Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2002 - 03
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The Order Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 4 June 2003

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 4 June 2003, of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

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

WEDNESDAY 4th JUNE

1   Mr Harold Best (Leeds North West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will repeal the aviation industry's exemption from fuel duty and VAT.

(116952)

2   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what contribution the leisure and hospitality sector has made to the UK economy in each of the last five years.

(117001)

3   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what tax revenues were generated by the leisure and hospitality sector in the UK in each of the last five years; and what percentage of total tax revenues this represents.

(117002)

4   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what formal mechanisms there are for maintaining contact between HM Customs and Excise and the DTI on the issue of export controls.

(117019)

5   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer whether there are restrictions on imports and exports to Iraq, save those set out in United Nations Security Council Resolution 1483.

(117030)

6   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what amendments to the draft EU constitution he will propose in order to protect the rights of the UK Government to determine its own tax regime.

(117081)

7   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received from (a) trades unions and (b) other bodies concerning his plans to introduce a stronger local and regional element to pay in the public sector.

(116941)

8
N   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesborough, representing the Church Commissioners, what plans the Church Commissioners have for York Minster Library; and if he will make a statement.

(116917)

9   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding the Government has given to sport in each of the last five years, excluding lottery money.

(116999)

10   Mr Harold Best (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made in the clearance of unexploded ordnance in Iraq; and if he will make a statement.

(116948)

11   Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cluster bombs were used by British forces during the recent campaign in Iraq; and what assessment he has made of the number of unexploded cluster bombs in Iraq.

(116927)

12   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent research his Department has commissioned in the field of nanotechnology.

(117011)

13   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what work his Department is doing to locate, identify and repatriate Kuwaitis that remain in Iraq from Iraq's invasion in 1990.

(117032)

14   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department is working with NGOs in Iraq to educate the public about the dangers of unexploded ordnance.

(117037)

15   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has a programme for the removal of landmines in Iraq.

(117038)

16   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has a programme to deal with unexploded ordnance left by cluster bombs.

(117039)

17   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of whether the looting in Iraq is primarily non-political criminal activity.

(117046)

18   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement about the UN logistics report of 23rd May regarding warehouse looting in Basra.

(117051)

19   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there is a need for increased British Army presence at the Iraqi Ministry of Trade warehouse in Basra which the British Army shares with the World Food Programme and the International Committee of the Red Cross.

(117052)

20   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the army has done to improve customs checks at Iraqi borders since 22nd May.

(117053)

21   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the British army is doing to restore the medical distribution network in Iraq.

(117057)

22   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what action he is taking to protect recently discovered mass graves in Iraq.

(117059)

23   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what efforts the British army has made to restore the water system in Iraq.

(117061)

24
N   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the baseline manpower overheads for manning targets in the (a) Navy, (b) Army and (c) RAF are; what the actual manpower overheads were in each service in 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(116757)

25   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will halt the disbandment of the three home battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment over the next three years; and if he will keep each battalion fully operational after April 2005.

(116963)

26   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement about the way PPG17 contributes to the development of sporting infrastructure in England and Wales.

(117067)

27   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether his Department has examined the extent to which nanotechnology should be part of the science national curriculum.

(117009)

28   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress has been made in the creation of a sector skills council for the hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism sectors.

(117068)

29   Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many appeals against fixed term exclusions from secondary schools have been made in the last 12 months.

(116939)

30   Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many fixed term exclusions have been issued in secondary schools in the last 12 months.

(116940)

31   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which species of wild fish are farmed in the UK and used in the production of fishmeal in the UK, for use in the UK; how much of each species of wild fish was taken from UK waters and used in the production of fishmeal in the UK, for use in the UK in the last 12 months; how much fishmeal is produced in the UK, for use in the UK; what species of industrially farmed fish are produced in the UK; and how much of each species of industrially farmed fish was produced in the UK, in each of the past five years.

(116965)

32   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the basis was for her policy on invoking the Hague Preference, in the current year, to the UK's benefit in fish stocks; what stocks qualified for the Hague Preference but were not invoked; and who the beneficiaries and losers were in each case as a result of her policy.

(116966)

33   Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many grants have been given to support organic farming in the UK in each of the last three years, broken down by (a) county and (b) the purpose for which the grant was given.

(116931)

34   Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Government has to replace the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee; and if she will make a statement.

(116924)

35   Mr Harold Best (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the situation in Cyprus.

(116954)

36   Mr Harold Best (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on relations between the UK and North Korea.

(116955)

37   Mr Harold Best (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on progress with the search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

(116956)

38   Mr Harold Best (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Governments of India and Pakistan about Kashmir.

(116957)

39   Mr Harold Best (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what further measures the EU and the UK will take to restore good governance in Zimbabwe.

(116958)

40   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if UK officials will liaise with the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in order to prepare guidelines outlining the role of the UN in Iraq.

(117033)

41   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what official communication channels there are between British officials in Iraq and UN agencies involved in humanitarian efforts.

(117034)

42   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what role is to be played by the UN in offering technical advice to the US and British Governments on good governance in Iraq.

(117036)

43   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether a representative from his Department will be attending the weekly meetings between the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and NGOs in the region.

(117063)

44   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Iraq Nuclear Verification Office since 1st December 2002 on access of inspectors to Iraqi nuclear sites.

(116919)

45   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what procedures his Department employs to ensure the swift reply to parliamentary questions.

(117073)

46   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the papers in the case of Mr Lakhman Vangha Modhvadiya (R/02/3534 and GV100/080442) were sent from Mumbai to the Home Office.

(116934)

47   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the appeal papers from the High Commission in Mumbai, on the case of Mr Lakhman Vangha Modhvadiya arrived in the Appeals Processing Centre of the Home Office.

(116935)

48
N   Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of specialist services for cleft lip and palate at Alderhey Hospital, Liverpool.

(115918)

49
N   Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for consultation on the future of specialist cleft lip and palate services in the North West; and if he will make a statement.

(115919)

50   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department has made an assessment of the need to regulate the toxicity of nanoparticles used in drugs.

(117006)

51   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department has recently made an assessment of the possible uses of nanotechnology in the National Health Service.

(117007)

52   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department has made an assessment of whether anti-tamper containers would be of use for reducing expenditure on unused drugs.

(117012)

53   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has made an assessment of which drugs are most commonly returned to the NHS unused.

(117013)

54   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has made an estimate of the cost of unused drugs returned to the NHS each year.

(117014)

55   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cancer care spell delays were recorded in (a) England, (b) each NHS region and (c) each strategic health authority in each of the last six years.

(116942)

56   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how he defines a cancer care spell delay.

(116943)

57   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many ambulance service vehicle road accidents there were in (a) England, (b) each NHS region and (c) each strategic health authority in each year since 1997.

(116944)

58   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hours were worked by agency nurses in the last week of September 2002, broken down by payscale.

(116945)

59   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the recommended period is after which patients should be recalled for a dental check-up for (a) people under 18 and (b) people over 18; and what proportion of the population attended such a check-up on time in (i) England, (ii) each NHS region and (iii) each strategic health authority in each of the last six years.

(116946)

60   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether there are anaesthetic machines capable of delivering hypoxic gas mixtures used in the NHS that operate without an (a) oxygen analyser and (b) anti-hypoxic guard.

(116947)

61
N   Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proposals for future arrangements for the provision of cleft lip and palate services will be put to residents in the North West; and what arrangements will be made to encourage those in health-deprived areas to participate in a consultation on these services.

(116099)

62   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many appointments to the position of Chairman have been made by the NHS Appointments Commission since its inception, broken down by (a) recognised medical or nursing qualification, (b) in-service professionals from medicine, nursing and other clinical or health-related backgrounds and (c) other backgrounds, experience and qualifications.

(116936)

63   Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of best practice in the treatment of Group B Streptococcal infections in (a) the USA and (b) the EU; and if he will make a statement.

(116918)

64
N   Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will announce the results of the review of domiciliary oxygen services initiated in March 2000.

(115564)

65   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general practice posts there are within the National Health Service in England.

(117079)

66   Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many organs on the Organ Register were available for (a) liver transplants and (b) heart and lung transplants in each of the last five years.

(116928)

67   Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much public money was spent on research into (a) cystic fibrosis and (b) gene therapy in each of the last five years.

(116929)

68   Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to encourage the provision of donor cards in GP surgeries.

(116930)

69   Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were registered with donor cards in each of the last 10 years; and what steps the Government has taken to encourage a greater take-up.

(116932)

70   Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, why schizophrenia patients on anti-psychotic medication are required to pay prescription charges.

(116933)

71   Mr Harold Best (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much counselling is given to prison officers following serious incidents in order to allow recovery.

(116949)

72   Mr Harold Best (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what facilities exist for prison officers to be moved to non-inmate contact work following stress related incidents in the Prison Service.

(116950)

73   Mr Harold Best (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prison officers were incapacitated suffering from post traumatic stress related illness in each of the last five years.

(116953)

74   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many accidents police vehicles have been involved in, in each year since 1997.

(116920)

75   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what efforts are being taken to ensure that Clause 20 of UN Security Council Resolution 1483 can be met by the interim Iraqi administration.

(117028)

76   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which government department will be responsible for the administration of the Oil For Food programme when the US and UK governments take over responsibility for the programme as set out in UN Security Council Resolution 1483.

(117029)

77   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if his Department will work with the United Nations to help draw up a nationwide, cross-sectoral needs assessment in Iraq.

(117031)

78   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether an assessment has been made of the damage caused to Iraq's infrastructure by recent military action in Iraq.

(117035)

79   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the WFP food lifts into Iraq will be extended to September.

(117040)

80   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether courts are operating in (a) Baghdad and (b) Basra.

(117041)

81   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Department has a plan for repairs and restoration of the electricity network in Iraq.

(117042)

82   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what efforts there will be in Iraq to offer retraining to doctors.

(117043)

83   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what efforts are being made to restore public health laboratories in Iraq.

(117044)

84   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Department has made an assessment of whether the interim regime in Iraq will be able to take over the food distribution network when the WFP control of the network ends in five months.

(117045)

85   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what agency will deal with property disputes caused by the return of internally placed persons in Iraq.

(117047)

86   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will discuss with the UN Secretary General the possibility of the UNHCR controlling the return of internally displaced persons in Iraq.

(117048)

87   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what efforts are being taken to pay school teachers in Iraq and to ensure that they receive regular payments.

(117049)

88   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what work the Department is doing with UNICEF to assess educational needs in Iraq.

(117050)

89   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when refuse collection services will be re-established in (a) Baghdad and (b) Basra.

(117054)

90   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what work is being done to ensure there is an adequate supply of vaccines in Baghdad when the three month supply recently ordered by UNICEF is used.

(117055)

91   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her Department is doing to restore the medical distribution network in Iraq.

(117056)

92   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Department has drawn up a plan to deal with the reintegration of Iraqi refugees into Iraq.

(117058)

93   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what efforts her Department is making to help UNICEF reactivate the Targeted Nutrition Programme in Iraq.

(117060)

94   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many water system specialists the UK has sent to help in the restoration of water services in Iraq.

(117062)

95   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether a representative from her Department will be attending the weekly meetings between the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq and NGOs in the region.

(117064)

96   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what procedures her Department employs to ensure the swift reply to parliamentary questions.

(117074)

97   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what measures her Department has established to manage better the international supply of coffee.

(117075)

98   Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many unsuccessful judicial appeals against fixed term exclusions from secondary schools in the UK have proceeded to the High Court in the last five years; and what has been the legal cost of defending these cases.

(116937)

99   Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the cost to the legal aid system of appeals against fixed term exclusions from secondary schools in the UK was in the last 12 months.

(116938)

100   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much finance will be received by each further education college as part of the funding for the sector which was recently announced.

(116923)

101   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many procedures were postponed at hospitals in Northern Ireland during the last 12 months.

(116967)

102   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what training propective childminders must complete before becoming registered with health trusts in Northern Ireland.

(116968)

103   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what sum has been spent from the normal policing budget in Northern Ireland as a result of the recent visit to the Province by the President of the United States.

(116969)

104   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) nursing home, (b) sheltered housing and (c) other residential care places for the elderly there (a) are and (b) were five years ago in Northern Ireland.

(116970)

105   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) outpatient attendances, (b) accident and emergency assessments and (c) inpatient admissions there were during (i) the first quarter and (ii) 2002 at hospitals in Northern Ireland.

(116971)

106   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many women from Great Britain gave birth at hospitals in Northern Ireland in the last 12 months; and what the length of time was before delivery commenced that each patient presented at hospital.

(116972)

107   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) inpatient admissions, (b) outpatient appointments and (c) other attendances at hospitals in Northern Ireland there were in the last year by citizens of the Republic of Ireland.

(116973)

108   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many vacant consultant posts there are in Northern Ireland; in which trusts they are; and how many have been vacant for more than (a) three months, (b) six months and (c) 12 months.

(116974)

109   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) inpatient admissions, (b) outpatient and (c) other hospital attendances there were in the last 12 months at (i) Ulster, (ii) Downe, (iii) Lagan Valley, (iv) Whiteabbey, (v) Mid-Ulster, (vi) Tyrone County, (vii) Erne and (viii) Mater Hospitals.

(116975)

110   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the location of a second specialist elective surgical centre in addition to Lagan Valley Hospital will be confirmed.

(116976)

111   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the location of a new regional maternity unit in Belfast will be made public.

(116977)

112   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what costs were incurred by the Northern Ireland Civic Forum in the last 12 months; and how many times the body met during the same period.

(116978)

113   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much the costs were of the (a) Human Rights Commission and (b) Equality Commission over the last 12 months.

(116979)

114   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many full days the head of the International Commission on Decommissioning has spent in Northern Ireland since 1st January.

(116980)

115   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will estimate the costs incurred by the International Commission on Decommissioning since its inception.

(116981)

116   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the last date was that a scheduled neurosurgery operating list was performed at the Royal Victoria Hospital that did not comprise emergency cases.

(116982)

117   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many patients from Northern Ireland have received neurosurgery outside the Province in the last five years.

(116983)

118   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many GP registrar posts there will be in Northern Ireland in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06 for senior house officers wishing to pursue a career in general practice who have trained in various specialities at different hospitals across the Province, rather than in geographically based schemes.

(116984)

119   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time permanent general practice posts there are in Northern Ireland.

(116985)

120   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what is the most recent date that a multiple sclerosis sufferer from Northern Ireland has commenced (a) beta interferon and (b) glatiramer treatment.

(116986)

121   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of (a) the costs incurred as a result of the recent visit of the President of the United States to Hillsborough and (b) losses experienced by traders in the village from denial of access to their shops or businesses during the aforementioned period.

(116987)

122   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many doctors are acting as locum general practitioners in Northern Ireland.

(116988)

123   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) general practitioners and (b) other doctors aged more than 65 years are employed in Northern Ireland within the National Health Service.

(116989)

124   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the pressures general practitioners in Northern Ireland experience in dealing with their workload.

(116990)

125   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans there are to increase the number of individuals in Northern Ireland who carry organ donor cards; and if he will make a statement.

(116991)

126   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what is the (a) smallest and (b) greatest number of patients a general practitioner in Northern Ireland has on their caseload.

(116992)

127   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his Answer of 19th May, Official Report, column 594W, on manufacturing, what percentage of the jobs created in Northern Ireland since the signing of the Belfast Agreement were in (a) manufacturing industry, (b) agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing, (c) electricity, gas and water supply, (d) mining, quarrying and construction, (e) wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, (f) hotels and catering, (g) transport, storage and communications, (h) financial intermediation, (i) real estate, renting and business activities, (j) public administration and defence, (k) education, (l) health and social work and (m) other sectors.

(117071)

128   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his Answer of 19th May, Official Report, column 594W, on manufacturing, what percentage of the jobs created in Northern Ireland since the signing of the Belfast Agreement were (a) public sector, (b) private sector, (c) full-time, (d) part-time and (e) temporary contract.

(117072)

129
N   Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Prime Minister, what evidence he has evaluated that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction in (a) 2002 and (b) 2003 which represented a present threat to Britain; and if he will make a statement.

(115565)

130   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will publish the letter of 12th March 1999 from Transco to Ofgem.

(116993)

131   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will publish the letter of 1st April 1999 between Ofgem and Transco concerning the Gas Order.

(116994)

132   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the letter from Ofgem to Transco on 1st April 1999 constitutes a change to the Gas Order.

(116995)

133   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what Ofgem employees are authorised to sign documents altering the terms of the Gas Order.

(116996)

134   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if there is a requirement for Ofgem to consult stakeholders before making changes to the Gas Order.

(116997)

135   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether her Department has drawn up a public education strategy for nanotechnology.

(117010)

136   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what regular contact her Department has with Interpol with regard to the licensing of arms deals.

(117015)

137   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the basis for her policy on making the US exports controls on transportation, freight forwarding and financing of arms deals effective in the UK.

(117016)

138   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether her Department makes checks before granting arms export licences with other international export licensing agencies on whether those applying for arms licences have been banned from applying for licences in other jurisdictions.

(117017)

139   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what co-operation the DTI department responsible for export controls has with other (a) European and (b) North American countries.

(117018)

140   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what formal mechanisms there are for maintaining contact between the DTI department responsible for export control and the security services.

(117020)

141   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if her Department will assess the benefits of developing pooled financing for nanotechnology with other Government departments.

(117021)

142   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if the DTI, OST and the research councils will form a joint strategy on nanotechnology.

(117022)

143   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action her Department is taking to foster closer links between academic institutions involved in nanotechnology research and industry.

(117023)

144   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many people in her Department are employed to deal with nanotechnology.

(117024)

145   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether her Department has drawn up a plan for developing the nanotechnology industry in the UK.

(117025)

146   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 8th April, Official Report, column 165W, if she will change the provisions for the maximum penalty so that fines are commensurate with a company's market capitalisation.

(117066)

147   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps she is taking to improve productivity in the leisure sector.

(117069)

148   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 16th May, Official Report, column 463W, on export licences, if she will cite the Home Office guidance to which she refers.

(117070)

149   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether there have been amendments to the Gas Order.

(117077)

150   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether Transco is required under the Gas Order to compensate companies if it does not provide gas connection quotations within a specific timescale.

(117078)

151   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 7th February, Official Report, column 461W, on street lighting, in what way regulation 25 of the Electricity Safety, Quality and Continuity Regulations 2002 facilitates competition in connections for street lighting; and if she will make a statement.

(116926)

152
N   Mr Martin O'Neill (Ochil): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will ensure that consultations are held with bodies representing (a) small business and (b) finance providers on whether to amend provisions of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 concerning the provision of business finance before decisions on the issue are taken.

(116263)

153   Mr Harold Best (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make extra funds available for local authorities to pay for free, full-fare travel opportunities for pensioners in England.

(116951)

154   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact that the increase in fee-charging ATMs will have on pensioners and those who receive benefits as the benefit system migrates to electronic transfer.

(117080)

155   Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) social security offices and (b) job centres there are in the UK.

(116921)

156   Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) social security offices and (b) job centres have the October 2002 edition of leaflet BC1 in stock; and how many hospitals give the October 2002 edition of the leaflet BC1 to new parents.

(116922)

157
N   Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether North Wales Police applied to the Government for funding for community support officers in (a) 2002-03 and (b) 2003-04.

[Question Unstarred] (116427)

158   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what inward investment the UK has received in the last 12 months as a result of nanotechnology.

[Transferred] (117026)

159   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what efforts are being taken to ensure that Clause 22 of UN Security Council Resolution 1483 is complied with.

[Transferred] (117065)

160   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the economic benefits of developing nanotechnology in the UK.

[Transferred] (117008)

161   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the total government spending is on nanotechnology.

[Transferred] (117027)

162   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the value was of sports tourism to the UK economy in each of the previous five years.

[Transferred] (116998)

163   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the Medical Research Council's proposal to close down the National Institute for Medical Research at Mill Hill.

[Transferred] (117004)

164   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what consultation there has been over proposals to close the National Institute for Medical Research at Mill Hill.

[Transferred] (117005)

165   Mr Robert Walter (North Dorset): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what plans he has to grant voting rights to citizens of EEA countries resident in the United Kingdom at local and European elections.

[Transferred] (116925)

166   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the delay experienced by members of the home battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment in receiving their annual bounty; and when the annual bounty will be paid.

[Transferred] (116964)

167   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures her Department has established to manage better the international supply of coffee.

[Transferred] (117076)

168   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people are employed in the (a) sport, (b) leisure and (c) hospitality sectors.

[Transferred] (117003)

169   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the rate was of new job creation in the leisure and hospitality sector in the last 12 months.

[Transferred] (117000)