(113596)

290   Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners there are in Amber Valley; how many (a) are over 80 and (b) qualify for (i) additional winter fuel allowance and (ii) a free TV licence; and how many receive minimum pensions guarantee; and what the average payment was in the last 12 months.

(113391)

291   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 7th March, Official Report, column 1259W, on the Health and Safety Executive, what the total pay costs incurred by the Health and Safety Executive were in each year since 1997.

(113385)

292
N   Joyce Quin (Gateshead East & Washington West): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on his Department's plans for encouraging public debate on his proposals regarding elected regional government in England.

[Question Unstarred] (112948)

293   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will publish a report on UK progress with implementing the G8 Africa Action Plan.

[Transferred] (113633)

294   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made with UN (a) African and (b) sub-regional initiatives to control the circulation of small and light weapons within Africa.

[Transferred] (113635)

295   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans the G8 has to publish progress reports on the implementation of its G8 Africa Action Plan (a) after the Evian Summit and (b) in future years; and how it intends to maintain the commitment of G8 countries to the Africa Action Plan over the longer term.

[Transferred] (113634)

296   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the United Kingdom will raise at the G8 Evian Summit the failure to reach agreement within the WTO to amend the TRIPS agreement to provide affordable access to medicines to Africa's poor; and whether the UK will seek to obtain at Evian a recommitment to this policy by all G8 countries.

[Transferred] (113632)

297   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many applications for bail were heard by the Immigration Appellate Authority (a) in 2002 and (b) in the first quarter of 2003; of these what proportion were (i) granted, (ii) refused and (iii) withdrawn on the day; and what proportion of the applications were applications for the same individual.

[Transferred] (113363)

298   Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people applied for the new tax credits in Northern Ireland by 1st April; and what the average time taken to process applications was.

[Transferred] (113494)

299   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, in what research studies the Coroners Office in Northern Ireland is participating.

[Transferred] (113407)

300   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the average length of time between the arrest and the trial of a person in courts in the United Kingdom was in the last 12 months.

[Transferred] (113355)

301   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the Government's policy on (a) the reduction in supply of and (b) increasing the quality of coffee on the world market through international adherence to basic quality standards set by the International Coffee Organisation.

[Transferred] (113503)

302   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she will make to President Chirac on finding a solution to the problems in the coffee industry at the G8 summit in Evian on 1st June.

[Transferred] (113507)

303   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support the Government is giving (a) bilaterally and (b) through (i) World Bank and (ii) UN agencies, to initiatives to assist African countries to overcome non-tariff barriers to trade by meeting G8 product standards and engaging in international standard setting; and if she will make a statement on G8 members' actions to improve the availability of information on standards and transparency to trade ministers in developing countries.

[Transferred] (113649)

304   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Government has (a) hosted a pre-Evian international meeting to discuss the contribution of extractive industry to transparency and accountability in Africa, (b) developed a framework to promote transparency of payments based on World Bank technical work and (c) persuaded (i) other governments and (ii) oil and mining companies to join this initiative.

[Transferred] (113645)

305   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many United Kingdom companies involved in extractive industries in Africa have disclosed their payments to host governments as envisaged in the UK implementation plans for the G8 Africa Action plan; and if she will make a statement.

[Transferred] (113644)

306   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 21st March, Official Report, column 966W, on traffic wardens, what the total pay costs for traffic wardens were in each year since 1997.

[Transferred] (113436)