Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2002 - 03
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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 5 June 2003

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Thursday 5 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.

THURSDAY 5th JUNE

1   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department's vote in the Council of Ministers against a legislative proposal (a) was sufficient and (b) was not sufficient to achieve with other member states a blocking minority.

(117216)

2   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department abstained in the Council of Ministers on a legislative proposal which was passed by qualified majority voting.

(117234)

3   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department has been outvoted by qualified majority voting in the Council of Ministers; and if he will list the legislation by year.

(117252)

4   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department indicated dissent from a proposal in the Council of Ministers but did not register a vote or abstention.

(117263)

5   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd January, Official Report, column 438W, on paper supplies, whether any of the paper or paper products supplied to his Department by Premier Paper are supplied by Stora Enso's Veitsiluoto Mill in Finland; and what assessment has been made of whether this paper contains (a) timber from old growth forests and (b) timber that may have been logged illegally in Russia.

(117546)

6   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress has been made on completing a pay audit in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies to measure any disadvantage in terms of remuneration for (a) women, (b) ethnic minorities and (c) people with disabilities; and if he will publish the results of such an audit.

(117443)

7   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make a statement on the work of the Ministers for Regulatory Reform.

(117774)

8   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the meetings of the Ministers for Regulatory Reform since establishment; and, for each meeting, if he will list (a) Ministers attending and (b) the person in the chair.

(117775)

9   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the amount spent by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies on hotel accommodation (i) in the UK and (ii) abroad for (A) Ministers, (B) staff and (C) others; and if he will list the average cost per hotel room, in each year since 1997.

(117559)

10   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in Scotland are (a) eligible for and (b) in receipt of the child tax credit, broken down by (i) local authority and (ii) parliamentary constituency.

(117094)

11   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department's vote in the Council of Ministers against a legislative proposal (a) was sufficient and (b) was not sufficient to achieve with other member states a blocking minority.

(117211)

12   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department abstained in the Council of Ministers on a legislative proposal which was passed by qualified majority voting.

(117225)

13   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department has been outvoted by qualified majority voting in the Council of Ministers; and if he will list the legislation by year.

(117245)

14   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department indicated dissent from a proposal in the Council of Ministers but did not register a vote or abstention.

(117266)

15
N   Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will compensate applicants for child tax credit and working tax credit who have incurred additional costs as a result of delays by Inland Revenue in the payment of these credits.

(116639)

16
N   Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to carry out an inquiry into the Inland Revenue's handling of applications for (a) child tax credit and (b) working tax credit.

(116640)

17   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what actions he has taken or is taking to ensure that the websites of his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are accessible to partially sighted and blind people; and if he will make a statement.

(117357)

18   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the actions his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are taking to comply with the requirements of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002; whether he has made an estimate of the cost of compliance; and if he will make a statement.

(117706)

19   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the cost of extending the baby element of the child tax credit payable in the first year so that parents of multiple birth children receive payments for each child.

(117574)

20   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress has been made on completing a pay audit in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies to measure any disadvantage in terms of remuneration for (a) women, (b) ethnic minorities and (c) people with disabilities; and if he will publish the results of such an audit.

(117428)

21   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer whether there are any plans to conclude a partnership agreement with the trade unions representing the staff in his Department.

(117447)

22   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress has been made in his Department and non departmental public bodies on implementing the requirements of the Race Relations Amendment Act 2000; and if he will publish the results of the monitoring required by the Act.

(117468)

23   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment his Department has made of the effect the proposed Investment Services Directive will have on the level of online share dealing.

(117463)

24   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions he has had with (a) the Financial Services Authority and (b) the London Stock Exchange with regard to the proposed Investment Services Directive.

(117464)

25   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the proposed Investment Services Directive being considered by the European Parliament.

(117465)

26   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on controlling risk in financial markets in the UK.

(117679)

27   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the effect the proposed Investment Services Directive will have on the level of competition in the share dealing market in the UK.

(117680)

28   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what research he and the agencies for which he is responsible have commissioned into the cost of the proposed Investment Services Directive for stockbrokers; and if he will publish the results.

(117681)

29   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the value of online share dealing was in each financial year since 1997.

(117682)

30   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment has been made of the impact on other Inland Revenue functions of the transfer of local Inland Revenue staff to assist with problems associated with the implementation of the new tax credits system; and if he will make a statement.

(117734)

31   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff are employed by, and what the budget is of each regulatory body for which his Department is responsible in each year since 1997.

(117788)

32   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many times, and at what frequency, it is the policy of TV Licensing to send letters to a property for which no TV licence is recorded where such letters go unanswered.

(117378)

33   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the average time is that elapses between the identification by TV Licensing of a property for which no TV licence is recorded and a visit to that property by TV Licensing.

(117379)

34   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department's vote in the Council of Ministers against a legislative proposal (a) was sufficient and (b) was not sufficient to achieve with other member states a blocking minority.

(117214)

35   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department abstained in the Council of Ministers on a legislative proposal which was passed by qualified majority voting.

(117237)

36   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department has been outvoted by qualified majority voting in the Council of Ministers; and if she will list the legislation by year.

(117241)

37   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department indicated dissent from a proposal in the Council of Ministers but did not register a vote or abstention.

(117256)

38   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the actions her Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are taking to comply with the requirements of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002; whether she has made an estimate of the cost of compliance; and if she will make a statement.

(117700)

39   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made on completing a pay audit in her Department and its non-departmental public bodies to measure any disadvantage in terms of remuneration for (a) women, (b) ethnic minorities and (c) people with disabilities; and if she will publish the results of such an audit.

(117442)

40   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to conclude a partnership agreement with the trade unions representing the staff in her Department.

(117461)

41   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made in her Department and non departmental public bodies on implementing the requirements of the Race Relations Amendment Act 2000; and if she will publish the results of the monitoring required by the Act.

(117475)

42   Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what evaluation she has made of the practicability of establishing a regulatory regime and targets for closed caption television subtitling; and if she will make a statement.

(117348)

43   Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will ensure that the proportion of Lottery money currently provided to the voluntary and community sector will be protected and ringfenced if a new lottery game is established following a successful London bid for the 2012 Olympic Games.

(117601)

44   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the departmental budget allocations were for the S4C Channel each year since 1995; and if she will make a statement.

(117744)

45   Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, who is responsible for enforcing the quota for original European television programming specified in Television Without Frontiers; what steps have been taken so far; who will be responsible after the enactment of the Communications Bill; and if she will make a statement.

(117656)

46   Joyce Quin (Gateshead East & Washington West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the British Library about the number of facsimile copies of the Lindisfarne gospels that have been produced; whether copies of the gospels of the type given by the Library to Durham Cathedral and to Lindisfarne are available for purchase commercially; and if she will make a statement.

(117315)

47   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to strengthen the role of English Heritage in protecting historic town walls; and if she will make a statement.

(117402)

48   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what action she proposes to take under the terms of the Government's policy statement The Historic Environment: A Force for Our Future of December 2001 in respect of historic town walls; and if she will make a statement.

(117403)

49   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the (a) number of staff employed by and (b) budget of each regulatory body for which her Department is responsible in each year since 1997.

(117776)

50   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the amount spent by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies on hotel accommodation (i) in the UK and (ii) abroad for (A) Ministers, (B) staff and (C) others; and if he will list the average cost per hotel room, in each year since 1997.

(117560)

51   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement of the financial benefits realised in each year since the transfer of the RAF's elementary flying training to the university air squadrons.

(117490)

52   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Royal Air Force concerning the impact of transferring the RAF's elementary flying training to the university air squadrons.

(117491)

53   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of students who joined the university air squadrons subsequently dropped out of the programme in each of the past five years.

(117492)

54   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department's vote in the Council of Ministers against a legislative proposal (a) was sufficient and (b) was not sufficient to achieve with other member states a blocking minority.

(117212)

55   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department abstained in the Council of Ministers on a legislative proposal which was passed by qualified majority voting.

(117235)

56   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department has been outvoted by qualified majority voting in the Council of Ministers; and if he will list the legislation by year.

(117239)

57   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department indicated dissent from a proposal in the Council of Ministers but did not register a vote or abstention.

(117259)

58   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the actions his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are taking to comply with the requirements of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002; whether he has made an estimate of the cost of compliance; and if he will make a statement.

(117708)

59   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd June, ref 110261, whether he has received reports of civilian casualties in Iraq as a consequence of the dropping of cluster bombs that have yet to be verified.

(117759)

60   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what records have been kept of the locations in Iraq at which cluster bombs were used by British forces.

(117760)

61   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UN personnel are in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; how many more are due to be sent there; and under whose command they will operate.

(117696)

62   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on completing a pay audit in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies to measure any disadvantage in terms of remuneration for (a) women, (b) ethnic minorities and (c) people with disabilities; and if he will publish the results of such an audit.

(117441)

63   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to conclude a partnership agreement with the trade unions representing the staff in his Department.

(117460)

64   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made in his Department and non-departmental public bodies on implementing the requirements of the Race Relations Amendment Act 2000; and if he will publish the results of the monitoring required by the Act.

(117474)

65   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the strategic tanker programme.

(117667)

66   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the UK forces' requirements in relation to the strategic tanker programme.

(117668)

67   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where beef is processed into burgers for consumption by the armed forces.

(117669)

68   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether beef is reared and produced in the Republic of Ireland for consumption for the armed forces.

(117670)

69   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to increase the amount of beef produced in the UK for UK armed forces consumption.

(117671)

70   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where (a) lamb, (b) pork, (c) poultry and (d) milk for consumption by the armed forces is reared, processed and produced.

(117672)

71   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Type 23 frigates will be retrofitted with communications band electronic support measures systems.

(117493)

72   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the (a) lease and (b) procurement of VIP aircraft; and what aircraft fulfil this role.

(117494)

73   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what improvements in capability are being examined as part of the Merlin Capability Sustainment Plus programme.

(117495)

74   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent representations he has received from the Spanish Government in respect of British and NATO warships patrolling the straits of Gibraltar.

(117496)

75   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what additional security measures have been taken by British warships visiting foreign ports (a) on entry and (b) when alongside; and what arrangements are made with host countries.

(117497)

76   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated run on costs are for the (a) C130K and (b) C17 aircraft; and what additional structural work will be needed on the C130K fleet to keep the aircraft operational until their out of service date.

(117498)

77   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Minimi LMGs will be procured for the Armed Forces; and how many Light Support Weapons will be taken out of front line service.

(117499)

78   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the working groups set up under the Letter of Intent framework to report; and if he will make a statement.

(117500)

79   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will state in cash terms the (a) provision and (b) outturn for each of his Department's agencies since financial year 1997-98.

(117501)

80   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the European Commission's communication, Towards an EU Defence Equipment Policy.

(117502)

81   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the grounding of RAF Jaguars.

(117503)

82   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what problems have been experienced with the Rolls Royce Adour Mk 106 engines fitted to the Jaguar fleet; and if he will make a statement.

(117504)

83   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost is of the engine upgrade programme for the Jaguar fleet; and what improvements to the aircraft's performance have resulted in cases when the upgrade has been completed.

(117505)

84   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library the (a) naval bases and Supply Agency Annual Report and Accounts for financial years 1997-98 to 2000-01, (b) RAF Logistic Support Services Annual Report and Accounts for financial years 1997-98 to 1999-2000, and (c) Ships Support Agency Annual Report and Accounts for financial years 1997-98 to 2000-01.

(117506)

85   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, why he appointed OCCAR to enter into the contract for A400M aircraft on behalf of the United Kingdom; what direct control and influence he will exercise over the conduct and outcome of the project; what the arrangements are for this; and what power the UK has to withdraw from the contract if progress is not satisfactory.

(117507)

86   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which of his top level budget holders will be expected to meet the cost of his Department's commitment to participate in the Future Aircraft Carrier programme; when he expects the financial commitment to be quantified; in which future financial years he expects it to arise; and whether he estimates that the cost of this can be contained within present long term expenditure plans without adverse effects on other programmes.

(117508)

87   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 13th May to the honourable Member for New Forest East, Official Report, column 159W, on warships, which frigates will be disposed of earlier than previously planned.

(117657)

88   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 16th May, Official Report, column 448W, on the Falkland Islands, when the last APT(S) came off station.

(117658)

89   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to replace the Armed Forces Acts with a tri-service Act; and if he will make a statement on progress towards publication of a Bill in 2005.

(117327)

90   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times each month in the past three financial years civilian aircraft have been chartered by the MoD; what types of aircraft were involved on each occasion; from which companies they were chartered; and what the cost of each of these charters was.

(117189)

91   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the meetings held between his Department and the Sri Lankan Government in each of the past five years.

(117516)

92   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the total value of arms sales originating from the UK to the Sri Lankan Government in each of the past five years.

(117517)

93   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much cluster bomb type ordnance was recently deployed in Iraq.

(117655)

94   Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many TA medics are serving in Iraq; and when he expects them to be discharged.

(117548)

95
N   Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent independent evidence has been gathered by his Department on failure rates of cluster munitions.

(116812)

96
N   Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what research he has commissioned on the number of civilians (a) killed and (b) injured by cluster submunitions by (i) the International Red Cross and (ii) other agencies in Iraq.

(116813)

97
N   Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what records have been kept by coalition forces on the location of cluster munitions used in Iraq; and when this information will be made available to non-governmental organisations.

(116814)

98
N   Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cluster munitions have been used in Iraq by the (a) United States and (b) United Kingdom armed forces.

(116815)

99
N   Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what resources his Department has allocated for the clearance of unexploded ordnance in Iraq.

(116816)

100
N   Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what target his Department has set for a failure rate in cluster munitions.

(116817)

101
N   Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reviews have been undertaken by his Department regarding the civilian casualty figures caused by unexploded cluster submunitions in the post-conflict regions of (a) the Gulf, (b) Kosovo and (c) Afghanistan; and what assessment he has made of the impact of these bomblets on Iraqi civilians in the future.

(116818)

102   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many four bedroomed houses at the Colchester Garrison are empty; and how many families are on the waiting list for a four bedroomed house.

(117398)

103   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when British WMD inspectors visited the Rashad Chemical and Biological Research Facility in Iraq; and what they found.

(117625)

104   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the targets hit by each of the Cruise missiles fired by HMS Turbulent during the invasion of Iraq; and if he will place in the Library the full battle damage assessment assembled for each Cruise missile fired from the submarine.

(117626)

105   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the (a) number of staff employed by and (b) budget of each regulatory body for which his Department is responsible in each year since 1997.

(117781)

106   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the amount spent by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies on hotel accommodation (i) in the UK and (ii) abroad for (A) Ministers, (B) staff and (C) others, and if he will list the average cost per hotel room, in each year since 1997.

(117568)

107   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps his Department is taking to ensure house buyers are aware of the risks involved with purchasing houses built on a flood plain.

(117487)

108   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what representations his Department has received concerning the dangers of house building on flood plains.

(117488)

109   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many new houses have been granted planning permission on areas deemed at (a) low, (b) medium and (c) high risk of flooding for each year since 1997.

(117489)

110   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department's vote in the Council of Ministers against a legislative proposal (a) was and (b) was not sufficient to achieve with other member states a blocking minority.

(117217)

111   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department abstained in the Council of Ministers on a legislative proposal which was passed by qualified majority voting.

(117233)

112   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department has been outvoted by qualified majority voting in the Council of Ministers; and if he will list the legislation by year.

(117251)

113   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department indicated dissent from a proposal in the Council of Ministers but did not register a vote or abstention.

(117264)

114   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what actions he has taken or is taking to ensure that the websites of his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are accessible to partially sighted and blind people; and if he will make a statement.

(117351)

115   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the actions his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are taking to comply with the requirements of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002; whether he has made an estimate of the cost of compliance; and if he will make a statement.

(117711)

116   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to include further education lecturers within the category eligible for key worker housing.

(117554)

117   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress has been made on completing a pay audit in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies to measure any disadvantage in terms of remuneration for (a) women, (b) ethnic minorities and (c) people with disabilities; and if he will publish the results of such an audit.

(117444)

118   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he plans to conclude a partnership agreement with the trade unions representing the staff in his Department.

(117462)

119   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress has been made in his Department and non-departmental public bodies on implementing the requirements of the Race Relations Amendment Act 2000; and if he will publish the results of the monitoring required by the Act.

(117476)

120   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on how many occasions in each of the last five calendar years for which figures are available the failure of a local authority to issue a refusal within the 42-day notification period for the erection of mobile telephone masts has been the subject of a complaint to the Local Government Ombudsman; how many complaints have been upheld; and if he will make a statement.

(117399)

121   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will abolish the 42-day rule for local authorities to refuse a notice for the erection of a telephone mast and replace it with a legal requirement that the erection of all masts should be the subject of a planning application.

(117400)

122   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what representations he has received during the past 12 months requesting that the 42-day rule for local authorities to refuse a notice for the erection of a telephone mast should be extended; and if he will make a statement.

(117401)

123   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the (a) number of staff employed by and (b) budget of each regulatory body for which his Department is responsible in each year since 1997.

(117789)

124   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the amount spent by (a) his Department, (b)its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies on hotel accommodation (i) in the UK and (ii) abroad for (A) Ministers, (B) staff and (C) others; and if he will list the average cost per hotel room, in each year since 1997.

(117562)

125   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was made available to East Sussex local education authority under the Standards Fund in each year since 1997.

(117634)

126   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools there are for which education funding for the current academic year fails to cover standstill budgetary pressures, broken down by county.

(117635)

127   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations he has received concerning the failure of schools in East Sussex to meet standstill budget pressures for (a) the current academic year, (b) 2003-04 and (c) 2004-05.

(117636)

128   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps are being taken by his Department to increase budgetary provision for (a) the current academic year, (b) 2003-04 and (c) 2004-05.

(117637)

129   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions he has had with (a) local education authorities and (b) head teachers concerning the National Agreement on Restructuring the School Workforce.

(117638)

130   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the projected cost of implementing the National Agreement on Restructuring the School Workforce is.

(117639)

131   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations he has received from (a) local education authorities and (b) head teachers concerning the implementing of the National Agreement on Restructuring the School Workforce.

(117640)

132   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department's vote in the Council of Ministers against a legislative proposal (a) was sufficient and (b) was not sufficient to achieve with other member states a blocking minority.

(117219)

133   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department abstained in the Council of Ministers on a legislative proposal which was passed by qualified majority voting.

(117224)

134   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department has been outvoted by qualified majority voting in the Council of Ministers; and if he will list the legislation by year.

(117246)

135   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department indicated dissent from a proposal in the Council of Ministers but did not register a vote or abstention.

(117267)

136   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd June, ref 115082, if he will list the members of the independent gatekeeper group to reduce bureaucracy in the learning and skills sector.

(117751)

137   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action he has taken to support the provision of university courses for disabled students.

(117380)

138   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of university students were registered disabled for courses commencing in (a) autumn 2000, (b) autumn 2001 and (c) autumn 2002.

(117381)

139   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the overall percentage change in per pupil funding for 2003-04 for the 10 lowest funded education authorities in England.

(117382)

140   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to ensure all state-funded schools give priority to looked after children from care homes in their admissions policies; what the procedures are for monitoring that this happens; and what penalties he has at his discretion to ensure compliance with the guidance.

(117111)

141   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what actions he has taken or is taking to ensure that the websites of his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are accessible to partially sighted and blind people; and if he will make a statement.

(117353)

142   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the actions his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are taking to comply with the requirements of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002; whether he has made an estimate of the cost of compliance; and if he will make a statement.

(117709)

143   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what his assessment is of the needs of Somali children in schools in each London borough; how many receive free school meals; and what proportion continue education beyond the age of 16.

(117693)

144   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many supply teachers are working in schools in the London Borough of Wandsworth.

(117150)

145   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on his strategy for the proposed increase in workplace-based learning.

(117555)

146   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what level of training was undertaken by each social class grouping in Gloucestershire for each of the last two years for which records are available.

(117556)

147   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to simplify the funding mechanism for post 16 non 'A' level students at (a) full and (b) part-time levels.

(117557)

148   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many targets and milestones are prescribed as part of the Government's FE strategy, Success for All.

(117673)

149   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when educational maintenance allowance will be available to Gloucestershire.

(117674)

150   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the Government's strategy is towards small school sixth forms.

(117675)

151   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what growth in student numbers FE is expected to assimilate in order to meet the requirements in Success for All.

(117676)

152   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when individual learning accounts are expected to be re-introduced.

(117677)

153   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proposals he has to reduce the administration in relation to FE.

(117678)

154   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress has been made on completing a pay audit in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies to measure any disadvantage in terms of remuneration for (a) women, (b) ethnic minorities and (c) people with disabilities; and if he will publish the results of such an audit.

(117440)

155   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether he plans to conclude a partnership agreement with the trade unions representing the staff in his Department.

(117459)

156   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress has been made in his Department and non departmental public bodies on implementing the requirements of the Race Relations Amendment Act 2000; and if he will publish the results of the monitoring required by the Act.

(117473)

157   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of pupils have an entitlement to modern foreign language learning at key stage two; and if he will assess the likely impact that the demotion of foreign language study at key stage four will have on the wider success of language learning initiatives at key stage two.

(117171)

158   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on plans to fund and integrate school federations as single collegiate institutions through a legal change in governance arrangements, as outlined in the recent Excellence and Enjoyment document.

(117172)

159   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the structural distinction between the Leading Practice programme and the Beacon school initiative.

(117173)

160   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on his Department's plans to strengthen the role of synthetic phonics within the framework of the National Literacy Strategy.

(117174)

161   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the content of the new primary strategy for developing modern foreign languages.

(117175)

162   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to incorporate school character assessment into performance-related league tables, as outlined in the recent Excellence and Enjoyment document.

(117176)

163   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he plans to publish the report of the recent departmental seminar on phonics, as referred to in the recent Excellence and Enjoyment document.

(117177)

164   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the effectiveness of the Jolly Phonics programme.

(117178)

165   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what evidence he has collated on the impact of (a) increased funding, (b) school management reviews and (c) the creation of a subject specialism on levels of pupil attainment in secondary schools.

(117179)

166   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will assess the impact of heterogenous pupil grouping on levels of discipline in the classroom.

(117180)

167   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the role of synthetic phonics in the National Literacy Strategy Searchlights reading programme.

(117181)

168   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make an assessment of whether the learning strategies recommended in the Assessment for Learning programme are compatible with mixed ability teaching.

(117182)

169   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will assess the value of standardised testing at key stage one.

(117183)

170   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Go-Karts video of the Early Literacy Support programme.

(117184)

171   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answers of 19th May, Official Report, column 560W, and 21st May, Official Report, column 831W, on GCSE point scores, if he will make a statement on the academic impact of specialist status on sports colleges.

(117316)

172   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 19th May, Official Report, column 560W, on GCSE point scores, what the average capped GCSE/GNVQ point score was for pupils in specialist languages colleges in 2002; and if he will make a statement.

(117317)

173   Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent research he has commissioned into the take-up of free school meals; and if he will make a statement.

(117389)

174   Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he is taking to encourage headteachers and governors to monitor the contribution of vending machines and school tuck shops to children's diets; and if he will make a statement.

(117390)

175   Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many civil servants have been employed by his department in each of the years 1997-98 to 2002-03; and what the median and weighted mean salary is for each of these years.

(117761)

176   Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many civil servants are predicted to be employed in the Department in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06.

(117762)

177   Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many civil servants' advisors have been employed by his department in each of the years from 1997-98 to 2002-03; and what their median and weighted mean salary was.

(117763)

178   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the draft regulations for registration and monitoring of independent schools.

(117746)

179   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the cost to individual schools will be if the draft regulations for registration and monitoring of independent schools are implemented.

(117747)

180   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions he has had with (a) individual independent schools, (b) the Headmasters Conference, and (c) other bodies representing the independent schooling sector regarding the draft regulations for registration and monitoring of independent schools.

(117748)

181   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what communication he has had with OFSTED regarding the draft regulations for registration and monitoring of independent schools.

(117749)

182   Mr Chris Smith (Islington South & Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many complaints about individual inspectors have been received by OFSTED since 2000; and how many inspectors have been deregistered as a result of investigations into those complaints.

(117349)

183   Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will commission a study of the conversion rate for applications against offers for university places for students from lower income groups, broken down by (a) gender, (b) subject and (c) university.

(117612)

184   Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what evidence he has collated on the equity of participation by (a) women and (b) women from lower family income groups at each of the higher education providers.

(117613)

185   Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he will take to encourage women and girls from lower family income groups to apply for subjects and universities where they are underrepresented.

(117614)

186   Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of careers guidance at each of the universities in assisting students to maximise employment opportunities; and what assessment he has made of equity of outcome in this respect for students from lower family income groups at each of the universities.

(117615)

187   Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on his Department's review of work-based training and the effects that the benefits system has on participation.

(117374)

188   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the (a) number of staff employed by and (b) budget of each regulatory body for which his Department is responsible in each year since 1997.

(117780)

189   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the contracts her Department has with management consultants, and the value of each contract in 2002-03.

(117339)

190   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many satellites are (a) owned and (b) leased either in whole or part by her Department, giving (i) the purpose of their use, (ii) their initial cost and annual running costs and (iii) from whom they were purchased or leased in each case.

(117337)

191   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many statutory instruments her Department has made in each year since 1997.

(117338)

192   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total cost was of her Department's accountancy services in 2002-03.

(117340)

193   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the average change in water bills since 1997, broken down by water company area, attributable to debts arising from non-payment of water bills.

(117341)

194   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many research projects utilising satellites are (a) funded and (b) part funded by her Department, in each case giving (i) the title and aims of the work being undertaken, (ii) to whom this funding has been provided, (iii) the amount of funding which has and will be provided and (iv) when results have been published or are expected.

(117342)

195   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is her policy under the terms of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, that developed countries' production allowance for chlorofluorocarbons for export to meet the basic domestic needs of developing countries should be further reduced below the percentages allowed in the Beijing Adjustment to the Protocol; and whether the UK will raise this issue as one to be advanced by the EC in this year's meeting of the parties to the Protocol.

(117362)

196   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the amount spent by (a) her Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies on hotel accommodation (i) in the UK and (ii) abroad for (A) Ministers, (B) staff and (C) others; and if he will list the average cost per hotel room, in each year since 1997.

(117567)

197   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what net percentage of forest cover world wide has been lost in each of the last 10 years; and what total acreage this represents.

(117602)

198   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action she is proposing to take on the recommendation of the ERM study into means of ensuring that government procurement policy sources legal and sustainable timber.

(117603)

199   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to encourage local authorities to source timber only from legal and sustainable sources.

(117604)

200   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 22nd May, Official Report, column 893W, on laying hens, whether all DEFRA funded research into enriched cages conforms to the EU minimum height of 45cm.

(117664)

201   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the species of which Ministers authorised culls on the basis of conservation during 2002.

(117665)

202   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps are being taken by her Department to improve public access to information on (a) air quality and (b) water quality in England and Wales.

(117480)

203   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received concerning measures required to improve the quantity and quality of public information on (a) air quality and (b) water quality, broken down by region in England and Wales.

(117481)

204   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the locations broken down by (a) county and (b) region of (i) existing waste incinerators and (ii) pending planning applications for waste incinerators in England and Wales.

(117482)

205   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received and proposals she has to provide funding for (a) enforcing and overseeing corrective action at leaking underground storage tank sites and (b) clean-ups (i) where the owner or operator is unknown, or is unwilling or unable to respond and (ii) which require emergency action.

(117483)

206   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received concerning progress made on designating nitrate-sensitive areas required under the urban waste water treatment directive since 1997.

(117486)

207   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when municipal solid waste incinerators have been found to be operating in breach of conditions on their operation imposed by (a) planning consents and (b) pollution control consents in each year since 1997; and what assessment was made of the potential damage to the health of local residents in each case.

(117530)

208   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many nitrate-sensitive areas were designated in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement.

(117531)

209   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received concerning her Department's publication of Report on the Review of the National Air Quality Strategy.

(117532)

210   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list landfill sites which are (a) unlined and (b) permitted to receive low-level radioactive waste.

(117533)

211   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the overseas trips made by (a) herself, (b) her ministerial team and (c) departmental staff in each month since 1st October 2002, broken down by (i) the participating Ministers, (ii) the destination of the trip, (iii) the purpose of the trip and (iv) the cost of the trip.

(117534)

212   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list locations licensed by her Department for the use of radioactive materials; and if she will make a statement.

(117535)

213   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her departmental expenditure was for each year since 1997; and what administration costs limits were set for 2003-04.

(117536)

214   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many prosecutions of companies there have been for failing to register under the terms of the packaging recovery note provisions for each month since January 1999.

(117537)

215   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many companies have registered under the terms of the packaging recovery note provisions in each month since January 1999.

(117538)

216   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what further guidance she has given the Director General of Water Services in connection with his periodic review of water company price limits.

(117539)

217   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what financial support she has given to (a) local authorities and (b) the Environment Agency to meet capital costs of site investigation and associated clean up of contaminated land in each year since 1997.

(117540)

218   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many sites of contaminated land have been (a) investigated and (b) cleaned up under the auspices of (i) local authorities and (ii) the Environment Agency in each year since 1997.

(117541)

219   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the outcomes of the annual International Whaling Commission meeting in Japan.

(117101)

220   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department's vote in the Council of Ministers against a legislative proposal (a) was sufficient and (b) was not sufficient to achieve with other member states a blocking minority.

(117207)

221   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department abstained in the Council of Ministers on a legislative proposal which was passed by qualified majority voting.

(117231)

222   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department has been outvoted by qualified majority voting in the Council of Ministers; and if she will list the legislation by year.

(117248)

223   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department indicated dissent from a proposal in the Council of Ministers but did not register a vote or abstention.

(117268)

224   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what actions she has taken or is taking to ensure that the websites of her Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are accessible to partially sighted and blind people; and if she will make a statement.

(117356)

225   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the actions her Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are taking to comply with the requirements of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002; whether she has made an estimate of the cost of compliance; and if she will make a statement.

(117699)

226   Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures the Government is taking to encourage the use of non-food crops to generate electricity; and if she will make a statement.

(117136)

227   Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Government has to encourage building of power stations to burn non-food crops for the generation of electricity; and if she will make a statement.

(117137)

228   Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimates the Government has received for the level of duty on bio-fuels that would be necessary to make the cultivation of these non-fuel crops profitable for British farmers; and if she will make a statement.

(117138)

229   Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations her Department has received about chicken influenza in Germany and Holland and importing poultry from these countries; and if she will make a statement.

(117139)

230   Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her proposals for egg printing will allow printing to take place (a) on farm and (b) at processing factories; and if she will make a statement.

(117140)

231   Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received about the 1st January 2004 deadline for the introduction of egg printing; and if she will make a statement.

(117141)

232   Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations her Department has received about planned restrictions on travelling hours for chickens; whether these will apply to free range birds; and if she will make a statement.

(117142)

233   Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received about the planned threshold of 350 birds for the new regulations concerning poultry; and if she will make a statement.

(117143)

234   Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received about the use of on-farm incinerators to dispose of fallen stock; and if she will make a statement.

(117144)

235   Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has for maintaining prices to be charged for removing fallen stock in the next five years; and if she will make a statement.

(117145)

236   Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans have been put in place to ensure that unused UK milk quota is redistributed to UK farmers after 31st March 2004; and if she will make a statement.

(117147)

237   Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations her Department has received about plans to use the period 2000-03 as the reference point for subsidy payments to farmers; and if she will make a statement.

(117148)

238   Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that Parish Representation on the proposed Cotswold Conservation Board accurately reflects the geographical spread of Parishes within the area of outstanding natural beauty.

(117610)

239   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 17th March, Official Report, column 506W, on waste management, whether the data used in the Answer is the same as that given in the part of the Environment Agency Register of Waste Management Licences that applies to monitoring of emissions.

(117570)

240   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with representatives of unsupported sectors in the run-up to the Mid-term Review.

(117550)

241   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's strategy is with regard to its unsupported sectors in the Mid-term Review.

(117551)

242   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will explain the mechanisms whereby local communities can discuss the Government's approach to Genetically Modified Organisms; and what timetable they should adhere to if they wish to make a final contribution to the consultations.

(117552)

243   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the implications for property owners faced by environment charges for access resulting from changes in the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.

(117553)

244   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made on completing a pay audit in her Department and its non-departmental public bodies to measure any disadvantage in terms of remuneration for (a) women, (b) ethnic minorities and (c) people with disabilities; and if she will publish the results of such an audit.

(117439)

245   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to conclude a partnership agreement with the trade unions representing the staff in her Department.

(117458)

246   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made in her Department and non-departmental public bodies on implementing the requirements of the Race Relations Amendment Act 2000; and if she will publish the results of the monitoring required by the Act.

(117623)

247   Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what account she takes of sport and recreational interests when appointing members of the National Parks Authority.

(117105)

248   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 22nd May, Official Report, column 895W, how many salmon have been tagged with radio transmitting or other tags in the Hampshire Avon since 1990; whether the project is now concluded; if she will place in the Library the results and advice given to Government and other organisations; and if she will list the organisations which may receive the advice.

(117330)

249   Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether recent trials of separator grids to reduce cetacean deaths will be replicated next year during the peak of the bass fishing season.

(117195)

250   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many registered agricultural holdings for the purposes of IACS payments there were in (a) 1995 and (b) 1997; and how many there are now.

(117523)

251   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many working abattoirs there were in (a) 1980, (b) 1985, (c) 1990, (d) 1995 and (e) 2000; how many there are now; and if she will make a statement.

(117743)

252   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she was consulted by (a) the EU constitutional convention and (b) the UK representative on the convention about the provision in the draft constitution giving EU exclusive competence over the marine resources of the sea; and what representations she (i) has made and (ii) will be making on this issue.

(117723)

253   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in what ways the exclusive competence allocated to the EU by the draft constitution over marine resources differs from the CFP's competence; and how it affects the (a) six and (b) 12 mile limit.

(117724)

254   Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to assist those responsible for habitats where invasive non-native weeds are growing (a) to offset financial implications, (b) to install long-term plans to ensure these weeds are not just temporarily cleared but that all rhizomes are killed off and (c) to assist with safe disposal of cleared weeds to ensure that spread is not encouraged; and if she will make a statement.

(117798)

255   Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to assist those responsible for habitats where invasive non-native weeds are growing; and if she will make a statement.

(117799)

256   Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what duties are placed on local authorities to assist with the safe disposal of invasive weeds; who is responsible for monitoring this process to ensure that all waste is safely disposed of to ensure that rhizomes cannot spread; and whether she plans to issue further guidance and assistance to local authorities to ensure these criteria are met.

(117800)

257   Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had regarding the control of invasive non-native weeds; and if she will make a statement.

(117801)

258   Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received regarding the role of educating gardeners and others in controlling invasive non-native weeds; and if she will make a statement.

(117802)

259   Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimates she has made of the costs of tackling invasive non-native weeds; and if she will make a statement.

(117803)

260   Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research has been done into effective methods of killing invasive non-native weeds with (a) chemicals available in garden centres to tackle weeds, (b) weedkillers which have now been withdrawn from general circulation and (c) chemical preparations available only to professionals; and what plans she has to reassess the status of the withdrawn chemical preparations if they are proved to be better at tackling the problem.

(117804)

261   Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to use (a) promotion and (b) education to heighten awareness of the non-native invasive weeds identified by the Non-Native Species Review Group; and if she will make a statement.

(117805)

262   Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what environmental assessment has been undertaken to measure the impact of non-native invasive weeds on the countryside; and if she will make a statement.

(117806)

263   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on progress (a) since February 2002 towards meeting the targets of the Government's Waste Management Strategy of 2000 and (b) since the Waste Summit.

(117388)

264   Mrs Gillian Shephard (South West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what reports she has received from Sheffield Hallam University on the use of bio-fuels as the result of work commissioned by her.

(117547)

265   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what efforts have been made to publicise the national debate on genetically modified organisms and GM foods; and on what television and radio programmes ministers in her Department have appeared since 1st May to provide advanced information on the national GM debate.

(117632)

266   Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what benefits she has identified for (a) the environment and (b) employment and business arising from the recycling of ink and toner cartridges.

(117190)

267   Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received regarding the future recycling of ink and toner cartridges; and what steps she is taking to ensure continuation of this practice.

(117192)

268   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the (a) number of staff employed by and (b) budget of each regulatory body for which her Department is responsible in each year since 1997.

(117778)

269   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to challenge the legality of the detention by the US of UK citizens at Guantanamo Bay.

(117611)

270   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department's vote in the Council of Ministers against a legislative proposal (a) was and (b) was not sufficient to achieve with other member states a blocking minority.

(117215)

271   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department abstained in the Council of Ministers on a legislative proposal which was passed by qualified majority voting.

(117226)

272   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department has been outvoted by qualified majority voting in the Council of Ministers; and if he will list the legislation by year.

(117253)

273   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department indicated dissent from a proposal in the Council of Ministers but did not register a vote or abstention.

(117261)

274   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what actions he has taken or is taking to ensure that the websites of his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are accessible to partially sighted and blind people; and if he will make a statement.

(117350)

275   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the actions his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are taking to comply with the requirements of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002; whether he has made an estimate of the cost of compliance; and if he will make a statement.

(117707)

276   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what rules Fedex imposes on its acceptance of visa applications for visits to the UK from Pakistan; what arrangements there are where such an application is outside those restrictions; and if he will make a statement.

(117765)

277   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions have been held with the Government of Uganda concerning child soldiers participating in past and current internal disputes; and if he will make a statement.

(117690)

278   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions have been held with the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo concerning internal conflicts; what advice was given; and what assistance was offered.

(117694)

279   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions have been held with the Governments of (a) Uganda, (b) Rwanda, (c) Angola and (d) Zimbabwe concerning the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and if he will make a statement.

(117695)

280   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what investigation the UK representative to the UN supported into the conduct and operation of the 1969 Act of Free Choice in West Papua; and if he will make a statement.

(117697)

281   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what papers are held by his Department on the 1969 Act of Free Choice in West Papua whose publication has been withheld under the Seventy Five Year rule.

(117698)

282   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Cuba on the imprisonment of Dr Oscar Elias Biscet; and if he will make a statement.

(117572)

283   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 22nd January, Official Report, column 357W, on paper supplies, whether any of the paper or paper products supplied to his Department by Premier Paper are supplied by Stora Enso's Veitsiluoto Mill in Finland; and what assessment he has made of whether this paper contains timber from (a) old growth forests and (b) timber that may have been logged illegally in Russia.

(117573)

284   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made on completing a pay audit in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies to measure any disadvantage in terms of remuneration for (a) women, (b) ethnic minorities and (c) people with disabilities; and if he will publish the results of such an audit.

(117438)

285   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to conclude a partnership agreement with the trade unions representing the staff in his Department.

(117457)

286   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made in his Department and non-departmental public bodies on implementing the requirements of the Race Relations Amendment Act 2000; and if he will publish the results of the monitoring required by the Act.

(117622)

287   Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had on the future of Cyprus; and if he will make a statement.

(117649)

288   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will assess the extent to which the Opium-poppy Eradication Programme has (a) deferred Afghan farmers from opium-poppy production and (b) decreased the supply of heroin to the UK.

(117185)

289   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many family visit visa applications were (a) received, (b) determined and (c) refused in each month since 1st January.

(117345)

290   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether British citizens have been ordered in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan to veil themselves in public.

(117360)

291   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on (a) the impact of the invasion of Iraq, on public opinion in Pakistan and (b) support for fundamentalist Islamist views.

(117361)

292   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department's policy is on the return of internally displaced Tamil people to their villages and towns.

(117510)

293   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the meetings his Department has held with representatives of (a) the Sri Lankan government and (b) the Tamil people to discuss development in each of the past five years.

(117511)

294   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many internally displaced Tamil people live in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement.

(117512)

295   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the internal displacement of Tamils in Sri Lanka.

(117513)

296   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the peace-process in Sri Lanka.

(117514)

297   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the human rights record of the Sri Lankan government.

(117515)

298   Mr John Lyons (Strathkelvin & Bearsden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the situation in Cyprus.

(117393)

299   Mr John Lyons (Strathkelvin & Bearsden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on progress of the campaign to restrict the supply of drugs from Afghanistan.

(117394)

300   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many European Community regulations (a) came into force on United Kingdom entry, (b) have become applicable since the UK's Accession and (c) are in force; how many regulations introduced since 1973 have been (i) amended and (ii) replaced existing regulations; and where EC Regulations are listed in a form easily accessible to the General Public.

(117092)

301   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he intends to make on the draft EU constitution's provision for an exclusive EU competence over the marine resources of the sea.

(117725)

302   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in what other areas besides marine resources the EU is allocated exclusive competence on the draft EU constitution.

(117726)

303   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what is covered by the marine resources of the sea allocated to the exclusive competence of the EU by the draft EU constitution.

(117727)

304   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the reports by (a) UNSCOM and (b) UNMOVIC which demonstrated Iraqi possession of weapons of mass destruction since 1991.

(117627)

305   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Government of Nigeria concerning the sentence imposed on Amina Lawal; and if he will make a statement.

(117383)

306   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Government of Sudan on the application of the Sharia law to juveniles; and if he will make a statement.

(117384)

307   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he is making representations to ensure that Mr George Atkinson will be released from custody in Dubai on or before 1st September.

(117478)

308   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has sought assurances from the Government of Dubai that Mr George Atkinson will be deported to the United Kingdom when he is released.

(117479)

309   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the (a) number of staff employed by, and (b) budget of each regulatory body for which his Department is responsible in each year since 1997.

(117787)

310   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the health implications of the inhalation of volatile organic compounds from products designed for indoor use.

(117364)

311   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the amount spent by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies on hotel accommodation (i) in the UK and (ii) abroad for (A) Ministers, (B) staff and (C) others; and if he will list the average cost per hotel room, in each year since 1997.

(117561)

312   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department's vote in the Council of Ministers against a legislative proposal (a) was sufficient and (b) was not sufficient to achieve with other member states a blocking minority.

(117220)

313   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department abstained in the Council of Ministers on a legislative proposal which was passed by qualified majority voting.

(117227)

314   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department has been outvoted by qualified majority voting in the Council of Ministers; and if he will list the legislation by year.

(117243)

315   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department indicated dissent from a proposal in the Council of Ministers but did not register a vote or abstention.

(117262)

316   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what performance target was set for placements resulting from the National Adoption Register.

(117271)

317   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children have been placed with new families as a result of the introduction of the National Adoption Register.

(117272)

318   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what has been the total expenditure by his Department on the National Adoption Register since August 2001.

(117273)

319   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place a copy of quarter 4 2002-03 emergency readmission and delayed discharge figures in the Library.

(117125)

320   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what actions he has taken or is taking to ensure that the websites of his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are accessible to partially sighted and blind people; and if he will make a statement.

(117352)

321   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list, for each of the cancer networks, the current average waiting time for (a) radiotherapy and (b) chemotherapy from the time of consultant referral; and if he will give comparable figures for (i) 2002, (ii) 2001 and (iii) 1997.

(117397)

322   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the actions his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are taking to comply with the requirements of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002; whether he has made an estimate of the cost of compliance; and if he will make a statement.

(117710)

323   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how invoices for operations carried out in private hospitals are raised.

(117199)

324   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost is to the NHS for the parts needed for a replacement (a) hip and (b) knee operation.

(117200)

325   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, where the parts needed for hip and knee replacements in a private hospital are stored.

(117201)

326   Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when there will be an announcement of the result of the review of domiciliary oxygen services initiated in March 2002.

(117792)

327   Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what conclusions have been reached concerning provision of ambulatory oxygen for domiciliary use; and whether scope exists to improve the efficiency of domiciliary oxygen through the prescription of conserving devices.

(117793)

328   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimates he has made of the number of Somali-speaking people who are (a) registered with GPs in each London health district and (b) the number who cannot be placed on the GPs' register.

(117692)

329   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on funding for care of the elderly living in the Tooting constituency.

(117158)

330   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the persons appointed to St George's Hospital Trust who live within the London Borough of Wandsworth.

(117159)

331   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have been waiting longer than 12 months for heart operations within the Greater London area.

(117160)

332   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) men and (b) women living in England and Wales have travelled to another European country for medical treatment during the last 12 months.

(117161)

333   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on St George's Hospital, Tooting of being granted foundation status.

(117162)

334   Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the links between induced abortion and (a) clinical depression and (b) breast cancer.

(117167)

335   Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether (a) ooplasmic transfer and (b) oocyte nucleus transfer have been licensed in the United Kingdom by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.

(117168)

336   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research is being undertaken on vaccination strategy and its possible impact on meningitis.

(117549)

337   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on links between HiB vaccines and strains of meningitis.

(117600)

338   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on completing a pay audit in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies to measure any disadvantage in terms of remuneration for (a) women, (b) ethnic minorities and (c) people with disabilities; and if he will publish the results of such an audit.

(117437)

339   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to conclude a partnership agreement with the trade unions representing the staff in his Department.

(117456)

340   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in his Department and non-departmental public bodies on implementing the requirements of the Race Relations Amendment Act 2000; and if he will publish the results of the monitoring required by the Act.

(117621)

341   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the (a) efficacy and (b) availability within the NHS of oxaliplatin.

(117166)

342   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department gives to the NHS about the treatment of ME.

(117202)

343   Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff have been made redundant in the NHS as a consequence of the reorganisation of area health authorities into strategic health authorities.

(117191)

344   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on how the role of foundation hospital trusts will affect the role of primary care trusts as commissioning bodies.

(117331)

345   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to conduct a tracking investment exercise to establish where funds promised for the development of mental health services are being utilised.

(117571)

346   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many school nurses there were in each year since 1997.

(117576)

347   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the guidelines issued by his Department in prescribing tranquiliser drugs.

(117578)

348   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children suffered from deep vein thrombosis in each year since 1997.

(117579)

349   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many accidents there were in each year since 1997 involving children coming into contact with poisonous plants in the countryside.

(117581)

350   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many teenagers have died from binge drinking in each year since 1997.

(117582)

351   Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the department recommends a minimum (a) distance and (b) travel time for the safe transit of children to a NHS accident and emergency unit.

(117764)

352   Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many trained paediatric consultants work in the NHS.

(117767)

353   Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses with specialist qualifications in paediatric medicine are working in the NHS.

(117768)

354   Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS nurses with specialist qualifications in paediatric medicine there are per head of population.

(117769)

355   Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many paediatrically trained doctors working in the NHS there are per head of population.

(117770)

356   Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS hospital trusts have general hospitals in different towns.

(117771)

357
N   Mrs Marion Roe (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information the public health observatories are collecting on consumer product involvement in accidental injuries.

(116029)

358
N   Mrs Marion Roe (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how he plans to monitor the progress on accidental injury reduction targets in Our Healthier Nation after the closure of the home accident surveillance system.

(116030)

359
N   Mrs Marion Roe (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on how injury surveillance is to be continued following the closure of the home accident surveillance system.

(116031)

360   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will issue guidance to clarify how children's hospices are eligible to apply for grants under the local council administered carer's special grant and the qualified projects programme.

(117643)

361   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children's hospices have applied for (a) the carer's special grant and (b) the qualified projects programme administered by local councils; and if he will make a statement.

(117644)

362   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children's hospices received no Government funding in the last year; and if he will list them.

(117645)

363   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice and guidance his Department gives to primary care trusts on the levels of Government funding that should be made available to (a) adult and (b) children's hospices.

(117646)

364   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many beds were available in children's hospices in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

(117647)

365   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the average percentage of public funds, excluding lottery funds, given towards total running costs for (a) all adult hospices, (b) all children's hospices and (c) Little Havens Children's Hospice in Castle Point in the latest year for which figures are available.

(117648)

366   Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures he is proposing to ensure that all primary care resources allocated to PCTs are passed to front line patient care providers.

(117413)

367   Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the membership of the Prostate Cancer Advisory Group.

(117414)

368   Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the terms of reference of the Prostate Cancer Advisory Group.

(117415)

369   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the NHS categorises administrative staff.

(117391)

370   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) painters, (b) gardeners and (c) administrative staff the NHS employs.

(117392)

371   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the (a) number of staff employed by and (b) budget of each regulatory body for which his Department is responsible in each year since 1997.

(117783)

372   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 19th May to the Member for North Norfolk, Official Report, column 645W, if he will list those who made representations in this case, broken down by (a) honourable Members, (b) peers and (c) others.

(117406)

373   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the amount spent by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies on hotel accommodation (i) in the UK and (ii) abroad for (A) Ministers, (B) staff and (C) others, and if he will list the average cost per hotel room, in each year since 1997.

(117569)

374   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria he applies when deciding the form a Government investigation should take into allegations that the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Inspectorate has failed to fulfil its role properly in relation to a particular establishment.

(117605)

375   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the number of animals used in scientific procedures.

(117606)

376   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are being taken to establish a culture of care in laboratories which carry out scientific procedures on animals.

(117607)

377   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research or training the Government is funding abroad concerning animals in scientific procedures; and if it is his policy that the requirements of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) 1986 Act are followed in such cases.

(117608)

378   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are being taken to consult on the proposed centre for the Three Rs in respect of animal experimentation and what timescale has been set out for the consultation process.

(117609)

379   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department's vote in the Council of Ministers against a legislative proposal (a) was and (b) was not sufficient to achieve with other member states a blocking minority.

(117206)

380   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department abstained in the Council of Ministers on a legislative proposal which was passed by qualified majority voting.

(117222)

381   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department has been outvoted by qualified majority voting in the Council of Ministers; and if he will list the legislation by year.

(117238)

382   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department indicated dissent from a proposal in the Council of Ministers but did not register a vote or abstention.

(117254)

383   Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answers of 14th May, Official Report, column 216W, on gun crime, how many weapons, and of what type, have been handed in (a) in total and (b) to each United Kingdom police force as part of the national gun amnesty.

(117584)

384   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding he has provided for Victim Support in England in each of the last six years.

(117115)

385   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding he has provided for the Witness Service in each of the last six years.

(117116)

386   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received on the funding of Witness Support Services in England; and if he will make a statement.

(117117)

387   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures his Department will take to ensure that the Government's proposed pilot for extending fixed penalty fines for anti-social behaviour to 16 and 17 year olds does not (a) breach Article 27 UN CRC, and (b) adversely affect its targets on reducing the level of child poverty; and if he will make a statement.

(117795)

388   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many girls aged (a) 15 years old, (b) 16 years old, (c) 17 years old were being held in prison in each of the last 12 months; and of these girls how many have children.

(117796)

389   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many under-18 year olds were held in custody in England and Wales in each month of the last 12 months, broken down by (a) prison, (b) local authority secure unit, (c) young offenders institution and (d) secure training centre; and in each case how many persons were held aged (i) 10 to 12, (ii) 13 to 14, (iii) 15 to 16 and (iv) 17 to 18.

(117797)

390   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what investigations are in progress within the UK Passport Service relating to criminal trading of passports taken from within passport offices.

(117106)

391   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in the UK Passport Service have received training in fraud identification; and how many Special File Sections there have been in the UKPS in each of the last five years.

(117107)

392   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of (a) the number of fraudulent applications for passports and (b) the number detected in each of the last five years.

(117113)

393   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many consultation exercises his Department has held with a closing date of less than 90 days from the announcement date in the last 12 months.

(117114)

394   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information the UKPS lost and stolen passport database collects as set out in the UKPS business plan 2002-07; and if he will place a copy of this information in the Library.

(117122)

395   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of whether to use credit reference checking agencies to reduce fraud as set out in the UKPS business plan 2002-07.

(117123)

396   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of successful dummy fraud applications were detected as set out in the UKPS business plan 2002-07.

(117124)

397   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passports have been lost from the passport offices in (a) Belfast, (b) Durham, (c) Glasgow, (d) Liverpool, (e) London, (f) Liverpool, (g) Newport and (h) Peterborough in each of the last five years.

(117126)

398   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate the UK Passport Agency has made of how many people in the UK have duplicate passports.

(117127)

399   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the number of lost and stolen passports in circulation in the UK.

(117128)

400   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police forces applied for the special grant available to meet additional policing costs arising from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee; how much each police force applied for; how much was granted; and if he will make a statement.

(117329)

401   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what actions he has taken or is taking to ensure that the websites of his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are accessible to partially sighted and blind people; and if he will make a statement.

(117333)

402   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what evaluation has been made of the effectiveness and ease of implementation of anti-social behaviour (a) order and (b) contracts; what advice he is giving to (i) local councils and (ii) the police on the merits and drawbacks of each; and if he will make a statement.

(117334)

403   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what evaluation has taken place of the Police Standards Unit since its inception; and if he will make a statement.

(117335)

404   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what length of time on average prisoners aged (a) up to 18 and (b) over 18 at Feltham young offenders' prison spent locked in their cells each day in (i) 1997-98, (ii) 1998-99, (iii) 1999-2000 and (iv) 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(117336)

405   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what financial benefits from the confiscation of criminals' assets have been designated to the Recovered Assets Fund; what this money has been spent on; and if he will make a statement.

(117683)

406   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many items have been lost once deposited at the Immigration and Nationality Directorate (a) in 2002 and (b) to date in 2003; and if he will make a statement.

(117684)

407   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether CCTV has been installed in residential areas of Wandsworth Prison; and if he will make a statement.

(117685)

408   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the prisoners under home detention curfew (a) broke their curfew and (b) re-offended whilst under curfew for each month (i) in 2002 and (ii) to date in 2003; and if he will make a statement.

(117686)

409   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications to his Department for CCTV funding have been rejected in each year since 1999; and if he will make a statement.

(117687)

410   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police response vehicles have been in road accidents whilst on operational duty in (a) 2001 and (b) 2002; and if he will make a statement.

(117688)

411   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police response vehicles are available (a) in each London borough and (b) to the British Transport Police; and if he will make a statement.

(117689)

412   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the actions his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are taking to comply with the requirements of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002; whether he has made an estimate of the cost of compliance; and if he will make a statement.

(117703)

413   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions have been held with representatives of the Somali community concerning their needs and role in society; and if he will make a statement.

(117691)

414   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deaths have been caused by firearms within the Greater London area in each of the last five years.

(117154)

415   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the number of illegal firearms in circulation in the Greater London area.

(117155)

416   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes involving firearms have occurred in each of the last five years in the London Borough of Wandsworth.

(117156)

417   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers based in the London Borough of Wandsworth have been subjected to physical attacks during the last 12 months.

(117157)

418   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) men and (b) women have been convicted of drug dealing in the Greater London area in each of the last three years; and how many have been (i) sent to prison and (ii) fined.

(117164)

419   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals have been convicted of drug dealing in the Greater London area in each of the last three years and when sent to prison have been recommended for deportation.

(117165)

420   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made on completing a pay audit in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies to measure any disadvantage in terms of remuneration for (a) women, (b) ethnic minorities and (c) people with disabilities; and if he will publish the results of such an audit.

(117436)

421   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to conclude a partnership agreement with the trade unions representing the staff in his Department.

(117455)

422   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made in his Department and non-departmental public bodies on implementing the requirements of the Race Relations Amendment Act 2000; and if he will publish the results of the monitoring required by the Act.

(117620)

423   Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to which countries failed asylum seekers are not being removed; and for what reasons.

(117376)

424   Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to inform honourable Members of changes in the list of countries to which failed asylum seekers are not being removed.

(117377)

425   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of education hours was cancelled at prisons in England and Wales other than Holloway between February 2002 and January 2003; and if he will make a statement.

(117169)

426   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his assessment is of the likely impact of the new investment plan for offenders' education on the percentage of education hours (a) planned and (b) completed at Holloway prison over the next 12 months.

(117170)

427   Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on the proposal to establish a 3Rs administration centre as recommended in the report of the House of Lords Select Committee on Animals in Scientific Procedures, HL Paper L50-I; and if he will make a statement on the funding to establish such a centre.

(117363)

428   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to publish the final report of the inter-departmental review of family visitor appeals.

(117346)

429   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which countries have an International Organisation for Migration office; where are they located and what funding he provides to each office; how many individuals have been assisted to return to each country; and how many of them have received reintegration assistance.

(117766)

430   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 16th April from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Francis Mundan Bepfupfu.

(117196)

431   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 22nd April from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Abraham Kalola.

(117197)

432
N   Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recommendations have been made by the Immigration Security advisers concerning security at the Oakington Immigration Reception Centre.

(116100)

433   Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is in respect of making representations to (a) the Prison Service and (b) the Commissioner for Correction, concerning the exercise by the Parole Board of its judgements on parole.

(117583)

434   Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many special constables are employed in each police area in England.

(117772)

435   Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces have seen a decline in the number of special constables employed in the last five years; and how many have seen a decline greater than 20 per cent.

(117773)

436   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures he plans to take to reduce the financial burden to local authorities of evicting unauthorised campers.

(117741)

437   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the (a) number of staff employed by and (b) budget of each regulatory body for which his Department is responsible in each year since 1997.

(117786)

438   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when the Secretary of State for International Development intends to publish the report on the conference on strengthening export controls on small arms and light weapons held at Lancaster House on 14th to 15th January.

(117752)

439   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proposals on strengthening arms export controls the Government intends to make at the UN Biennial meeting of states in July.

(117753)

440   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the conclusions were of the European Commission's review of progress towards the commitment that by 2006 an EU average of GNI provided as ODA will reach 0.30 per cent.; what decisions were reached when this review was discussed at the EU General Affairs and External Relations Council in Brussels on 20th May; and if he will make a statement.

(117754)

441   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what use has been made of the tax measures introduced in the 2002 Budget to encourage private sector research and development of new treatments for HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria in developing countries and responsible donations of medical supplies and equipment to developing countries.

(117755)

442   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what decisions were made at the G8 meeting at Evian about the G8 Africa Action Plan; whether Africa will remain on the G8 agenda in the forthcoming year; and if he will make a statement.

(117756)

443   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department's vote in the Council of Ministers against a legislative proposal (a) was and (b) was not sufficient to achieve with other member states a blocking minority.

(117218)

444   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department abstained in the Council of Ministers on a legislative proposal which was passed by qualified majority voting.

(117232)

445   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department has been outvoted by qualified majority voting in the Council of Ministers; and if he will list the legislation by year.

(117250)

446   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department indicated dissent from a proposal in the Council of Ministers but did not register a vote or abstention.

(117265)

447   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what actions she has taken or is taking to ensure that the websites of her Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are accessible to partially sighted and blind people; and if he will make a statement.

(117354)

448   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the actions her Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are taking to comply with the requirements of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002; whether she has made an estimate of the cost of compliance; and if she will make a statement.

(117701)

449   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan.

(117163)

450   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made on completing a pay audit in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies to measure any disadvantage in terms of remuneration for (a) women, (b) ethnic minorities and (c) people with disabilities; and if he will publish the results of such an audit.

(117435)

451   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he plans to conclude a partnership agreement with the trade unions representing the staff in his Department.

(117453)

452   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made in his Department and non-departmental public bodies on implementing the requirements of the Race Relations Amendment Act 2000; and if he will publish the results of the monitoring required by the Act.

(117619)

453   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will place copies of the most recent reports and recommendations on (a) Kosovo, (b) Cambodia and (c) Sudan by the Department's consultant adviser on mine action in the Library.

(117186)

454   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which UK-based non-governmental landmine clearance organisations are being supported by the Department.

(117187)

455   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, in which countries, and to what purposes, the UN's Mine Action Service are putting their most recent allocation of funds from the Department.

(117188)

456   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what reports the Department has received from (a) UNMAS and (b) other sources on the number of (i) air-launched and ground-launched cluster munitions and (ii) unexploded bomblets at the sites where cluster munitions were used during the recent conflict in Iraq.

(117198)

457   Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the effectiveness of recent British policy on aid for Burma.

(117118)

458   Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance the Department has given to Sierra Leone, since UK forces entered the country, in respect of victims of the Revolutionary United Front.

(117320)

459   Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will hold discussions with the Government of Sierra Leone in order to set a target date for all amputees to be fitted with serviceable artificial limbs.

(117321)

460   Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the numbers of amputees (a) in the amputees central camp and (b) elsewhere in Sierra Leone.

(117323)

461   Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the numbers of amputees are in Sierra Leone who (a) are awaiting and (b) have received artificial limbs since United Kingdom forces entered the country.

(117324)

462   Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list the sources from which artificial limbs have been made available to the amputees in Sierra Leone.

(117325)

463   Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans the Department has to facilitate the (a) rehabilitation and (b) resettlement of the amputees in Sierra Leone.

(117326)

464   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the budget is for expenditure to rebuild the infrastructure in Afghanistan; and what the corresponding figure was in 2002.

(117509)

465   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the meetings his Department has held with representatives of (a) the Sri Lankan government and (b) the Tamil people to discuss development in each of the past five years.

(117585)

466   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much of the £60 million for Iraq announced in this year's budget has been allocated; and to which agencies.

(117633)

467   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the transitional procedures in relation to the Chad and Cameroon Pipeline Project have been completed.

(117385)

468   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list the amount spent by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies on hotel accommodation (i) in the UK and (ii) abroad for (A) Ministers, (B) staff and (C) others, and if he will list the average cost per hotel room, in each year since 1997.

(117564)

469   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department's vote in the Council of Ministers against a legislative proposal (a) was and (b) was not sufficient to achieve with other member states a blocking minority.

(117209)

470   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department abstained in the Council of Ministers on a legislative proposal which was passed by qualified majority voting.

(117230)

471   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department has been outvoted by qualified majority voting in the Council of Ministers; and if he will list the legislation by year.

(117242)

472   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department indicated dissent from a proposal in the Council of Ministers but did not register a vote or abstention.

(117257)

473   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if she will make a statement on progress towards meeting the standards set by the European Court of Human Rights on the legal position of transsexuals.

(117119)

474   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what progress has been made on completing a pay audit in the Lord Chancellor's Department and its non-departmental public bodies to measure any disadvantage in terms of remuneration for (a) women, (b) ethnic minorities and (c) people with disabilities; and if she will publish the results of such an audit.

(117433)

475   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, whether she plans to conclude a partnership agreement with the trade unions representing the staff in her Department.

(117451)

476   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what progress has been made in his Department and non departmental public bodies on implementing the requirements of the Race Relations Amendment Act 2000; and if he will publish the results of the monitoring required by the Act.

(117472)

477   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if she will make a statement on the future of the magistrates' courts and Crown courts in Salisbury.

(117328)

478   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the budget allocated to the Legal Services Commission was in 2003-04; and what the corresponding figures were in (a) 1999, (b) 2000 and (c) 2001.

(117477)

479   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many firms were franchised to carry out publicly funded legal work in 2000; and what the most recent corresponding figure is.

(117525)

480   Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what recent changes there have been in the law of trespass to allow individuals to seek compensation where their premises are trespassed upon for the commercial advantage of another.

(117642)

481   Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will conduct an inquiry into the operations of claims factories.

(117103)

482   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if she will list the (a) number of staff employed by and (b) budget of each regulatory body for which her Department is responsible in each year since 1997.

(117779)

483   Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding has been allocated for teaching autistic children by applied behaviour analysis in each of the five education and library boards in the last five years; and how many children in each Board have been taught by the ABA programme in the last five years.

(117790)

484   Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans the Government has for job creation in Targeting Social Need areas.

(117794)

485   Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his Answer of 19th May, Official Report, column 594W, whether the policy described was followed in the case of Mr McKenna and when the internal policy on harrassment and bullying commenced operation with the Department of Education.

(117807)

486   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many members of (a) the police force of the Irish Republic and (b) other foreign police services have been (i) recruited and (ii) seconded to the PSNI since the name of the police was changed.

(117736)

487   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many members of (a) ethnic minorities, (b) women, (c) Roman Catholics and (d) others have been recruited into the PSNI since the name of the police was changed.

(117737)

488   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) Roman Catholics and (b) others have been rejected for admission to the suitably qualified pool for recruitment to the PSNI.

(117738)

489   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the expected date is for the delivery to Government of the Chilcott Report into the break-in at Castlereagh on 17th March 2002.

(117739)

490   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much money has been spent to date in respect of (a) secretarial support, (b) research and (c) other staff for the Oversight Commissioner on Policing.

(117740)

491   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made on completing a pay audit in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies to measure any disadvantage in terms of remuneration for (a) women, (b) ethnic minorities and (c) people with disabilities; and if he will publish the results of such an audit.

(117432)

492   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he plans to conclude a partnership agreement with the trade unions representing the staff in his Department.

(117450)

493   Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding in (a) 2000-01, (b) 2001-02 and (c) 2002-03 from the (i) Exchequer and (ii) Lottery was given to football teams who are not playing in a UK league.

(117121)

494   Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assistance his Department gives to young people living in Northern Ireland who wish to play in a British hockey team rather than an Irish hockey team.

(117129)

495   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the (a) number of staff employed by and (b) budget of each regulatory body for which his Department is responsible in each year since 1997.

(117782)

496   Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the officials, with their responsibilities, who contributed to the final text of the dossiers on Iraq which were published and presented to Parliament before the war in Iraq.

(117135)

497   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make an assessment of the consistency with the terms of (a) the Open Government Code and (b) the Freedom of Information Act 2000 of the content of the parliamentary written answers he has provided since June 2001.

(117617)

498   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on progress in implementation of the paper, A Vision for Iraq and the Iraqi People, arising from the Azores Atlantic Summit in March.

(117624)

499   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with the Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee since the end of active hostilities in Iraq in respect of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.

(117628)

500   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the membership, with each member's qualifications, of the Joint Intelligence Committee.

(117629)

501   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library copies of the pre-publication drafts of his dossier on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.

(117630)

502   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, what the source was of his statement in the preface to the dossier, Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction, dated 24th September 2002, that the Iraqi regime's military planning allows for some of the weapons of mass destruction to be ready within 45 minutes of an order to use them; and on what evidence he based his assessment of the truth of this claim.

(117631)

503   Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if she will list the public sector jobs which have been dispersed to Scotland in each of the last five years, broken down by department or agency and from whence they came.

(117318)

504   Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if she will list the central government departments and agencies with which she is in contact to pursue the possibility of job dispersal to Scotland from elsewhere in the United Kingdom.

(117319)

505   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what progress has been made on completing a pay audit in her Department and its non-departmental public bodies to measure any disadvantage in terms of remuneration for (a) women, (b) ethnic minorities and (c) people with disabilities; and if she will publish the results of such an audit.

(117431)

506   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether she plans to conclude a partnership agreement with the trade unions representing the staff in her Department.

(117454)

507   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what progress has been made in her Department and non departmental public bodies on implementing the requirements of the Race Relations Amendment Act 2000; and if she will publish the results of the monitoring required by the Act.

(117471)

508   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Solicitor General, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department's vote in the Council of Ministers against a legislative proposal (a) was sufficient and (b) was not sufficient to achieve with other member states a blocking minority.

(117221)

509   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Solicitor General, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department abstained in the Council of Ministers on a legislative proposal which was passed by qualified majority voting.

(117229)

510   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Solicitor General, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department has been outvoted by qualified majority voting in the Council of Ministers; and if she will list the legislation by year.

(117249)

511   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Solicitor General, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department indicated dissent from a proposal in the Council of Ministers but did not register a vote or abstention.

(117269)

512   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Solicitor General, what progress has been made on completing a pay audit in her Department and its non-departmental public bodies to measure any disadvantage in terms of remuneration for (a) women, (b) ethnic minorities and (c) people with disabilities; and if she will publish the results of such an audit.

(117434)

513   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Solicitor General, whether she plans to conclude a partnership agreement with the trade unions representing the staff in her Department.

(117452)

514   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Solicitor General, what progress has been made in her Department and non-departmental public bodies on implementing the requirements of the Race Relations Amendment Act 2000; and if she will publish the results of the monitoring required by the Act.

(117618)

515   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the process applied to the selection of members of the Ethnic Minority Business Forum; what review system of the selection methods is in place; and if she will make a statement.

(117343)

516   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what public monies have been made available in each year since 2001 to (a) the Ethnic Minority Business Forum, (b) individuals who are members of that Forum and (c) organisations and companies connected with individuals who are members of that Forum.

(117344)

517   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the material publicly available in respect of the Ethnic Minority Business Forum, with particular reference to the members of that forum.

(117347)

518   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the estimated (a) number of households and (b) percentage of population is in East Sussex who have access to broadband; and if she will place a map of coverage in the Library.

(117358)

519   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the progress of rolling out broadband internet coverage in East Sussex.

(117359)

520   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the amount spent by (a) her Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies on hotel accommodation (i) in the UK and (ii) abroad for (A) Ministers, (B) staff and (C) others, and if she will list the average cost per hotel room, in each year since 1997.

(117566)

521   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many people aged (a) between 18 and 21 and (b) over 21 years are receiving the national minimum wage in Scotland.

(117095)

522   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many post office closure decisions under the urban reinvention programme have been reversed following public consultation.

(117096)

523   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many post offices have closed under the urban reinvention programme, broken down by region.

(117097)

524   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department's vote in the Council of Ministers against a legislative proposal (a) was and (b) was not sufficient to achieve with other member states a blocking minority.

(117208)

525   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department abstained in the Council of Ministers on a legislative proposal which was passed by qualified majority voting.

(117223)

526   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department has been outvoted by qualified majority voting in the Council of Ministers; and if she will list the legislation by year.

(117247)

527   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department indicated dissent from a proposal in the Council of Ministers but did not register a vote or abstention.

(117260)

528   Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her assessment is of the economic impact of the loss of jobs within the UK from the transfer of administration of call centre operations from the UK to other countries where employment costs are lower.

(117134)

529
N   Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 12th May, Official Report, column 16W, on the ECGD's Underwriting Committee, if she will make a statement on the two high potential impact cases which have received final approval from the Underwriting Committee, including (a) the location and (b) the project type in each case.

(117082)

530
N   Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 12th May, Official Report, column 15W, on the ECGD's sensitive cases mechanism, if she will make a statement on the two cases which have received final approval, including (a) the location and (b) the project type in each case.

(117083)

531
N   Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 12th May, Official Report, column 16W, on the covenants and conditions included in the ECGD loan agreements, if she will make a statement on the three cases which were issued guarantees with covenants and conditions relating to environmental and social impacts, including (a) the location and (b) the project type in each case.

(117084)

532
N   Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 12th May, Official Report, column 16W, on the renewable energy initiative of the ECGD, when she expects a decision to be reached on the three applications outstanding.

(117085)

533
N   Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 12th May, Official Report, column 20W, on renewable energy, if she will make a statement on the findings of the Transmission Issues Working Group report on the cost of connecting new renewable energy in Scotland.

(117086)

534   Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the reasons why the ECGD has deemed that environmental impact assessments are commercially confidential.

(117193)

535   Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which international environmental standard requirements the ECGD imposes on companies seeking loans; and which environmental standard requirements on these companies originate from the UK Government.

(117194)

536   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many post office branch closures over the last 12 months have been opposed by Postwatch; if he will list them; and how many of these post offices have (a) remained open, (b) had the decision to close postponed and (c) been closed or set for closure.

(117270)

537   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what actions she has taken or is taking to ensure that the websites of her Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are accessible to partially sighted and blind people; and if she will make a statement.

(117355)

538   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action her Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are taking to comply with the requirements of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002; whether she has made an estimate of the cost of compliance; and if she will make a statement.

(117702)

539   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what additional guidance she has given to management units organising outdoor activities for her Department since her Department's recently published accident record.

(117712)

540   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the targets she has set to improve energy efficiency within her Department; and how she intends to achieve those targets.

(117713)

541   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action she has taken since 1997 to address excessive executive remuneration.

(117714)

542   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many post offices (a) have closed since 1 January 2001, and (b) are subject to consultation on closure, broken down by Parliamentary constituency; and if she will make a statement.

(117715)

543   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what sums have been paid to (a) NTL and (b) BT to assist in the rollout of broadband services; when such payments were made; and if she will make a statement.

(117716)

544   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether she has asked for a regulatory impact assessment on forthcoming internet traffic management proposals explicitly to consider broadband rollout.

(117718)

545   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps she is taking to ensure any forthcoming internet traffic management proposals are consistent with the Government's objective of making Britain the most competitive and extensive broadband market of all the G7 nations by 2005; and if she will make a statement.

(117719)

546   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations she has received on the compatibility of public sector broadband with EU state aid rules; and if she will issue guidance on the application of state aid rules for broadband projects.

(117720)

547   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the publications produced by her Department in each year since 1997 which have made reference to executive remuneration, stating for each the (a) number of copies produced, (b) cost of publication, (c) cost of preparation and (d) cost of production.

(117721)

548   Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans there are to introduce an alternative surveillance system in light of the decision to abolish the Home and Leisure Accident Surveillance System.

(117791)

549   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on manufacturing industry in the Greater London area.

(117149)

550   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) post offices and (b) sub-post offices have been closed within the Greater London area in each of the last three years.

(117152)

551   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much time is allotted for public consultation on the proposed closure of post offices within the Greater London area.

(117153)

552   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress has been made on completing a pay audit in her Department and its non-departmental public bodies to measure any disadvantage in terms of remuneration for (a) women, (b) ethnic minorities and (c) people with disabilities; and if she will publish the results of such an audit.

(117430)

553   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether she plans to conclude a partnership agreement with the trade unions representing the staff in her Department.

(117449)

554   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress has been made in her Department and non departmental public bodies on implementing the requirements of the Race Relations Amendment Act 2000; and if he will publish the results of the monitoring required by the Act.

(117470)

555   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many rural filling stations and garages there were in Wales in 1991; how many there are now; and if she will make a statement.

(117518)

556   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many rural filling stations and garages there were in England in 1992; how many there are now; and if she will make a statement.

(117519)

557   Mr John Lyons (Strathkelvin & Bearsden): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action she is taking to prevent misuse of fireworks.

(117395)

558   Mr John Lyons (Strathkelvin & Bearsden): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action she is taking to prevent the trade in cat and dog fur.

(117396)

559   Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether she will make an interim report to the House prior to publishing the Government's proposals in response to the OFT's report on the control of entry regulations and the retail pharmacy market.

(117409)

560   Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the competing factors that have to be balanced by her Department in order to produce the balanced package of measures in response to the OFT's report on the control of entry regulations and the retail pharmacy.

(117410)

561   Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the powers vested in the OFT by virtue of section 2 of the Fair Trading Act 1973 are applicable in the devolved countries of the United Kingdom; and if she will make a statement.

(117411)

562   Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on what basis her Department is leading the Government's response to the OFT report and leading in the development of a package of measures to change regulations made under the National Health Service Act 1977; and if she will make a statement.

(117412)

563   Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will launch an investigation under the Companies Acts into the Accident Group.

(117104)

564   Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of employees who are forced to work unpaid overtime as part of their contract of employment.

(117371)

565   Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to introduce protection for employees not wishing to work unpaid hours overtime.

(117372)

566   Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to oblige employees to pay their staff for all hours worked.

(117373)

567   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will publish the report of the investigation authorised under section 432(2) into TransTec plc.

(117750)

568   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the (a) number of staff employed by and (b) budget of each regulatory body for which her Department is responsible in each year since 1997.

(117777)

569   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the amount spent by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies on hotel accommodation (i) in the UK and (ii) abroad for (A) Ministers, (B) staff and (C) others, and if he will list the average cost per hotel room, in each year since 1997.

(117565)

570   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 4th April, Official Report, column 879W, on CO2 emissions, if he will break down the figures for road transport to show cars and light vans.

(117722)

571   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial support his Department has given to community transport schemes in each year since 1997.

(117528)

572   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what overseas trips were made by (a) himself, (b) his ministerial team and (c) departmental staff in each month since 1st October 2002, specifying in each case (i) the participating Ministers, (ii) the destination of the trip, (iii) the purpose of the trip and (iv) the cost of the trip.

(117529)

573   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps are being taken by his Department to reduce the number of accidents involving (a) cyclists, (b) pedestrians and (c) motorcyclists; and if he will list his Department's advisers on accident reduction.

(117729)

574   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to amend the jurisdiction of the British Transport Police in respect of matters outside their immediate operating areas.

(117730)

575   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what resources were allocated to the Highways Agency in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

(117731)

576   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list, broken down by city, (a) tram and (b) guided bus systems that have been opened for each year since 1997.

(117732)

577   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list departmental expenditure for each year since 1997 and the administration costs limits set for 2003-04.

(117733)

578   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Future of Air Transport-Scotland consultation documents have been (a) sent out and (b) downloaded.

(117093)

579   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department's vote in the Council of Ministers against a legislative proposal (a) was sufficient and (b) was not sufficient to achieve with other member states a blocking minority.

(117210)

580   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department abstained in the Council of Ministers on a legislative proposal which was passed by qualified majority voting.

(117228)

581   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department has been outvoted by qualified majority voting in the Council of Ministers; and if he will list the legislation by year.

(117244)

582   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department indicated dissent from a proposal in the Council of Ministers but did not register a vote or abstention.

(117258)

583   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 12th May, Official Report, column 128W, on Railways, whether Thameslink has asked for approval from (a) the SRA and (b) Network Rail to exceed the prescribed journey times; and if he will list Thameslink core routes and prescribed permitted journey times.

(117274)

584   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what actions he has taken or is taking to ensure that the websites of his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are accessible to partially sighted and blind people; and if he will make a statement.

(117332)

585   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the actions his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are taking to comply with the requirements of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002; whether he has made an estimate of the cost of compliance; and if he will make a statement.

(117705)

586   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list classes of vehicles that have an entitlement to use blue lamps; and if he will list regulations that are in force that control the use of blue lamps on vehicles.

(117757)

587   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the legal instruments that (a) control the behaviour of drivers in vehicles using blue lamps and (b) exempt drivers in vehicles attending emergency incidents from observing speed limits.

(117758)

588   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of pensioners use the concessionary travel scheme that operates within the Greater London area.

(117151)

589   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd January, Official Report, column 514W, on paper supplies, whether any of the paper or paper products supplied to his Department by Premier Paper are supplied by Stora Enso's Veitsiluoto Mill in Finland; and what assessment has been made of whether this paper contains (a) timber from old growth forests and (b) timber that may have been logged illegally in Russia.

(117545)

590   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on completing a pay audit in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies to measure any disadvantage in terms of remuneration for (a) women, (b) ethnic minorities and (c) people with disabilities; and if he will publish the results of such an audit.

(117429)

591   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to conclude a partnership agreement with the trade unions representing the staff in his Department.

(117448)

592   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made in his Department and non departmental public bodies on implementing the requirements of the Race Relations Amendment Act 2000; and if he will publish the results of the monitoring required by the Act.

(117469)

593   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many freight train miles were travelled in (a) 1997 and (b) the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

(117745)

594   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the new requirement for the fitting of a bell for pedal cycles for sale includes a requirement on the owner to have a working bell or other warning device fitted to the machine when it is being ridden.

(117387)

595   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it a requirement for the owners of pedal cycles to have working front and rear lights and a rear reflector fitted to the machine.

(117404)

596   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it a requirement for manufacturers, distributors and retailers of pedal cycles to fit front and rear lights and a rear reflector.

(117405)

597   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many consultation forms had been returned from the Midlands Region Airport proposals by 1st June.

(117386)

598   Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will introduce a compulsory registration scheme for off-road motorcycles.

(117408)

599   Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the number of cloned vehicle licence plates on UK roads; and if he will make a statement.

(117666)

600   Claire Ward (Watford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the progress of the Croxley Rail Link project.

(117407)

601   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the (a) number of staff employed by and (b) budget of each regulatory body for which his Department is responsible in each year since 1997.

(117784)

602   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what progress has been made on completing a pay audit in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies to measure any disadvantage in terms of remuneration for (a) women, (b) ethnic minorities and (c) people with disabilities; and if he will publish the results of such an audit.

(117427)

603   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether he plans to conclude a partnership agreement with the trade unions representing the staff in his Department.

(117446)

604   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what progress has been made in his Department and non-departmental public bodies on implementing the requirements of the Race Relations Amendment Act 2000; and if he will publish the results of the monitoring required by the Act.

(117467)

605   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many sub-post offices there were in Wales in (a) 1997 and (b) 2002.

(117520)

606   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when he last met representatives of the tourist industry in Wales to discuss current issues; and what discussions he has had with the First Secretary on this subject.

(117524)

607   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many days in the last three months he has spent attending the Convention on the Future of Europe.

(117526)

608   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the amount spent by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies on hotel accommodation (i) in the UK and (ii) abroad for (A) Ministers, (B) staff and (C) others; and if he will list the average cost per hotel room, in each year since 1997.

(117563)

609   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Scotland are in receipt of housing benefit, broken down by local authority.

(117098)

610   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for the pension credit have been received from pensioners in Scotland broken down by (a) local authority and (b) parliamentary constituency.

(117099)

611   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Scotland received the winter fuel allowance for the 2002-03 winter, broken down by (a) local authority and (b) parliamentary constituency; and what percentage these figures represent of the total numbers eligible for the allowance in each local authority and constituency.

(117100)

612   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department's vote in the Council of Ministers against a legislative proposal (a) was and (b) was not sufficient to achieve with other member states a blocking minority.

(117213)

613   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department abstained in the Council of Ministers on a legislative proposal which was passed by qualified majority voting.

(117236)

614   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department has been outvoted by qualified majority voting in the Council of Ministers broken down by legislation and year.

(117240)

615   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department indicated dissent from a proposal in the Council of Ministers but did not register a vote or abstention.

(117255)

616   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on his policy on the eligibility of carers of people who are affected by asbestosis for carers benefit.

(117109)

617   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on his policy on the eligibility of former carers of people affected by asbestosis under 45 years of age for bereavement benefit.

(117110)

618   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the actions his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are taking to comply with the requirements of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002; if he has made an estimate of the cost of compliance; and if he will make a statement.

(117704)

619   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for North East Hertfordshire on 20th May, Official Report, column 753W, on Post Office card accounts, if he has made an estimate of the number of customers to whom he referred who are unable to open or manage an account; if he will list the alternative payment methods which are being considered; and if he will make a statement.

(117742)

620   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to meet representatives of widowers' groups to discuss issues affecting widowers' pensions.

(117120)

621   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made on completing a pay audit in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies to measure any disadvantage in terms of remuneration for (a) women, (b) ethnic minorities and (c) people with disabilities; and if he will publish the results of such an audit.

(117426)

622   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to conclude a partnership agreement with the trade unions representing the staff in his Department.

(117445)

623   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made in his Department and non departmental public bodies on implementing the requirements of the Race Relations Amendment Act 2000; and if he will publish the results of the monitoring required by the Act.

(117466)

624   Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what insurance schemes he plans to introduce to protect final salary pension schemes.

(117650)

625   Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education and Skills on devising strategies which ensure that children with disabilities are encouraged to have the widest possible career paths, from the earliest opportunity.

(117651)

626   Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on how carers can be assisted into new learning and work opportunities.

(117652)

627   Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what strategies he plans to assist people with disabilities into training and work opportunities.

(117653)

628   Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with other Governments in protecting final salary pension schemes; and if he plans to introduce a compulsory scheme of insurance for the protection of employees of insolvent firms.

(117654)

629   Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many inspectors were employed by the Health and Safety Executive's Field Operations Directorate in each of the last 10 years.

(117130)

630   Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many inspections of premises have been carried out by the Health and Safety Executive's Field Operations Directorate in Bolton in each of the last 10 years.

(117131)

631   Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what impact the recently announced cut in the budget of the Health and Safety Executive will have on its performance.

(117132)

632   Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) work-related deaths and (b) serious injuries have occurred in the Bolton South East parliamentary constituency in each of the last 10 years; and how many prosecutions there have been as a result.

(117133)

633   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the Jobcentre Plus centres it is intended to open in North Wales; and if he will make a statement.

(117521)

634   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Jobcentre Plus centres have been opened in Wales.

(117522)

635   Mr James Plaskitt (Warwick & Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to increase pension provision in the UK; and if he will make a statement.

(117322)

636   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of progress in the implementation of the new child support system; when the full transfer of existing child support cases onto the new system will take place; and if he will make a statement.

(117735)

637   Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in the working population have no private pension provision.

(117102)

638   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the (a) number of staff employed by and (b) budget of each regulatory body for which his Department is responsible in each year since 1997.

(117785)

639
N   Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the level of competition in the broadband market.

[Question Unstarred] (116514)

640
N   Eric Joyce (Falkirk West): To ask the Minister for Women, what action she is taking to promote the role of women in the governance of Iraq.

[Question Unstarred] (116565)

641   Mrs Gillian Shephard (South West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which department is responsible for co-ordinating government policy on the development of the use of bio-fuels.

[Transferred] (117542)

642   Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether statistics on child poverty include the children of asylum seekers.

[Transferred] (117375)

643   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of progress in creating a world class mental health service, as envisaged in the Wanless Report.

[Transferred] (117575)

644   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his Answer of 26th February, Official Report, column 568W, on paper supplies, whether any of the paper or paper products supplied to the Northern Ireland administration by Premier Paper are supplied by Stora Enso's Veitsiluoto Mill in Finland; and what assessment has been made of whether this paper contains (a) timber from old growth forests and (b) timber that may have been logged illegally in Russia.

[Transferred] (117544)

645   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what figures he has collated on the number of disabled parking permits that have gone missing in the post after being issued in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority.

[Transferred] (117112)

646   Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the outcome was of the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council on 2nd to 3rd June; what the Government's stance was on the issues discussed, including its voting record; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (117558)

647   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps she has taken since May 2001 to prevent the discharges of minewater from abandoned mines.

[Transferred] (117484)

648   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent representations she has received concerning the prevention of discharges of mine water from abandoned mines in England and Wales.

[Transferred] (117485)

649   Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations her Department has made to support the planned merger of Arla with National Express; and if she will make a statement.

[Transferred] (117146)

650   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the number of people who are affected by asbestosis.

[Transferred] (117108)

651   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many suicides of (a) 16 year olds, (b) 17 year olds and (c) 18 year olds there were in each year since 1997.

[Transferred] (117577)

652   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many children in each year since 1997 have died in swimming accidents in rivers.

[Transferred] (117580)

653   Mrs Gillian Shephard (South West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what preparations his Department is making for the introduction of the Bio-fuels Directive later this year; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (117543)

654   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what analysis has been carried out by Government to establish, in respect of government contracts awarded to Capita, whether they have been delivered (a) on time, (b) within budget and (c) in accordance with the terms specified; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (117616)

655   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out the timetable for the introduction of legislation to empower the Office of Fair Trading to regulate the bank clearing system; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (117717)

656   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the transport schemes funded since the initiation of the Rural Transport Partnership scheme; and how much funding each scheme received.

[Transferred] (117527)

657   Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff are employed to man advisory hotlines for working families tax credit; how many are civil servants; and how many have received training in this area.

[Transferred] (117641)