Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2002 - 03
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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 15 May 2003

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Thursday 15 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.

THURSDAY 15th MAY

1   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the target is for efficiency savings in 2003-04 expressed (a) in money terms and (b) as a percentage of the Department's expenditure limit.

(114110)

2   Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which United Kingdom commitments arising from the World Summit on Sustainable Development (a) have been incorporated into the Department's existing delivery plan for Service Delivery Agreements and (b) will be incorporated in its delivery plan for Service Delivery Agreements in advance of the 2004 Spending Review.

(113878)

3   Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many contracts his Department has awarded to KPMG since 1997.

(113679)

4   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the European Union about the establishment of a smaller committee of the European Central Bank for setting interest rates.

(114101)

5   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the target is for efficiency savings in 2003-04 expressed (a) in money terms and (b) as a percentage of the Department's expenditure limit.

(114108)

6   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of recent reforms to the Stability and Growth Pact.

(114102)

7   Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate how much revenue would have been raised in the financial year 2002-03 by a 50 per cent. rate of tax on taxable income over £100,000 pa.

(113412)

8   Mrs Janet Dean (Burton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what action he has taken to advise those with disabilities of the greater benefits available to them through the working tax credit than through the disabled persons tax credit, with regard to the changes in the capital rules.

(113859)

9   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to provide a freephone number for people (a) making enquiries about and (b) following up claims for the (i) child tax credit and (b) working tax credit.

(113731)

10   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the effect of SARS on (a) the economy in Asia and (b) the world economy.

(113735)

11
N   Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the impact on the measurement of inflation of moving from the RPIX method to the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices method in (a) each of the last five years and (b) the next three years; and if he will make a statement.

(113577)

12
N   Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices includes (a) housing costs and (b) council tax.

(113578)

13   Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the outcome was of the ECOFIN Council held on 13th May; what the Government's stance was on the issues discussed, including its voting record; and if he will make a statement.

(113978)

14   Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer which United Kingdom commitments arising from the World Summit on Sustainable Development (a) have been incorporated into the Department's existing delivery plan for Service Delivery Agreements and (b) will be incorporated in its delivery plan for Service Delivery Agreement in advance of the 2004 Spending Review.

(113875)

15   Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many contracts his Department has awarded to KPMG since 1997.

(113691)

16   Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what (a) medium and (b) long-term assumptions about net immigration into the UK have been made in each of the population projections produced by the Office of National Statistics since 1990; and what has been the outcome in each year over that period.

(113716)

17   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in residential care homes in England and Wales pay income tax.

(113777)

18   Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer whether efforts to resolve the problems with the processing of claims for children's and working tax credits have had consequential implications for the handling of, and response times in respect of other inquiries to the Inland Revenue.

(113754)

19   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average time has been since the introduction of working tax credits from application to first payment in (a) Angus constituency and (b) Scotland.

(114006)

20   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many persons in (a) Angus constituency and (b) Scotland have applied for working tax credit.

(114008)

21   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many complaints have been received concerning the operations of the public helpline for tax credits since its introduction.

(114010)

22   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average time has been for dealing with applications for working tax credit in (a) Angus constituency and (b) Scotland.

(114007)

23   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesborough, representing the Church Commissioners, how many complaints were made by clergy of bullying by more senior clergy in the last reporting year for which figures are available.

(114124)

24   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesborough, representing the Church Commissioners, pursuant to the Answer of 8th May, Official Report, column 864, on Lambeth Palace Library, if he will list the terms of reference of the Review Committee considering the future of Lambeth Palace Library.

(114165)

25
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the (a) United Nations, (b) the United States and (c) others regarding the effect on trade in antiquities of the lifting of sanctions on Iraq; and if she will make a statement.

(113415)

26   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance she has given to OFCOM on its duties in respect of the regulation of the content of broadcast material.

(114099)

27   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the future of the New Opportunities Fund.

(114094)

28   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the number of premises that will apply for an entertainments licence following passage of the Licensing Bill.

(114132)

29   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her policy is regarding the future of the BBC Charter.

(114097)

30   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the future of the Community Fund.

(114095)

31   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to increase the opportunities to hear live music in the UK.

(114131)

32   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the target is for efficiency savings in 2003-04 expressed (a) in money terms and (b) as a percentage of the Department's expenditure limit.

(114126)

33   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has for the future of the television licence fee.

(114098)

34   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent representations she has received (a) supporting and (b) opposing advertising on the BBC.

(114096)

35   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has received from musicians' organisations about the Licensing Bill.

(114064)

36   Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proposals she has to expand the number of English regional tourist boards so that their boundaries are co-terminous with those of the English Regions; how many (a) UK and (b) foreign tourists (i) there were in each of the four ERTBs in each of the last five years and (ii) there are predicted to be over the next three years; how much Government funding each of the ERTBs will receive in 2003-04; and whether funding is adjusted according to local authority spending on tourism.

(114018)

37   Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which United Kingdom commitments arising from the World Summit on Sustainable Development (a) have been incorporated into the Department's existing delivery plan for Service Delivery Agreements and (b) will be incorporated in its delivery plan for Service Delivery Agreements in advance of the 2004 Spending Review.

(113886)

38   Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many contracts her Department has awarded to KPMG since 1997.

(113680)

39   Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the Fitness for Purpose Initiative.

(113717)

40   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on her policy on the (a) prohibition and (b) regulation of televised food advertisement aimed at children.

(113889)

41   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the target is for efficiency savings in 2003-04 expressed (a) in money terms and (b) as a percentage of the Department's expenditure limit.

(114128)

42
N   Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the countries in which UK defence attache�s are in place.

(112298)

43   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of the use of cluster bombs in the war with Iraq on the long-term development of the country.

(113739)

44   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the UK armed forces' use of cluster bombs in military operations.

(113737)

45   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he is having with (a) his US counterparts and (b) other Coalition forces regarding the clearance of unexploded ordnance in Iraq.

(113736)

46   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what action he is taking to ensure that advertisements for Ministry of Defence security cleared contracts do not discriminate against potential applicants whose Ministry of Defence security clearance may have lapsed.

(113707)

47   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Defence Vetting Agency regarding discrimination in advertisements for Ministry of Defence security cleared contracts.

(113709)

48   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what action he is taking to inform recruitment agencies who advertise MoD security cleared contracts of the MoD policy that applicants do not need current clearance to apply for classified contracts.

(113708)

49   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual cost has been of (a) crewing and (b) preserving and maintaining HMS Victory since 2000.

(113856)

50   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what additional work is taking place to allow HMS Victory to play a role in the 200th Anniversary of Trafalgar; and what the cost is.

(113855)

51   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a decision about the Hawk Advanced Trainer before the end of June; and if he will make a statement.

(113996)

52   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effects on the workforce of BAE systems if he does not accept its bid to meet the RAF's advanced trainer requirement.

(113997)

53   Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which United Kingdom commitments arising from the World Summit on Sustainable Development (a) have been incorporated into the Department's existing delivery plan for Service Delivery Agreements and (b) will be incorporated in its delivery plan for Service Delivery Agreements in advance of the 2004 Spending Review.

(113881)

54   Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the number of jobs that would be safeguarded in the event that Her Majesty's Government were to award BAE Systems the contract to supply Hawk advanced trainer jets; whether the potential job losses resulting from a decision to put the contract out to competition will be taken into account by his Department; and if he will make a statement.

(113905)

55   Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the recently departed Chief of the Defence Staff regarding Her Majesty's Government's order for 232 Typhoon aircraft.

(113904)

56   Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to sign a memorandum of understanding with the United States of America on missile defence; if he will place a copy in the Library; and if he will make a statement.

(113902)

57   Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the French Government are to be allowed privileged access to commercially-sensitive information in connection with the CVF project; and if he will make a statement.

(113903)

58   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where beef for consumption by (a) the army, (b) the airforce, (c) the navy and (d) the marines is reared and produced.

(114158)

59   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the military truck contract; for what reason the announcement on the military truck contract has been delayed; and whether (a) the present bidders will remain the same and (b) new companies will be invited to tender.

(114159)

60   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans are in place to return NHS employees to the United Kingdom following service with the TA medical services in the Gulf; and if he will make a statement.

(113898)

61   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Phoenix Air Vehicles were lost during Operation Telic; and how many have been lost since the Phoenix system entered service.

(113955)

62   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Ministry of Defence is compensating NHS trusts for consultants now serving in the Gulf.

(113900)

63   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for Urgent Operational Requirements for tactical Unmanned Aeriel Vehicle.

(113957)

64   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on chartering transport aircraft in the past six months.

(113952)

65   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it is his policy that one of the Invincible Class aircraft carriers will be used in a permanent landing platform helicopter role.

(113953)

66   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) establishment and (b) strength is of (i) 1 Bn The King's Regiment, (ii) 1 Bn The King's Own Scottish Borderers and (iii) 1 Bn The Queen's Lancashire Regiment.

(113959)

67   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the continued deployment of British forces to Saudi Arabia; and if he will make a statement.

(113954)

68   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many senior NHS consultants have been deployed to serve with TA medical services in field hospitals in the Gulf.

(113897)

69   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the UK defence industry retains the capability to remanufacture Phoenix Air Vehicles.

(113956)

70   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) Armoured Fighting Vehicles and (b) Main Battle Tanks will be taken by 19 Mechanised Brigade to the Gulf.

(113960)

71   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the contractors of NHS workers serving in the Gulf are being consulted about the length of their service.

(113901)

72   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of options to replace the Canberra PR9; and if he will make a statement.

(113958)

73   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many patients on average are being treated daily by TA medical services in field hospitals in the Gulf.

(113899)

74   Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many contracts his Department has awarded to KPMG since 1997.

(113681)

75   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the bearing of Reserve Forces by service against requirement was in each year since 1990; and what the current bearing against requirement is.

(113963)

76   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures have been taken to reduce the number of resignations from the Reserve Forces.

(113966)

77   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment has been made of the reasons for Reserve Forces personnel choosing to resign.

(113965)

78   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many resignations from the Reserve Forces there have been since 1st January; and how many there were in each year since 1990.

(113964)

79   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to introduce a PFI scheme for the management of defence nuclear waste from nuclear submarine decommissioning.

(114073)

80   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library the minutes of meetings of the Naval Nuclear Regulatory Panel since 1997.

(114074)

81   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for nuclear sites run by his Department, other than those operated by contractors, to be regulated under the (a) Nuclear Installations Act 1965 and (b) Radioactive Substances Act 1993; and if he will set out international (i) safety and (ii) environmental conventions that apply to defence nuclear sites.

(114076)

82   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the target is for efficiency savings in 2003-04 expressed (a) in money terms and (b) as a percentage of the Department's expenditure limit.

(114111)

83   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what representations he has received about the Housing (Right to Buy) (Limits on Discount (Amendment)) Order.

(114129)

84   Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will require local planning authorities to issue local supplementary planning guidance on wind farm applications in advance of their next plan review cycle.

(113974)

85   Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will encourage local planning authorities to identify landscape areas suitable for wind farm development in local land use plans.

(113973)

86   Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what guidance he will give local planning authorities on the creation of local buffer zones beyond the boundaries of national parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty.

(113972)

87   Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to encourage regional workshops on wind farm planning applications for councillors and planning officers.

(113976)

88   Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will adopt the noise standards contained in the DTI document, Assessment and Rating of Noise from Wind Farms, as a standard planning guideline on wind farm applications.

(113977)

89   Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, who investigates complaints about the Local Government Ombudsman; and by what means that body is accountable to Parliament.

(113675)

90   Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how planning guidance as outlined in (a) Annex A on hotels, (b) Annex B on holidays and touring caravans and (c) Annex C on Seasonal and Holiday Occupancy Conditions will be disseminated to local planning authorities when PPG21 on Tourism is withdrawn.

(114017)

91   Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he carried out a regulatory impact assessment on the impact on tourism in England of (a) his proposals to withdrawn PPG 21 on Tourism, (b) the abolition of county councils' strategic planning role on tourism in the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill and (c) the effectiveness of the increased role for Regional Planning Guidance for Tourism, with special reference to the boundaries of (i) the former English regional tourist boards and (ii) English regions.

(114016)

92   Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether his Department has received the report of the task group established to consider the future of the Fire Service College.

(114013)

93   Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how the transition will take place, and over what timescale, when county councils lose their strategic planning role under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill.

(114014)

94   Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the operation of outline planning permission and its replacement by the statement of development principles as contained in the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill.

(114015)

95   Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which United Kingdom commitments arising from the World Summit on Sustainable Development (a) have been incorporated into the Department's existing delivery plan for Service Delivery Agreements and (b) will be incorporated in its delivery plan for Service Delivery Agreements in advance of the 2004 Spending Review.

(113879)

96   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what conditions building regulations impose on the builders of new homes for owner occupation in respect of energy efficiency; and what assessment he has made of the impact of the conditions on energy efficiency.

(113782)

97   Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many contracts his Department has awarded to KPMG since its inception.

(113678)

98   Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he is taking to assist local authorities to undertake their duties under the Children Act 1989 to care for all unaccompanied asylum seekers under the age of 18.

(113912)

99
N   Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the average council tax is per dwelling this year in (a) England and (b) Newark and Sherwood District Council.

(112894)

100   David Wright (Telford): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many social housing units were disposed of, by financial year, by Telford Development Corporation and its successor bodies from 1979 onwards.

(114141)

101   David Wright (Telford): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of local housing units constructed in each region between 1997-98 and 2002-03 were built to Lifetime Homes Standards.

(114140)

102   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the target is for efficiency savings in 2003-04 expressed (a) in money terms and (b) as a percentage of the Department's expenditure limit.

(114107)

103   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 6th May, Official Report, column 646W, if he will list the organisations to which civil servants in his Department have been seconded since 1998 in (a) the private sector, (b) NGOs and (c) other, stating in each case (i) the dates of the secondments, (ii) the number of civil servants seconded to that organisation and (iii) their grade.

(114174)

104   Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much money was raised in 2002-03 by student contributions to tuition fees.

(113411)

105   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average GCSE point score for pupils in (a) specialist schools, (b) non-specialist comprehensive schools, (c) secondary modern schools and (d) grammar schools was in the last year for which figures are available.

(113722)

106   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average GCSE point score for pupils in (a) technology, (b) sports, (c) arts, (d) languages, (e) engineering, (f) science, (g) maths and computing and (h) business and enterprise specialist schools was in the last year for which figures are available.

(113721)

107   Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which United Kingdom commitments arising from the World Summit on Sustainable Development (a) have been incorporated into the Department's existing delivery plan for Service Delivery Agreements and (b) will be incorporated in its delivery plan for Service Delivery Agreements in advance of the 2004 Spending Review.

(113885)

108   Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many contracts his Department has awarded to KPMG since 1997.

(113682)

109   Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the cost would be of abolishing university tuition fees in 2003-04.

(113971)

110   Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans the Government has to identify and address the impact on the development of educational programmes in United Kingdom universities of the proposals emerging from the Bologna process and subsequent initiatives.

(113864)

111   Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations he has received regarding making skills training and its funding more flexible in meeting the requirements of employers; and if he will make a statement.

(113918)

112   David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the monitoring arrangements for government expenditure via the UKEU project.

(114137)

113   David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students are signed up to courses developed via the UKEU structure.

(114135)

114   David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what level of government resources have been earmarked in future years to support the UKEU project.

(114134)

115   David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many UK higher education institutions have signed contracts to produce courses for UKEU.

(114136)

116   David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether the business plan for UKEU contains proposals to repay government resources over time.

(114139)

117   David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what level of government resources have been expended on supporting the UKEU project.

(114133)

118   David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what UK higher education funding schemes sponsored by his Department UKEU are able to apply for.

(114138)

119   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the target is for efficiency savings in 2003-04 expressed (a) in money terms and (b) as a percentage of the Department's expenditure limit.

(114105)

120   Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with (a) biotechnology companies and (b) health and environmental campaign and voluntary groups regarding the scale and scope of farm scale trials of GM crops.

(114025)

121   Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with (a) biotechnology companies and (b) health and environmental campaign and voluntary groups regarding the future licensing of GM crops.

(114024)

122   Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made in advising non-profit distributing fish quota trading companies whether the purchase of fish quotas to lease to local or member fishermen is allowed under (a) UK and (b) EU rules.

(114022)

123   Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what methods and measurements will be used to evaluate the outcome of the GM public debate.

(114029)

124   Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to advise the Duchy Fish Quota Company whether its business plan to purchase and lease fish quotas (a) meets EU state aid values, (b) is eligible for European Structural fund aid, (c) is eligible for UK national Govenment aid and (d) is eligible to receive public funds from local authorities.

(114023)

125   Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer to the honourable Member for Lewes of 1st May, Official Report, column 465W, on GM crop trials, what plans she has for public consultation on the future licensing of GM crops after the results of all of the Government's current GM farm scale evaluations are published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.

(114161)

126   Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice she has given to local proposals to intervene in the market for fish quotas in order to protect the availability of that quota for fishermen within that locality.

(114021)

127   Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what weight will be given to (a) the GM public debate, (b) the economic review and (c) the scientific review in making decisions on the future licensing of GM crops.

(114028)

128   Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has had regarding the licensing of GM crops from (a) other EU member states, (b) the United States of America and (c) other nations.

(114026)

129   Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessments have been made of applications for marketing consents to the EU of GM crops by (a) her Department and (b) other member states; and what evidence was used in the assessments.

(114027)

130   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to investigate how UK sheep farmers can move voluntarily away from live exports without it being detrimental to them economically.

(113999)

131   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on the forthcoming publication, by the European Commission, of a new Directive on the transport of live animals; what efforts are being made to persuade European colleagues (a) to replace the transport of live animals by a trade in meat and (b) to adopt a maximum limit of eight hours per journey to slaughter; and if she will make a statement.

(114000)

132   Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which United Kingdom commitments arising from the World Summit on Sustainable Development (a) have been incorporated into the Department's existing delivery plan for Service Delivery Agreements and (b) will be incorporated in its delivery plan for Service Delivery Agreements in advance of the 2004 Spending Review.

(113880)

133   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what provisions contained in the Water Bill are intended to implement requirements of the Water Framework Directive.

(113674)

134   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the compatibility of the provisions of the Water Bill with the requirements of the Water Framework Directive.

(113672)

135   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to implement the provisions of the Water Framework Directive by primary legislation.

(113673)

136   Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many contracts her Department has awarded to KPMG since 1997.

(113683)

137   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is the Government's policy during negotiations on the reform of the Common Agricultural policy to seek to secure a national reserve amounting to more than 1 per cent. of the reference amount.

(114093)

138   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Commission's proposals for the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy on farms which entered into agri-environmental schemes before or during the reference period.

(114092)

139   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her estimate is of the cost to the United Kingdom of introducing and operating the Farm Advisory System proposed by the European Commission; what the Government's policy is on the appropriate division of the costs of the scheme between Government and industry; and if she will make a statement.

(114091)

140
N   Mr Andrew Mackay (Bracknell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on how Miss Isobel Vaughan Morgan of Warren Crest Farm, Finchampstead, a constituent, can dispose of fallen stock prior to the introduction of a national collection scheme.

(113490)

141   Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans there are to protect the bittern in England; and if she will make a statement.

(113969)

142   Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans there are to protect dolphins around the coast of the UK; and if she will make a statement.

(114122)

143   Mr George Osborne (Tatton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to prevent the spread of avian influenza from continental Europe to the UK.

(113699)

144   Mr George Osborne (Tatton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will extend the import ban on live poultry and hatching eggs to include table eggs from the Netherlands and Belgium.

(113701)

145   Mr George Osborne (Tatton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will ban imports of cull day-old chicks from the Netherlands and Belgium.

(113700)

146   Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the availability of broadband in rural areas.

(113694)

147   Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the CAP Mid-Term Review.

(113961)

148   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department was consulted by Network Rail in respect of its plans to cut back vegetation along railway lines; whether the matter has been discussed with the Department of Transport; and if she has made an assessment of the tree removal programme with regard to biodiversity.

(114078)

149
N   Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the Parliamentary Secretary for Fisheries, Water and Nature Protection will visit Brixham to discuss with fishermen the future of the fishing industry.[R]

(113128)

150   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her European counterparts in relation to the supply of veterinary medicines.

(114009)

151   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the target is for efficiency savings in 2003-04 expressed (a) in money terms and (b) as a percentage of the Department's expenditure limit.

(114116)

152   Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether the terms of imprisonment for those held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba are in accordance with UN resolutions on the protection of all persons under any form of detention or imprisonment.

(113720)

153   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK citizens have been killed in road accidents in France in each of the last five years.

(114070)

154   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the political situation in Aceh.

(113705)

155   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance the UK Government is giving to the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery.

(113702)

156   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he is making to the Egyptian Government on bringing the murderers of Christians and a Muslim in El Kosheh to justice; and if he will make a statement.

(113873)

157   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had regarding human rights in Burma.

(113710)

158   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action he is taking to help the international community eradicate (a) the commercial sexual exploitation of children, (b) trafficking in persons, (c) forced marriages, (d) bonded and forced labour, (e) debt bondage and (f) serfdom.

(113703)

159   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he is making to the Israeli Government regarding (a) the death of James Miller and (b) the shooting of Tom Hurndall in Gaza; and if he will encourage the Israeli authorities to carry out a full criminal investigation.

(113732)

160   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Indonesian Government regarding attacks on international observers and civilians in Aceh.

(113706)

161   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what further plans he has to raise the case of Shaiboub William Arsal with the Egyptian authorities in advance of his appeal later this year.

(113751)

162   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Indonesian Government regarding the persecution of Christians.

(113704)

163   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Turkish government and (b) the European Union on human rights violations in Turkey.

(113713)

164   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Turkish government and (b) the European Union on Turkey's progress on meeting the criteria for EU membership.

(113714)

165   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has held with the Israeli Government regarding the safety of peace activists in the Occupied Territories.

(113733)

166   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on (a) the treatment of Christians and (b) the recent release of Christian prisoners in Laos.

(113752)

167   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has made to the Israeli authorities on the decision to ask peace activists to sign a waiver before entering Gaza.

(113696)

168
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Israeli authorities on the subject of their treatment of peace activists.

(113669)

169
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the situation of Alice Coy and Nick Durie who are being held by the Israeli authorities near Eretz.

(113668)

170   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the proposed visit by Her Majesty the Queen to Gibraltar.

(114004)

171   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on recent talks between the UK Government and Spanish Government in relation to Gibraltar; and whether an agreement was reached between the UK Government and Government of Spain over the future of Gibraltar.

(114175)

172   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions the Government has had with the Government of Spain in relation to the territorial waters between Gibraltar and Morocco; and whether agreement was reached with the Government of Spain over the sovereignty of the Straits of Gibraltar.

(114176)

173   Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many contracts his Department has awarded to KPMG since 1997.

(113684)

174   Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many applications for visas to enter the UK in each of the last five years were made (a) in total and (b) at (i) Accra, (ii) Banjul, (iii) Harare, (iv) Karachi, (v) Kiev, (vi) Lagos, (vii) Madrid, (viii) Manila, (ix) Peking, (x) Quang Zhou, (xi) Rome and (xii) Shanghai.

(113715)

175
N   Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of (a) the contents and (b) the value of the contents of (i) Iraqi Government documents and (ii) Ba'ath party documents discovered by Coalition forces in Iraq, with particular reference to links between the regime of Saddam Hussein and (A) Al-Qaeda and (B) other terrorist organisations; and if he will make a statement.

(113284)

176
N   Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps are being taken to obtain (a) intelligence and (b) military and other Iraqi Government and Ba'ath party documents in (i) abandoned offices, (ii) palaces and (iii) private property for examination by Coalition partners; and if he will make a statement.

(113285)

177
N   Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what arrangements there are for the Coalition partners to make available to each other on a reciprocal basis copies of military and Ba'ath party documents; and according to what timetable.

(113408)

178
N   Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his statement of 12th May, on Iraq, how and when invitations will be issued for the national conference; and what steps are being taken to ensure an equal participation of Iraqi women in the conference.

(113491)

179   Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 29th April, Official Report, column 327W, whether an Iraqi charge� d'affaires remains accredited to the European Union; and when the United Kingdom requested the status of Iraqi diplomatic personnel to the European Union be reviewed.

(113846)

180
N   David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the Member for Walsall North will receive a reply to his letter of 10th April concerning a constituent.

(113409)

181   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received about the National Health Service (Amendments Relating to Prescribing by Nurses and Pharmacists etc) (England) Regulations.

(114130)

182   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the target is for efficiency savings in 2003-04 expressed (a) in money terms and (b) as a percentage of the Department's expenditure limit.

(114115)

183   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Medicines Control Agency about the drug seroxat.

(114100)

184   Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many radiographers there are in the NHS; how many posts are vacant; and how many radiographers worked in the NHS in 1997.

(114119)

185   Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase the number of radiographers in the NHS.

(114120)

186
N   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, how many strategic health authorities were contacted by his Department to seek out further information regarding their continuing care guidance; and if he will make a statement.

(113414)

187
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which strategic health authorities are seeking legal advice regarding the health service ombudsman report on continuing care; and what estimate his Department has made of the number of people that may have been forced to sell their homes to pay for care.

(113413)

188   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 28th April, Official Report, column 292W, on secondments, how many individuals have been seconded to his Department from the private sector since 1997, in each case listing (a) from which organisation and (b) the dates of the secondment.

(114173)

189   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 28th April, Official Report, column 293W, on secondments, if he will list the organisations to which civil servants in his Department have been seconded since 2001 in (a) the private sector, (b) NGOs and (c) other, stating in each case the number of civil servants seconded to that organisation and their grade.

(114142)

190   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many schoolchildren have not received BCG vaccinations in the current school year because of a shortage of vaccine; and if he will make a statement.

(114069)

191   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the new action plan for tuberculosis will be published; and for what reason it has not yet been published.

(114068)

192   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to ensure that mental health patients are given information about (a) the treatment and medication available to them and (b) the opportunity to choose which course of treatment or medication to take.

(113712)

193   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have access to dental treatment on the NHS in (a) Gloucester, (b) Gloucestershire, (c) Oxfordshire, (d) Wiltshire, (e) Somerset and (f) Worcestershire.

(113743)

194   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to ensure that antipsychotic medication is not being prescribed unnecessarily to older people in nursing homes.

(113711)

195   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to encourage parents of children under 16 to take their children for regular eye tests.

(113725)

196   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to encourage dentists to continue to offer dental treatment on the NHS.

(113742)

197   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action his Department is taking to promote early eye screening and treatment to prevent deterioration of eye health among (a) children, (b) adults and (c) pensioners.

(113724)

198   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to protect patients who are having dental treatment on the NHS withdrawn by their dental practice.

(113741)

199   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to ensure that diabetes patients have access to effective eye treatment to detect early signs of deterioration in sight.

(113723)

200   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on dental practices which are withdrawing NHS treatment for existing patients while offering to continue treatment through private dental plans.

(113740)

201
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to reduce waste in prescription arrangements, with particular reference to carrying out investigations as to how patients may avoid re-ordering medicines they do not need.

(112453)

202
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will launch an inquiry into how GPs and pharmacists may be better able to advise and counsel patients on how to use medicines more appropriately.

(112454)

203   Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to invite community health councils to continue to operate after 31st August in those areas where the new Independent Patient Advocacy Service is not in place on 1st September.

(114169)

204   Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what basis individuals will be assessed to be suitable candidates to be specialist patient support providers under the Independent Complaints Advocacy Service.

(114168)

205   Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Independent Patient Advocacy Services will be in place by the time community health councils are abolished; and if he will make a statement.

(114166)

206   Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 19th March, Official Report, column 850W, on patient advocacy, which organisations will be invited to tender for interim contracts to become specialist complaints support providers.

(114167)

207   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 26th February, Official Report, column 645W, on public bodies, whether estimates of costing have been undertaken on the reorganisation from the Commission for Health Improvement and the National Care Standards Commission to the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection and the Social Services Inspectorate; and if he will place copies of the estimates in the Library.

(113698)

208   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will publish a summary of the responses his Department has received on the consultation for the draft Mental Health Bill; and if he will make a statement on the progress made in redrafting the draft Mental Health Bill.

(113962)

209   Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many contracts his Department has awarded to KPMG since 1997.

(113685)

210
N   Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what further steps he will take to investigate the environmental health effects of mobile phone masts; and if he will make a statement.

(113302)

211
N   Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, to which NHS trusts he will give approval to apply for first-wave NHS foundation trust status.

(113670)

212   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what price has been secured by the sale in the Inventures disposal of (a) St Margaret's Hospital, Epping, (b) Barnsley Vale land in Bromsgrove, (c) the City Chest Clinic, Derby, (d) Towers Hospital land, Leicestershire, (e) Stretton Hall farmland, Leicester, (f) Sewer Field, Herrison, (g) Herrison Lower Farm Buildings, (h) Herrison Cottages, (i) Brunel House, Gloucester and (j) Newfoundland Court, Bristol; when Insignia Richard Ellis carried out a valuation or valuations of the site on behalf of his Department; what arrangements have been made to compensate the Department for uplift in value between final valuation and eventual proceeds realised on subsequent sale for development by a developer; whether the site will be sold to the preferred partner with planning permission; what assessment has been made of its suitability for future clinical use or key worker accommodation for NHS staff; and whether a requirement will be placed on the site for it to be used wholly or in part for future clinical use or key worker accommodation for NHS staff.

(114090)

213   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who is responsible for the final decision of the selection of the preferred bidder for Inventures in his department at (a) ministerial and (b) operational level.

(114050)

214   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, why the decision was taken to sell the surplus NHS sites in a package as a whole.

(114052)

215   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what compensation will be paid to underbidders in the Inventures sale for costs incurred in (a) the bidding process and (b) subsequent legal action.

(114051)

216   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the outstanding (a) pension and (b) other liabilities of Inventures are; what the ownership structure of Inventures is; and whether the sale terms for surplus properties by NHS estates will specify that the successful bidder must include Inventures in the acquisition.

(114063)

217   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what price has been secured by the sale in the Inventories disposed of in land at (a) Key House, Skegness, (b) Limes, Himley, (c) adjoining Reckett House, Clacton, (d) Harwich Hospital, (e) Wilson Hospital, Croydon, (f) Doncaster Moor, (g) Hartlepool General Hospital, (h) Hull Maternity Hospital, (i) Seacroft Hospital, Leeds, (j) Prudhoe Hospital, Prudhoe, (k) Stannington Children's Hospital, Morpeth, (l) Clayton Hospital, Wakefield, (m) Newton Hill, Wakefield and (n) Ashington General Hospital; when Insignia Richard Ellis carried out a valuation or valuations of each site on behalf of his Department; what arrangements have been made to compensate the Department for uplift in value between final valuation and eventual proceeds realised on subsequent sale for development by a developer; whether the site will be sold to the preferred partner with planning permission; what assessment has been made of its suitability for future clinical use or key worker accommodation for NHS staff; and whether a requirement will be placed on the site for it to be used wholly or in part for future clinical use or key worker accommodation for NHS staff.

(114033)

218   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria were used to determine which of the bids from the four consortia bidding in the Inventures sale were compliant with the bidding process; which Inventures bids were non-compliant, and why; if he will publish the processes used by KPMG to evaluate the bids for Inventures; how much will be paid to KPMG in total for its work in respect of the Inventures sale; and what role was played by KPMG in evaluating the bids for Inventures.

(114054)

219   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what price has been secured by the sale in the Inventures disposal of land at (a) the Bucknall main site in Stoke-on-Trent, (b) Beeches Hospital, Telford, (c) Worcester Royal Infirmary, Castle Street branch, (d) Coldfast Hospital, Fareham, (e) Knowle Hospital and Cottages at Fareham, (f) St Francis Hospital, Hayward's Heath and (g) Leybourne Grange Hospital, Middlesex; when Insignia Richard Ellis carried out a valuation or valuations of each site on behalf of his Department; what arrangements have been made to compensate the Department for uplift in value between final valuation and eventual proceeds realised on subsequent sale for development by a developer; whether each site will be sold to the preferred partner with planning permission; what assessment has been made of the suitability of each site for future clinical use or key worker accommodation for NHS staff; and whether a requirement will be placed on each site for it to be used wholly or in part for future clinical use or key worker accommodation for NHS staff.

(114002)

220   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been paid to Insignia Richard Ellis for its work in relation to the sale of surplus NHS properties as part of the Inventures sale.

(114164)

221   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what price has been secured by the sale in the Inventures disposal of (a) Unit 7 Merlin Court in Aylesbury, (b) Beaumont Villa, Northampton, (c) Coach House, Kingworthy, Winchester, (d) Bordon Ambulance Station, (e) Remy Lodge, Northampton, (f) land at St Mary's Hospital, Isle of Wight, (g) land at St Mary's Devon, Axminster, (h) land at Brown's Brook, Dawlish, (i) land at Burdock Hospital, Falmouth and (j) Holsworthy Ambulance Station and Health Centre, Holsworthy; when Insignia Richard Ellis carried out a valuation or valuations of each site on behalf of his Department; what arrangements have been made to compensate the Department for uplift in value between final valuation and eventual proceeds realised on subsequent sale for development by a developer; whether the site will be sold to the preferred partner with planning permission; what assessment has been made of the suitability of each site for future clinical use or key worker accommodation for NHS staff; and whether a requirement will be placed on the site for it to be used wholly or in part for future clinical use or key worker accommodation for NHS staff.

(114012)

222   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who in Inventures (a) commissioned and (b) signed off valuations of the properties forming part of the surplus NHS site sales to be included in the Inventures sale; what restrictions will be included in the bid regarding the subsequent on-sale of Inventures as a separate company; and how many current Inventures staff he estimates will be recipients of incentive schemes when transferred to the preferred bidder.

(114055)

223   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what price has been secured by the sale in the Inventures disposal of part of (a) Old Manor Hospital, Salisbury, (b) the Severalls Hospital site, Colchester, (c) the De la Pole University Campus at Willerby and (d) the Shotely Bridge Hospital, Consett; when Insignia Richard Ellis carried out a valuation or valuations of the site on behalf of his Department; what arrangements have been made to compensate the Department for uplift in value between final valuation and eventual proceeds realised on subsequent sale for development by a developer; whether the site will be sold to the preferred partner with planning permission; what assessment has been made of its suitability for future clinical use or key worker accommodation for NHS staff; and whether a requirement will be placed on the site for it to be used wholly or in part for future clinical use or key worker accommodation for NHS staff.

(114048)

224   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what basis he decided to sell the surplus NHS estates properties outright to the preferred bidder Miller/HBOS.

(114061)

225   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what price has been secured by the sale in the Inventures disposal of land at (a) Linton Hospital, Maidstone, (b) the Royal Sea Bathing Hospital, Margate, (c) Milford Hospital, Milford, (d) Royal Earlswood North, Redhill, (e) Hill House, Rye, (f) Sheppey Hospital, Minster, (g) Southlands Hospital, Shoreham, (h) Hazel Farm, Southampton, (i) St John's Hospital site, Stone, (j) Tatchbury Hospital, Tatton, (k) Fair Miles, Hospital Wallingford and (l) Gebec Place, Cholsey; when Insignia Richard Ellis carried out a valuation or valuations of each site on behalf of his Department; what arrangements have been made to compensate the Department for uplift in value between final valuation and eventual proceeds realised on subsequent sale for development by a developer; whether the site will be sold to the preferred partners with planning permission; what assessment has been made of the suitability of each site for future clinical use or key worker accommodation for NHS staff; and whether a requirement will be placed on the site for it to be used wholly or in part for future clinical use or key worker accommodation for NHS staff.

(114003)

226   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated cost is of the National Audit Office inquiry into the Inventures sale.

(114057)

227   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what price has been secured by the sale in the Inventures disposal of NHS land at (a) Heath Close, Billericay, (b) Wandsworth Golf Course, (c) Tindale Crescent Hospital, Bishop Auckland, (d) the Lord Mayor Treloar site, Alles, (e) Dog Kennel Wood, Aylesford, (f) Park Prevett, Basingstoke, (g) St Augustine Hospital, Chatham, (h) Mabledon Hospital, Dartford, (i) Storehouse Hospital, Dartford, (j) Alpha House, Droxford, (k) St Ebbas, Epsom Cluster, (l) Horton Farm, Epsom Cluster and (m) Horton Retail Centre, Epsom Cluster; when Insignia Richard Ellis carried out a valuation or valuations of the site on behalf of his Department; what arrangements have been made to compensate the Department for uplift in value between final valuation and eventual proceeds realised on subsequent sale for development by a developer; whether the site will be sold to the preferred partner with planning permission; what assessment has been made of its suitability for future clinical use or key worker accommodation for NHS staff; and whether a requirement will be placed on the site for it to be used wholly or in part for future clinical use or key worker accommodation for NHS staff.

(114065)

228   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what price has been secured by the sale in the Inventures disposal of (a) The Crescent and the Down Road site at St Augustine Hospital in Chartham, (b) Homelands Hospital, Creek, (c) Winwick Social Club, Warrington, (d) Winwick Farm, Warrington, (e) Scotforth, Piccadilly Gardens, Lancaster, (f) Whittington Hospital Site in Preston, (g) Countess of Chester site in Chester, (h) Cane Hill, Coulsdon and (i) St Clements Social Club, Ispwich; when Insignia Richard Ellis carried out a valuation or valuations of the site on behalf of his Department; what arrangements have been made to compensate the Department for uplift in the value between final valuation and eventual proceeds realised on subsequent sale for development by a developer; whether the site will be sold to the preferred partner with planning permission; what assessment has been made of its suitability for future clinical use or key worker accommodation for NHS staff; and whether a requirement will be placed on the site for it to be used wholly or in part for future clinical use or key worker accommodation for NHS staff.

(114085)

229   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what price has been secured by the sale in the Inventures disposal of (a) West Park in the Epsom cluster, (b) Graylingwell in Chicester, (c) the De La Pole site at Willerby, (d) Cherry Knowles Hospital, Sunderland, (e) Bisney Hall Farm, Ponteland, (f) Pontefract General Hospital and (g) Wharfedale General Hospital, Otley, (h) Aycliffe Hospital, Newton Aycliffe, (i) St Georges Hospital, Morpeth, (j) Maiden Law Hospital, Lanchester, and (k) Killingworth Stores; when Insignia Richard Ellis carried out a valuation or valutations of the site on behalf of his Department; what arrangements have been made to compensate the Department for uplift in value between final valuation and eventual proceeds realised on subsequent sale for development by a developer; whether the site will be sold to the preferred partner with planning permission; what assessment has been made of its suitability for future clinical use or key worker accommodation for NHS staff; and whether a requirement will be placed on site for it to be used wholly or in part for future clinical use or key worker accommodation for NHS staff.

(114084)

230   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when Insignia Richard Ellis has carried out valuations of the properties forming part of the Inventures sale; and which sites have been valued more than once.

(114163)

231   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what price has been secured by the sale in the Inventures disposal of land at (a) Lea Castle Hospital, Kidderminster, (b) Ledbury Cottage Hospital, Ledbury; (c) Smallwood/Crown Mews/Red House, Redditch, (d) Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Shrewsbury, (e) Chelmsley ADR, Solihull, and (f) Middlefield Knowle, Solihull; when Insignia Richard Ellis carried out a valuation or valuations of each site on behalf of his Department; what arrangements have been made to compensate the Department for uplift in value between final valuation and eventual proceeds realised on subsequent sale for development by a developer; whether each site will be sold to the preferred partner with planning permission; what assessment has been made of the suitability of each site for future clinical use or key worker accommodation for NHS staff; and a whether requirement will be placed on each site for it to be used wholly or in part for future clinical use or key worker accommodation for NHS staff.

(114001)

232   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what legal costs have been incurred by his Department for work done by Beachcroft Wansbroughs in relation to the Inventures sale (a) before and (b) after the announcement of the preferred bidder.

(114058)

233   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much land at the Runwell Hospital site in Wickford has been included in the bulk sale of properties in the Inventures disposal; what price has been secured by its sale; when Insignia Richard Ellis carried out a valuation or valuations of the site on behalf of his Department; what arrangements have been made to compensate the Department for uplift in value between final valuation and eventual proceeds realised on subsequent sale for development by a developer; whether the site will be sold to the preferred partner with planning permission; what assessment has been made of its suitability for future clinical use or key worker accommodation for NHS staff; and whether a requirement will be placed on the site for it to be used wholly or in part for future clinical use or key worker accommodation for NHS staff.

(114049)

234   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Chief Executive of Inventures spoke to each of the bidding consortia about the sale ahead of the announcement of the preferred bidder; what restrictions will be placed on current senior management of Inventures who are transferring to the preferred bidder or completion benefiting financially from subsequent sales of NHS properties included in the Inventures sale; and whether current senior management of Inventures who are transferring to the preferred bidder on completion will be the subject of equity or profit scheme incentives in the SPV acquiring the NHS estates being sold as part of the Inventures sale.

(114056)

235   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what valuation has been placed on the company Inventures without surplus NHS properties attached.

(114062)

236   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements there are for capping the cost of legal work by Beachcroft Wansbroughs in relation to the Inventures sale.

(114059)

237   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the latest expected completion date is for the Inventures sale; and if he will place the details of the arrangements and valuations with the preferred bidder in the Library.

(114060)

238   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, where the proceeds from the sale of Inventures and NHS properties will be remitted.

(114053)

239   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what price has been secured by the sale in the Inventures disposal of land at (a) Belmont Hospital, Tiverton; (b) Okehampton Castle Hospital, Okehampton; (c) Cookes Green Hospital, Gloucester; (d) St Leonard's Hospital, Ringwood; (e) Tiverton District Hospital, Tiverton; (f) St. Lawrence's Hospital, Bodmin; (g) Kingsway Hospital, Derby; (h) Grimsby, North side; (i) Springfield, Grimsby; (j) Seathe Hall, Grimsby; (k) Ashover House, London; and (l) Norton Aerodrome, Sheffield; when Insignia Richard Ellis carried out a valuation or valuations of each site on behalf of his Department; what arrangements have been made to compensate the Department for uplift in value between final valuation and eventual proceeds realised on subsequent sale for development by a developer; whether the site will be sold to the preferred partner with planning permission; what assessment has been made of its suitability for future clinical use or key worker accommodation for NHS staff; and whether a requirement will be placed on the site for it to be used wholly or in part for future clinical use or key worker accommodation for NHS staff.

(114019)

240
N   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many milk tokens have been issued to qualifying families with the child tax credit to date.

(113579)

241   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what training budget there is through the National Treatment Agency for implementing models of care.

(113984)

242   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultant time is commissioned by each DAAT in England and Wales in the current year.

(113982)

243   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescribing GPs are commissioned through or in co-operation with DAATs in each DAAT area.

(113983)

244   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in residential care homes in England and Wales require 24 hour health care; and how many of these pay for their care costs.

(113778)

245   Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the removal of the brains from deceased patients without the consent of the next of kin ceased in the UK.

(113970)

246   Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether foundation hospitals will provide services unavailable in normally-funded hospitals.

(114005)

247   Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of total funds available for cancer treatment was given to endoscopy services in (a) England, (b) the West Midlands and (c) Shropshire in the last year for which figures are available.

(113863)

248   Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the NHS is taking to introduce measures to protect workers who raise concerns about bad practice.

(113909)

249   Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to address the impact of health indicators on differences in life expectancy between different London boroughs.

(113910)

250   Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received regarding the loss of entitlement to housing benefit by people with learning disabilities whose accommodation has been registered by the National Care Standards Commission; and if he will make a statement.

(113967)

251   Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what resources he will make available for the provision of services to people bereaved by suicide.

(113915)

252   Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what resources will be made available for the development of (a) local and (b) national suicide prevention strategies.

(113916)

253   Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the number of people with learning disabilities who may lose entitlement to housing benefit as a result of their accommodation being registered as a care home by the National Care Standards Commission.

(113968)

254   Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to promote services that support individuals bereaved as a result of suicide.

(113917)

255   Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Executive regarding the application of experience from the operation of NHS Direct in (a) reducing staff turnover, (b) adopting family friendly work routines and (c) general call handling to NHS24.

(113757)

256   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the target is for efficiency savings in 2003-04 expressed (a) in money terms and (b) as a percentage of the Department's expenditure limit.

(114125)

257   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the relationship between the Mersey Tunnels Police and the Police Complaints Authority, with special reference to section 78 of the Police Act 1996.

(114123)

258   Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many jailed asylum seekers from Somalia have been deported in each of the past six months.

(113893)

259   Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to cease the support-only benefit for asylum seekers; and if he will make a statement.

(113892)

260   Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) asylum seekers and (b) children of asylum seekers are detained in the UK.

(113895)

261   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he is having with the Minister for Housing and Planning regarding plans to increase the number of approved hostels for high-risk offenders following release from custody.

(113748)

262   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the number of places available for high-risk offenders in approved hostels following release from custody in (a) Gloucestershire and (b) the UK; and what plans he has to increase the number of such hostels in each case.

(113749)

263   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the level of rehabilitation treatment available for (a) heroin addicts and (b) crack cocaine addicts after custodial sentences have been served for drug related crimes.

(113744)

264   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he is having with the Department of Health regarding GPs who refuse to treat drug addicts.

(113753)

265   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he is taking to promote advice on sexual health for (a) refugees and (b) asylum seekers in the UK.

(113730)

266   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he is taking to ensure that information on UK legislation on (a) sexual offences and (b) the age of consent is available to (i) refugees and (ii) asylum seekers in the UK.

(113728)

267   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he is taking to promote the availability of drug treatment services to offenders who have served custodial sentences for drug related crimes.

(113745)

268   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the number of prisons in the UK which employ link workers to help resettle offenders after custodial sentences have been served.

(113746)

269   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support his Department is offering to drug addicts who (a) are serving and (b) have served custodial sentences for drug related crimes to help them beat addiction.

(113747)

270   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he is taking to (a) support offenders and (b) ensure that offenders do not re-offend after custodial sentences have been served.

(113750)

271
N   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many accidents occurred on the prison estate to (a) employees and (b) inmates, broken down by establishment, in the last five years.

(113671)

272   Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects the Metropolitan Police to issue instructions to borough commanders to use the new powers to confiscate motor bikes under the Police Reform Act 2002 to combat anti-social behaviour.

(114039)

273   Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many motor bikes have been confiscated since the Police Reform Act 2002 came into force.

(114040)

274   Mr George Foulkes (Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much cash has been seized under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 since the new cash seizure powers took effect; and how much was seized under previous legislation in each of the preceding five years.

(114020)

275   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recommendations HM Inspector of Prisons has made, since January 2001, which have been wholly or partly rejected by the Prison Service; what the reasons were for rejection; and if he will make a statement.

(113857)

276   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 28th April, Official Report, column 606W, on prisons, when the action plan for Kingston Prison was drawn up following the visit by HM Inspector of Prisons on 12th to 16th February; if he will list its action points and the dates by which the action points were to be implemented; and if he will make a statement.

(114155)

277   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 28th April, Official Report, column 606W, on prisons, if he will list recommendations made by HM Inspector of Prisons that were not accepted by the Prison Service following the visit to Kingston Prison on 12th to 16th February, and the reasons for rejection; and if he will make a statement.

(114154)

278   Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which United Kingom commitments arising from the World Summit on Sustainable Development (a) have been incorporated into the Department's existing delivery plan for Service Delivery Agreements and (b) will be incorporated in its delivery plan for Service Delivery Agreement in advance of the 2004 Spending Review.

(113876)

279   Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many contracts his Department has awarded to KPMG since 1997.

(113686)

280
N   Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 8th May, Ref 112425, what plans he has to increase expenditure on security at Oakington Immigration Reception Centre.

(113576)

281
N   Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many suspected terrorists have been detained and for what periods under the Anti Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001.

(113603)

282
N   Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on advising asylum seekers (a) at first interview and (b) later on other alternative applications open to them including an application to work in the UK.

(113607)

283
N   Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice his Department offers to Chief Constables of Police concerning targets on (a) monthly and (b) annual basis for numbers of (i) arrests made and (ii) summonses issued.

(113606)

284
N   Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions have taken place under the Terrorism Act 2000.

(113605)

285
N   Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications have been made by the Egyptian Government in the last six years for extradition to Egypt of suspected terrorists; and how many have succeeded.

(113604)

286
N   Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will announce which company has been awarded the tender for provision of a system to issue European Union vignettes.

(113575)

287   Bridget Prentice (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many gun crimes were carried out using replica firearms in the last year for which figures are available in (a) the Borough of Lewisham, (b) London and (c) England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.

(114082)

288   Bridget Prentice (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in England and Wales have been (a) injured and (b) killed as a result of modified replica weapons in the last year for which figures are available.

(114080)

289   Bridget Prentice (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many modifiable replica handguns were sold last year in England and Wales.

(114083)

290   Bridget Prentice (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the (a) sale and (b) purchase of replica guns in the UK.

(114079)

291   Bridget Prentice (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many replica firearms the Government estimates were modified to shoot real bullets in the last year for which figures are available.

(114081)

292   Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners are being held over (a) 50 miles and (b) 100 miles from their home town.

(113695)

293   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the target is for efficiency savings in 2003-04 expressed (a) in money terms and (b) as a percentage of the Department's expenditure limit.

(114109)

294   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 30th April, Official Report, column 394W, on secondments, if he will list the organisations to which civil servants in her Department have been seconded since 1997-98 in (a) the private sector, (b) NGOs and (c) other, stating in each case the dates of the secondments, the number of civil servants seconded to that organisation and their grade.

(114143)

295   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the use of cluster bombs in the war with Iraq on the long-term humanitarian situation in the country.

(113738)

296   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the scale of HIV and Aids in southern Africa.

(113727)

297   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what action the Department is taking to (a) combat HIV and Aids and (b) promote sexual health in Southern Africa.

(113726)

298   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment the Department has made of the level of poverty of the Palestinian people; and what strategy he is pursuing to alleviate it.

(113951)

299   Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which United Kingdom commitments arising from the World Summit on Sustainable Development (a) have been incorporated into the department's existing delivery plan for Service Delivery Agreements and (b) will be incorporated in its delivery plan for Service Delivery Agreements in advance of the 2004 Spending Review.

(113874)

300   Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many contracts the Department has awarded to KPMG since 1997.

(113687)

301   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the target is for efficiency savings in 2003-04 expressed (a) in money terms and (b) as a percentage of the Department's expenditure limit.

(114114)

302   Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, which United Kingdom commitments arising from the World Summit on Sustainable Development (a) have been incorporated into the Department's existing delivery plan for Service Delivery Agreements and (b) will be incorporated in its delivery plan for Service Delivery Agreements in advance of the 2004 Spending Review.

(113883)

303   Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many contracts the Department has awarded to KPMG since 1997.

(113688)

304   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what after school provision exists in Northern Ireland for young people with moderate learning difficulties; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of such provision.

(113867)

305   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what provision exists for young people leaving moderate learning difficulty schools in Northern Ireland; what research (a) has been carried out to date and (b) is planned; and when it is intended to publish such research.

(113866)

306   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the target is for efficiency savings in 2003-04 expressed (a) in money terms and (b) as a percentage of the Department's expenditure limit.

(114112)

307   Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many grants were made by the International Fund for Ireland for each Parliamentary constituency in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.

(113780)

308   Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the take up has been of the Warm Homes scheme by (a) numbers of completed jobs and (b) monies spent since its inception, in each parliamentary constituency in Northern Ireland.

(113781)

309   Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many visits have been made under the auspices of (a) Invest Northern Ireland and (b) the IDB by potential inward investors to the East Londonderry constituency; and how many jobs have been created in the past five years in the constituency.

(113779)

310   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his policy is in relation to police officers being present in court whilst criminal proceedings are taking place.

(114037)

311   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been paid to date to each member of the International Independent Commission on Decommissioning.

(113870)

312   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his policy is in relation to police escorts for prisoners being transported to and from courts in Northern Ireland.

(114036)

313
N   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many jobs have (a) been created and (b) disappeared in Northern Ireland in the last five years.

(113580)

314   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many occupational therapists there were in each health and social services trust in Northern Ireland in each year since 1997.

(113869)

315   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many non-departmental public bodies there were in Northern Ireland in April 1998; and how many there are now.

(113872)

316   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many days the Oversight Commissioner for Policy in Northern Ireland has spent in Northern Ireland in each year since his appointment; and what the total amount paid to him has been to date.

(113871)

317   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which organisation was responsible for security at Downpatrick courthouse on the day in the week beginning 5th May.

(114038)

318   Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the Northern Ireland Sports Council recognises the British Cycling Federation.

(114157)

319   Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether an individual hockey player in Northern Ireland is eligible for funding to compete for a British team at the Olympics.

(113862)

320   Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much money has been allocated to funding hockey in the latest year for which figures are available.

(113860)

321   Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what funding is being given to hockey players in Northern Ireland who will be competing as part of a British team at the Olympics.

(113861)

322   Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 9th April, Official Report, column 251W, why funding has not been allocated to the Northern Ireland Cycling Federation in the last three years.

(114156)

323   Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which United Kingdom commitments arising from the World Summit on Sustainable Development (a) have been incorporated into the Department's existing delivery plan for Service Delivery Agreements and (b) will be incorporated in its delivery plan for Service Delivery Agreements in advance of the 2004 Spending Review.

(113884)

324   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many applications were received for the new position of civilian director of training for the PSNI; how many applicants were interviewed and what the breakdown by perceived community of origin and gender; what equal opportunities monitoring procedures were undertaken as part of the recruitment process; and if he will place a copy of the job specification in the Library.

(114146)

325   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures have been taken to ensure that recruits to the PSNI receive training that is in compliance with the Human Rights Act 1998; what procedures are being developed to deal with issues of sectarianism (a) internal to the police service and (b) in the execution of their public role; and what review processes he has put in place to monitor these procedures.

(114148)

326   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many tutors involved in the training of PSNI recruits and staff have been (a) suspended and (b) removed from their posts in the last two years.

(114151)

327   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what independent evaluation has been made of PSNI training procedures; what criteria has been used to judge their effectiveness; and what plans are in place for future evaluation.

(114145)

328   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures have been taken to submit PSNI training procedures to public consultation.

(114152)

329   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made towards negotiating a Memorandum of Understanding between the Policing Board and the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission; and if he will place a copy of the memorandum in the Library.

(114149)

330   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the budget is for PSNI training; and how much and what percentage is spent on (a) new recruit training, (b) refresher training for staff and (c) management training in 2003-04.

(114144)

331   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the breakdown was of the budget for (a) the PSNI conference on ethnic minorities in October 2002 and (b) the PSNI conference on young people held in March 2003; and how many people attended each event.

(114147)

332   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures have been taken to ensure that community awareness training is developed and integrated into all aspects of PSNI training.

(114153)

333   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many external tutors and organisations are involved in the training of PSNI recruits and staff: what his estimate is of expenditure in this financial year; and if he will place the list of names and organisations in the Library.

(114150)

334   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the President of the Council, what the target is for efficiency savings in 2003-04 expressed (a) in money terms and (b) as a percentage of the Department's expenditure limit.

(114103)

335   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the President of the Council, if he will list the (a) ad hoc and (b) standing committees of the Privy Council, indicating in each case their membership.

(114121)

336
N   Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the personal statement of 12th May of the Right honourable Member for Birmingham, Ladywood, Official Report, column 36, if he will publish the advice of the Attorney General on the question of the post-war situation in Iraq to which she referred.

(113489)

337   Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Prime Minister, how many contracts have been awarded by his Government to KPMG since 1997.

(113693)

338   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he has asked the House of Lords Appointments Commission to recommend names for new peers; and if he will make a statement.

(113848)

339   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Prime Minister, if he consulted the Office of the Commissioner of Public Appointments concerning the re-appointment of Lord Stevenson as chair of the House of Lords Appointments Commission.

(113850)

340   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Prime Minister, when he last met the Prime Minister of Poland; and if he will make a statement.

(113891)

341   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the target is for efficiency savings in 2003-04 expressed (a) in money terms and (b) as a percentage of the Department's expenditure limit.

(114118)

342   Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which United Kingdom commitments arising from the World Summit on Sustainable Development (a) have been incorporated into the Department's existing delivery plan for Service Delivery Agreements and (b) will be incorporated in its delivery plan for Service Delivery Agreements in advance of the 2004 Spending Review.

(113882)

343   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Solicitor General, what the target is for efficiency savings in 2003-04 expressed (a) in money terms and (b) as a percentage of the Department's expenditure limit.

(114104)

344   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Solicitor General, if the Government will publish the advice tendered by the Attorney General (a) in respect of the legal basis for invading Iraq and (b) the post war reconstruction arrangements in Iraq.

(114077)

345   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the target is for efficiency savings in 2003-04 expressed (a) in money terms and (b) as a percentage of the Department's expenditure limit.

(114106)

346   Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will establish regional targets for renewable energy development within the 10 per cent. national target.

(113975)

347   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions her Department has had with members of the Government of the United States of America concerning the project to build the Airbus A400M aircraft.

(113992)

348   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what claims her Department has paid under Overseas Investment Insurance in connection with the Dabhol-Enron-Power Plant in Dublin.

(113944)

349   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many projects have been subject to post-issue monitoring by the ECGD's Guarantee Mangement Branch since September 2001.

(113946)

350   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the bid price of (a) Pratt and Whitney Canada and (b) the Europrop consortium for the engine contract for the A400M aircraft is; and if she will make a statement.

(113988)

351   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions her Department has had with members of the governments of (a) France, (b) Germany and (c) Spain concerning the project to build the Airbus A400M aircraft, with special reference to the decision by the UK Government to subsidise the development of an engine for the aircraft.

(113993)

352   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many times the ECGD has refused cover because of (a) allegations, (b) suspicions and (c) evidence of corruption in the last five years.

(113947)

353   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how may staff there are in the ECGD's Internal Audit and Assurance Department; and how many there were in 1997.

(113950)

354   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much was paid in commission covered by the ECGD on the sale of Hawk jets to South Africa; what percentage of the contract the commission represented; and where the place was to which payment was made.

(113943)

355   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many companies accounts have been examined by the ECGD's Internal Audit and Assurance Department in the last five years.

(113949)

356   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 14th April, Official Report, column 488W, on Departmental secondees, if she will list (a) private sector companies, (b) NGOs and (c) other, to which civil servants have been seconded from her Department, in each case giving (i) the dates of secondment and (ii) the grade of the civil servant seconded, in each year since 1997-98.

(114172)

357   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions her Department has had with Pratt and Whitney concerning the project to build the Airbus A400M aircraft.

(113994)

358   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) visits to exporters and (b) site visits the ECGD's Internal Audit and Assurance Department made in each of the last five years.

(113948)

359   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what evaluation she has carried out of the costs and benefits to the UK economy of the proposed financial support to develop the A400M engine; and if she will publish the results.

(113989)

360   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what funds the Government has pledged to (a) Rolls-Royce UK and (b) other British engineering companies to assist in the development of an engine for the Airbus A400M aircraft; what payments have been (a) made and (b) pledged to date to each company; when; and if she will make a statement.

(113995)

361   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions her Department has had with European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company officials and officials of its subsidiary companies concerning the project to build the A400M transportation aeroplane; and if she will make a statement.

(113990)

362   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions her Department has had with the Europrop International Consortium concerning the project to build the Airbus A400M aircraft; and if she will make a statement.

(113991)

363   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of projects covered by the ECGD since September 2001 have proceeded on time and within cost.

(113945)

364   Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many sub post offices in London have been closed in each of the last six months.

(113894)

365   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 12th May, Official Report, column 17W, on export licences, what assessment she has made of the problems with the extraterritorial export controls in the United States of America, other than with enforcement; and if she will make a statement on the reasons underlying her assessment that the extraterritorial export controls in the United States are less effective than those proposed in the United Kingdom.

(113896)

366
N   Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the End of Life Vehicles Directive.

(113307)

367   Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the outcome was of the Competitiveness Council held on 12th to 13th May; what the Government's stance was on the issues discussed, including its voting record; and if she will make a statement.

(113979)

368   Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has had with (a) industry and (b) ministerial colleagues concerning BAE System's bid to supply Her Majesty's Government with Hawk 128 trainer aircraft; and if she will make a statement.

(113906)

369   Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent representations the department has received on support for the Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation.

(113913)

370   Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many contracts her Department has awarded to KPMG since 1997.

(113689)

371   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many properties in (a) Bassetlaw and (b) the UK do not have access to gas.

(113985)

372   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what targets have been set for the number of households accessible to gas supply by (a) 2005 and (b) 2010.

(113980)

373   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations have been made by Ministers in (a) 2002 and (b) 2003 to Transco about access to gas supplies.

(113986)

374   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many pensioners receiving concessionary fuel do not have access to gas supply.

(113981)

375   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many pensioners do not have access to gas supplies.

(113987)

376   Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make it her policy to promote employment protection for people with hereditary conditions.

(113908)

377   Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make it her policy to promote protection of employees with progressive illnesses from being dismissed, from the point when symptoms are diagnosed.

(113907)

378   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which waste management facilities have been visited by the Minister of State for Energy and Construction during his membership of the Inter-Departmental Ministerial Group.

(113676)

379   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which (a) facilities converting landfill gas into electricity, (b) combined heat and power facilities, (c) energy for waste facilities, (d) pyrolysis facilities and (e) gasification facilities have been visited by the Minister of State for Energy and Construction, and when in the last two years.

(113677)

380   Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to review the powers of chairmen of employment tribunals to decide which witnesses should be called.

(113755)

381   Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recourse a party in an employment tribunal action has where the chairman refuses to issue a witness order.

(113756)

382   Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many individuals who failed to attend an employment tribunal following being served a witness order (a) faced proceedings under Section 7(4) of the Industrial Tribunals Act 1996 and (b) were convicted of an offence under Section 7(4) of the Industrial Tribunals Act 1996 in (i) England and Wales and (ii) Scotland in 2002.

(113761)

383   Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 29th April, Official Report, column 183W, on post offices, when support for over the counter advice provided under the Your Guide Pilot by post office staff ceased; and whether those facilities listed as continuing beyond March 2002 in the Your Guide Pilot Evaluation Report continued as set out.

(113914)

384   Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many witness orders were made by employment tribunals in (a) England and Wales and (b) Scotland in 2002.

(113760)

385   Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to increase the penalties for failure to attend an employment tribunal following being served with a witness order; and if she will make a statement.

(113758)

386   Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, in how many cases those served witness orders failed to attend the employment tribunal in (a) England and Wales and (b) Scotland in 2002.

(113759)

387   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will take steps to increase the minimum number of annual leave days.

(113887)

388   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the target is for efficiency savings in 2003-04 expressed (a) in money terms and (b) as a percentage of the Department's expenditure limit.

(114117)

389   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 14th April, Official Report, column 595W, on secondments, if he will name the organisations to which civil servants in his Department have been seconded since 2001-02 up to the date for which the most recent figures are available in (a) the private sector, (b) NGOs and (c) other, stating in each case the dates of the secondments, the number of civil servants seconded to that organisation and their grade.

(114162)

390   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it the policy of the Government to have consistent rules governing the use of bus lanes by motorcyclists.

(114066)

391   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings have been held in each of the last four years of the Government's Advisory Group on Motorcycling; and when a national motorcycling policy will be published.

(114067)

392   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the projects which the Road Haulage Modernisation Fund has supported; and the expenditure on each.

(114072)

393   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many non-UK citizens have been killed in road accidents in the UK in each of the last five years.

(114071)

394
N   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what measures will be taken by his Department to reduce noise levels emitted from the M5 for Hucclecote residents in the Gloucester constituency.

(113574)

395
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the major infrastructure developments are expected on the Cheltenham to London rail line, with special reference to resignalling.

(112488)

396
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's policy is on station re-opening, with special reference to parkways.

(112865)

397
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what purposes his Department has employed Avia Solutions in connection with plans to expand runway capacity in the South East; what monitoring he has carried out on (a) financial and (b) other links between (i) directors and (ii) employees of Avia Solutions and BAA plc; and if he will make a statement.

(113582)

398   Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which United Kingdom commitments arising from the World Summit on Sustainable Development (a) have been incorporated into the Department's existing delivery plan for Service Delivery Agreements and (b) will be incorporated in its delivery plan for Service Delivery Agreements in advance of the 2004 Spending Review.

(113877)

399   Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many contracts his Department has awarded to KPMG since 1997.

(113690)

400   Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what level of subsidy Virgin West Coast Railways will receive over the remaining length of its franchise; and what the level was in the original contract.

(113775)

401   Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the upgrading of the A66 between Penrith and the A1 to start; and when it will be completed.

(113774)

402   Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects work to start on the upgrading of the A74 to motorway standards between Carlisle and the Scottish Borders.

(113776)

403   Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officials within his Department are engaged in examining the Crossrail proposals; when he will announce the Government's preferred option for Crossrail line 1; and if he will make a statement on the Crossrail project.

(113719)

404   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the target is for efficiency savings in 2003-04 expressed (a) in money terms and (b) as a percentage of the Department's expenditure limit.

(114113)

405   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many people whom he met, during his recent tour of Welsh constituencies, who expressed views in favour of increasing the power of the National Assembly for Wales.

(114075)

406   Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Minister for Women, what evaluation she has made of the progress by United Kingdom employers in reducing the pay gap between men and women employees who are carrying out work of equal value; and what further measures she will take to remove the pay gap altogether.

(113854)

407   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the target is for efficiency savings in 2003-04 expressed (a) in money terms and (b) as a percentage of the Department's expenditure limit.

(114127)

408   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14th April, Official Report, column 652W, if he will list the organisations to which civil servants in his Department have been seconded since 1997-98 in (a) the private sector, (b) NGOs and (c) other, stating in each case (i) the dates of the secondments, (ii) the number of civil servants seconded to that organisation and (iii) their grade.

(114171)

409   Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there is equality of treatment between men and women with regard to the way tax credits are taken into account when CSA assessments are made.

(113718)

410
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the future take-up of direct payment of benefits in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06.

(113581)

411   Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many contracts his Department has awarded to KPMG since 1997.

(113692)

412   Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases at Pensions Appeal Tribunal by wives claiming an increased state pension because their husband has reached 65 have (a) failed and (b) succeeded in each year since 1997; and in how many cases succeeding at Tribunal payments were not fully backdated.

(113851)

413   Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what procedure the Pensions Agency has in place to alert husbands and wives to the enhanced pension for wives when a husband reaches 65; and what checking they do to ensure that the enhanced pension is received.

(113852)

414   Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many wives have received an increased state pension because their husbands have reached 65 in each year since 1997; what estimate he has made of the numbers of wives who have not received this enhancement, broken down by reasons; and how many wives have claimed the increase and failed to receive it in each year since 1997.

(113853)

415   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Bassetlaw and (b) Nottinghamshire are not yet in receipt of the new pensions books.

(113865)

416   Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking (a) to reduce the unemployment rate for disabled people and (b) to promote equal rates of pay for disabled workers.

(113911)

417   Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners there are in Warrington South; how many (a) are aged over 80 and (b) qualify for (i) additional winter fuel allowance and (ii) a free television licence; how many receive minimum pensions guarantee; and what the average payment was in the last 12 months.

(113858)

418   Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) investigators and (b) solicitors the Pensions Ombudsman has to investigate complaints.

(114032)

419   Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints the Parliamentary Ombudsman received in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99, (c) 2000-01, (e) 2001-02 and (f) this year.

(114031)

420   Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time for dealing with a complaint to the Pensions Ombudsman was in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99, (c) 1999-2000, (d) 2000-01 and (e) in the current year.

(114030)

421   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were diagnosed with work-related stress disorder making them unable to work for a longer period of time in (a) 1990, (b) 1995, (c) 2000 and (d) 2002; and if he will make a statement.

(113888)

422   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of enquiries from members of the public on automated transfer of benefits to bank accounts have enquired about the use of the post office card account.

(114011)

423
N   Barbara Follett (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with retailers about proposals to classify uncooked meat and fish as animal by-product waste.

[Question Unstarred] (113320)

424   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many school playing fields have been sold in each of the last 10 years.

[Transferred] (114170)

425   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will discuss with EU colleagues action to ban the import, export, and sale of products made with cat and dog fur; and if she will make a statement.

[Transferred] (113998)

426   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Israeli Government regarding the requirement for foreigners entering the Gaza Strip to sign waivers which absolve the Israeli army of responsibility should they be injured or killed by Israeli forces.

[Transferred] (113734)

427   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to make advice leaflets on sexual health available in more languages.

[Transferred] (113729)

428   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of the safety of landing facilities at Belfast City Airport for the next generation of civil aircraft; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (113868)

429   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many people have (a) applied and (b) been appointed as lay magistrates in Northern Ireland since 2001.

[Transferred] (114034)

430   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, whether people with criminal records are eligible for appointment as lay magistrates in Northern Ireland.

[Transferred] (114035)

431   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer who (a) is consulted and (b) approves new designs for (i) coins of the realm, (ii) banknotes and (iii) postage stamps.

[Transferred] (113849)

432   Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 31st March, Official Report, column 504W, on Bank Account Access, for what reasons the Pension Service Guide to Direct Payment does not include (a) the Bank of Ireland, (b) First Trust and (c) the Northern Bank in the list of banks which offer basic bank accounts with access to cash at the Post Office.

[Transferred] (114160)

433   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of the total work force worked more than 40 hours a week, on average, in (a) 1990, (b) 1995, (c) 2000 and (d) 2002.

[Transferred] (113890)