Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2002 - 03
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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 11 June 2003

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 11 June 2003, of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

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

WEDNESDAY 11th JUNE

1   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what actions the Cabinet Office, 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.

(118851)

2   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Penrose Inquiry into Equitable Life is expected to report.

(118831)

3   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many Ombudsman's inquiries are outstanding pending the conclusion of the Penrose Inquiry.

(118832)

4   Mr Alan Hurst (Braintree): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many CIS4 cards have been issued in each tax year since the inception of the scheme.

(118824)

5   Mr Alan Hurst (Braintree): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many tax returns based upon the CIS4 scheme were received for the tax years (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01 and (c) 2001-02.

(118826)

6   Mr Alan Hurst (Braintree): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the loss to the National Insurance Fund resulting from wrongly defined self-employment in the construction industry in each tax year since 1990-91.

(118827)

7   Mr Alan Hurst (Braintree): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how much arrears of National Insurance contributions was reclaimed from employers in the construction industry in each year since 1999.

(118829)

8   Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average level of personal debt was in each of the last 10 years.

(118685)

9   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what his reasons are for deciding that it is not necessary to rejoin the ERM before joining the euro.

(118857)

10   Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when he intends to publish the Children at Risk Green Paper.

(118854)

11   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his policy that all official (a) correspondence, (b) reports and (c) documentation from his office uses the English spelling of words where this differs from the US version.

(118749)

12   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the (a) total reserves and (b) national insurance contributions were in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) 2003-04.

(118755)

13   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesborough, representing the Church Commissioners, pursuant to his Answer to the Right honourable Member for Birkenhead, 8th May, Official Report, column 864W, on Lambeth Palace Library, whether the Commissioners' review of the arrangements for the housing and conservation of the documentary heritage of the Church will (a) take account of the documentary heritage held by York Minster Library and (b) seek to define the purposes and role of the collections of York Minster Library and how they complement those of Lambeth Palace Library and supplement those in the north of England.

(118724)

14   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Heritage Lottery Fund has contributed to York Minster Library; for what purpose this grant was made; and if she will place in the Library a copy of (a) the Minster's grant application and (b) the Lottery Fund's decision on it.

(118761)

15   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost was of publishing her Department's annual report in each of the past five years; and if she will provide a breakdown of the costs incurred.

(118723)

16   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the (a) value and (b) unit sales of UK television exports in (i) US, (ii) Canada, (iii) Germany, (iv) France, (v) Spain, (vi) Italy, (vii) Scandinavia, (viii) the rest of Western Europe, (ix) Eastern Europe, (x) Australia and New Zealand, (xi) Latin America, (xii) Asia and (xiii) elsewhere, broken down by type, in (A) 2000, (B) 2001 and (C) 2002.

(118760)

17   Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to encourage an increase in the level of national and international tourism within Staffordshire.

(118682)

18   Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with Sports England regarding the development of the High Performance Centre for Greater London at Picketts Lock; and if she will make a statement.

(118686)

19   Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with Sport England regarding their re-prioritisation programme to better match their income to expenditure; what impact is expected on the development of the High Performance Centre for Greater London; and if she will make a statement.

(118701)

20   Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the feasibility study being undertaken by Sport England into the proposed High Performance Centre for Greater London.

(118702)

21   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy that all official (a) correspondence, (b) reports and (c) documentation from her office uses the English spelling of words where this differs from the US version.

(118858)

22   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make the funding of sports and open space projects for community use a priority for unallocated lottery funds.

(118738)

23   Peter Bradley (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the properties acquired by the Angel Group and its subsidiaries from the Department and its agencies and the (a) dates and (b) costs of their acquisition.

(118837)

24
N   Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what object HMS Tireless recently hit while sailing in the Arctic; and if he will make a statement.

(118359)

25
N   Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated cost and time will be to repair HMS Tireless; and if he will make a statement.

(118360)

26
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timescale is for the removal of the unexploded bomblets deposited by cluster bombs from Iraq.

(118194)

27
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what record the British army has of the location of unexploded bomblets in Iraq.

(118195)

28
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what efforts are being made to protect citizens in Iraq from (a) entering the areas where unexploded bomblets are and (b) tampering with them.

(118196)

29   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on his Department's disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration strategy for Iraq.

(118778)

30   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) military, (b) civil service and (c) civilian contractor or other personnel are employed at the National Flight Testing Centre at Boscombe Down.

(118736)

31
N   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many qualified personnel are engaged in clearing cluster bomb type ordnance in Iraq; and how long he estimates it will take to clear them up and make these areas safe for civilians.

(117599)

32   Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the last occasion was that a goodwill visit was made by a vessel of the navy of the Irish Republic to London; and when he will extend an invitation for a future visit.

(118887)

33   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, at what time a serviceman was shot on 4th June at the Stanford Battle area in East Anglia; at what time he went on duty; at what time the scene of the incident was secured; at what time he was pronounced dead; at what time the police were called to investigate; at what time the next of kin were notified; and if he will make a statement.

(118937)

34   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps have been taken to modify the aims of the Instructional Techniques Course to enable instructors to change their teaching methods to trainees; and what advice has been sought on developing appropriate coaching and mentoring skills.

(118938)

35   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent research he has commissioned into the psychological profiles of new recruits to the army.

(118955)

36   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy that all official (a) correspondence, (b) reports and (c) documentation from his office uses the English spelling of words where this differs from the US version.

(118867)

37   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans the Government has to (a) commemorate in this country and (b) support in France the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

(118875)

38   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of the Territorial Army is deployed to the Gulf region.

(118737)

39   Mr Michael Foster (Worcester): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to smooth the impact of area list adjustment on neighbouring authorities not in receipt of this.

(118945)

40   Mr Michael Foster (Worcester): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what evidence he has collated of cost differences between Worcestershire and Warwickshire when credit approvals are given for capital allocations.

(118946)

41   Mr Michael Foster (Worcester): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what size of shire county he estimates is sufficient to produce reliable statistics for the calculation of the labour cost adjustment made by his Department.

(118947)

42   Mr Michael Foster (Worcester): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what impact he estimates area cost adjustment has had on Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council's ability to recruit and retain staff.

(118948)

43   Mr Michael Foster (Worcester): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what representations he received from Berkshire County Council about area cost adjustment.

(118949)

44   Mr Michael Foster (Worcester): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of (a) the impact of allocating additional resources to (i) Warwickshire, (ii) Gloucestershire, (iii) Birmingham and (iv) Dudley in the form of area cost adjustment, and (b) the impact on Worcestershire of not receiving such resources.

(118950)

45   Mr Michael Foster (Worcester): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to treat Worcestershire and Herefordshire as separate counties for the purpose of calculating area cost adjustment.

(118951)

46   Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he intends to publish details of his proposals to allow local authorities to retain a proportion of increases in business rates attributable to new commercial developments within their area.

(118956)

47   Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the amount of public sector land for redevelopment sold at below market values since 1997 as a result of the inclusion of obligations to provide affordable housing on it.

(118957)

48   Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his intentions are with regard to amendment of the specified maximum amount under section 9(3) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.

(118958)

49   Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the availability of public sector owned land suitable for redevelopment for affordable housing (a) in London and (b) in England.

(118959)

50   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what action he intends to take to ensure his proposals in Sustainable Communities comply with the EU Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment Directive.

(118816)

51   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he plans to announce his decision on the application for the redevelopment of Cambridge Close and Cambridge Street, Aylesbury.

(118817)

52   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent discussions he has had with the US Defense Secretary about North Korean nuclear weapons.

(118740)

53   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy that all official (a) correspondence, (b) reports and (c) documentation from his office uses the English spelling of words where this differs from the American version.

(118748)

54   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, with reference to the EC decision in respect of a derogation under state aid rules of the English Heritage regeneration scheme, if he will make a statement in respect of the Burslem Townscape Heritage Scheme; and when he expects to clear the decision on the (a) Historic Environment Regeneration (NN985/2002) dated 14th May and (b) National Heritage Memorial Fund dated 28th May.

(118763)

55   Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much money the Higher Education Funding Council for England has provided to the University of York to computerise the catalogue of York Minster Library to improve access to it by higher education; and what obligations the Minster library has to higher education institutions in return for this funding.

(118762)

56   Peter Bradley (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the properties acquired by the Angel Group and its subsidiaries from the Department and its agencies and the (a) dates and (b) costs of their acquisition.

(118833)

57   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of children of compulsory school age in each local education authority area attended independent schools in each of the last five years.

(118853)

58   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of pupils accepted for courses at the Academy for Gifted and Talented Children in 2003 come from the maintained sector.

(118699)

59   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the beacon schools which have not been accepted as leading edge schools.

(118700)

60   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many eco-schools there have been in each local education authority area in England in each year since 1997.

(118689)

61   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what arrangements his Department has for the dissemination of educational information regarding environmental matters by way of the network of eco-schools in England.

(118690)

62   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the contribution made by the eco-schools programme to the delivery of the citizenship curriculum.

(118691)

63   Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, who the 10 largest providers of Modern Apprenticeships were in 2002-03; how many contracted places there were with each of those providers; and what the individual success rates were of each of those providers, expressed as (a) the proportion of NVQs successfully passed out of those taken and (b) the proportion of Modern Apprenticeships successfully gained out of those started.

(118935)

64   Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when the full achievement rates for Modern Apprenticeship Frameworks for 2002-03 will be issued; and how those rates will be made available.

(118939)

65   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was paid in attendance allowances to members of school governing bodies in England and Wales in each of the last 10 municipal years; and how much he estimates will be allocated in the current municipal year.

(118746)

66   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make it his policy that all official (a) correspondence, (b) reports and (c) documentation from his office uses the English spelling of words where this differs from the US version.

(118862)

67   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures he has taken to ensure that schools teach the English spelling of words where it differs from the US version; and if he will make a statement.

(118873)

68   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will take steps to ensure that computers and other electronic equipment in schools uses spell checks with the recognised English spelling of words and not the US spelling.

(118876)

69   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools in Essex are running a deficit budget.

(118751)

70   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the schools in Castle Point that are running a deficit budget, and the size of the deficit in each case.

(118752)

71   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make it his policy to recompense schools for the additional costs of searches through the Criminal Records Bureau.

(118753)

72   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the letters his Department has received from Essex County Council regarding the Criminal Records Bureau over the last six months, and the dates of his replies.

(118754)

73   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list, by LEA, the future estimates his Department has made of (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupil numbers.

(118768)

74   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list, by LEA, total pupil numbers in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools since 1990.

(118769)

75   Peter Bradley (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the properties acquired by the Angel Group and its subsidiaries from the Department and its agencies and the (a) dates and (b) costs of their acquisition.

(118836)

76   Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost was of publishing her Department's annual report for each of the past five years; and if she will provide a breakdown of the costs incurred.

(118722)

77   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much financial grant her Department has given to ENCAMS for its eco-schools programme in each year since 1997.

(118692)

78   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many jobs are dependent on the eco-schools programme in England.

(118693)

79   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what arrangements her Department makes to distribute information on sustainable development to eco-schools in England.

(118694)

80   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's (a) plans and (b) timetable are for implementing the EU Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment Directive.

(118815)

81   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy that all official (a) correspondence, (b) reports and (c) documentation from her office uses the English spelling of words where this differs from the US version.

(118872)

82   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what reports the Environment Agency used as the basis for their legal notice to the operators of Pitsea Tip under section 42 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990; and if she will publish those reports.

(118730)

83   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what monitoring procedures have been undertaken by the Environment Agency in respect of Pitsea Tip; and what results have been achieved.

(118731)

84   Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many new (a) embassies, (b) embassy residences, (c) high commissions and (d) high commission residences (i) have been built since 1997 and (ii) are planned to be built in the next year; in which countries; and if he will list the cost of each project.

(118771)

85   Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which (a) Government ministers and (b) officials from his Department will attend the South Atlantic Council meeting in Buenos Aires later this year.

(118772)

86   Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what offers of assistance have been made by the British Ambassador to Argentina to the South Atlantic Council towards its forthcoming conference in Buenos Aires.

(118773)

87   Mr Peter Atkinson (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what involvement the United Kingdom Government had in the UN's Special Committee on Decolonisation's conference Advancing the Decolonisation Process in the Caribbean and Bermuda held in Anguilla last month.

(118890)

88   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many visas were issued at the British Embassy in Syria in each of the last three years to (a) people seeking political asylum, (b) students, (c) visitors and tourists, (d) people seeking indefinite leave to remain and (e) people seeking to join their spouses; and if he will make a statement.

(118921)

89
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Christian community in Iraq; and what plans he has put in place to ensure that that community plays a full part in the rebuilding of the country.

(118358)

90   Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much was paid for the hire of morning suits and related attire on the occasion of UK male ambassadors receiving their credentials from Her Majesty the Queen in the past three years.

(118884)

91   Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will relax the rule requiring all male UK ambassadors to wear morning suits on the occasion of their receipt of new credentials from Her Majesty the Queen; and if he will make a statement.

(118885)

92   Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which overseas territories are in the process of revising their constitutions and, in each case, what the anticipated timescale is for (a) the overseas territory to finalise their requests for revision and (b) referral to the Privy Council for an Order.

(118886)

93   Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many children residing in the Turks and Caicos Islands are not receiving full-time education; and what action the Government proposes to take.

(118888)

94   Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his assessment of the extent of religious persecution in North Korea; what measures the Department has been able to initiate to indicate the concerns of Her Majesty's Government to the Government of North Korea; and what initiatives it has taken on behalf of named individuals persecuted.

(118889)

95   Mr George Osborne (Tatton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the total UK expenditure has been on the reconstruction of Afghanistan.

(118703)

96   Mr George Osborne (Tatton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of fraud or financial irregularities in the use of UK funds to combat the opium trade in Afghanistan.

(118705)

97   Mr George Osborne (Tatton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the size of the opium harvest in Afghanistan in each of the last five years.

(118706)

98   Mr George Osborne (Tatton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the security situation in Afghanistan.

(118707)

99   Mr George Osborne (Tatton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much the UK is spending on combating the opium trade in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.

(118708)

100   Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the proposed new consular residence in Presidio Terrace, San Francisco, is governed by restrictions that will prevent its use for consular functions; and if he will make a statement.

(118725)

101   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy that official (a) correspondence, (b) reports and (c) documentation from his office use the English spelling of words where this differs from the US version.

(118863)

102   Peter Bradley (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the properties acquired by the Angel Group and its subsidiaries from the Department and its agencies, with the (a) dates and (b) costs of their acquisition.

(118835)

103   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what networks in each specialty have been established in each Strategic Health Authority.

(118766)

104   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the waiting times are for follow-up appointments for consultant neurologists, broken down by Strategic Health Authority

(118767)

105   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many calls to the NHS Counter Fraud Service there were in each of the last three years; and (a) how many and (b) what percentage of calls resulted in a successful prosecution.

(118776)

106   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in England suffer from Alzheimer's disease.

(118922)

107   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children's homes in England are (a) open and (b) closed and which are under investigation for possible child abuse.

(118923)

108   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding was given to the London ambulance service in the last 12 months.

(118924)

109   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many intensive care beds there are in NHS hospitals covering the Greater London area.

(118925)

110   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on mental health services in the London Borough of Wandsworth in each of the last three years.

(118926)

111   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been paid by St George's Hospital NHS Trust, Tooting in response to negligence claims in each of the last five years.

(118927)

112   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with other European Union member states on the sale of human organs within the European Union.

(118928)

113   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department has given to St George's Hospital NHS Trust, Tooting since May 1997.

(118929)

114   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, to what extent the NHS retains liability for compensating patients for clinical negligence suffered whilst undergoing treatment abroad under the Patient Choice initiative; and if he will make a statement.

(118698)

115   Mr Michael Foster (Worcester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when setting weighted capitation targets for resource allocation to primary care trusts, what account is taken of the unavoidable geographical variations in the cost of providing services.

(118952)

116   Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pharmacies in England are included in the Essential Pharmacy Scheme.

(118727)

117   Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many unfilled pharmacy vacancies there are in hospitals in England.

(118728)

118   Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times (a) North Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust and (b) Warrington Primary Care Trust have met each Member of Parliament in their area in the past year.

(118883)

119   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 9th June, ref. 116290, if he will make a statement on the difference in the cost to a foundation hospital accessing an amount of capital via loans they will be expected to repay as compared to the charge another health organisation accessing capital through the Department of Health and strategic health authorities would have to meet for borrowing the same amount.

(118856)

120   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the provision of ambulatory oxygen to patients with lung disease.

(118818)

121   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to allow (a) conserving devices for domiciliary oxygen and (b) ambulatory oxygen to be dispensed on prescription.

(118819)

122   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the benefit to patients of using conserving devices with domiciliary oxygen.

(118820)

123   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of inequality in healthcare provision.

(118718)

124   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GPs there were (a) in England and (b) in each constituency in the last year for which figures are available.

(118719)

125   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were treated for varicose veins (a) in England and (b) in each constituency in the last year for which figures are available.

(118720)

126   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were treated for diabetes (a) in England and (b) in each constituency in the last year for which figures are available.

(118721)

127   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was paid in attendance allowances to members of (a) health authorities, (b) hospital trusts and (c) primary care trusts in England in each of the last 10 financial years; and how much he estimates will be allocated in the current financial year.

(118743)

128   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy that all official (a) correspondence, (b) reports and (c) documentation from his office uses the English spelling of words where this differs from the US version.

(118868)

129   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his target is for the number of diabetes specialists per head of population; what the current ratio is; and if he will make a statement.

(118874)

130   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vacancies there are for diabetes specialists; and when he expects all posts to be filled.

(118877)

131   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the number of diabetes specialists needed to cover the (a) Essex Strategic Health Authority and (b) Essex Rivers Healthcare Trust areas; and how many of the diabetes specialist posts are filled.

(118878)

132   Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people broken down by (a) gender and (b) age group were treated for abdominal aortic aneurysm in each of the past ten years for which figures are available; and what the mortality rate for abdominal aortic aneurysm was in each of the past 10 years for which figures are available.

(118930)

133   Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received from the National Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Committee.

(118931)

134   Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in establishing a national screening programme for abdominal aortic aneurysm; and if he will make a statement.

(118932)

135   Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the relative average cost per patient of (a) screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm and (b) surgery on a patient suffering from abdominal aortic aneurysm.

(118933)

136   Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to refer the issue of a national screening programme for abdominal aortic aneurysm to the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE); what plans his Department has to prepare for the introduction of a screening programme for abdominal aortic aneurysm ahead of any decision by NICE; and if he will make a statement.

(118934)

137   Mr Harold Best (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures he has taken to make it easier for vulnerable witnesses to give evidence in court; and if he will make a statement.

(118775)

138
N   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the race relations policy that has been approved for Dungavel Detention Centre.

(118610)

139
N   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was to his Department of monitoring the contracts for each asylum centre in each of the last five years.

(118611)

140
N   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the number of performance points incurred under the contract for each asylum detention centre is commercially confidential.

(118612)

141   Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the results of the gun amnesty.

(118758)

142   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of asylum seekers in detention have been assessed as having a mental disorder.

(118779)

143   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional prison places have been provided and at what cost in each of the last 10 years; and what the average cost of building a new prison place is.

(118780)

144   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of prisoners who were given detoxification in the last 12 months for which figures are available entered one of the Prison Service's drug rehabilitation programmes.

(118781)

145   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of prisoners who entered drug rehabilitation programmes in the last 12 months for which figures are available went on to complete those programmes.

(118782)

146   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners in the last five years have spent (a) over six months, (b) over 12 months, (c) over 18 months and (d) over two years in prison on remand.

(118783)

147   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on steps he is taking to meet the commitments set out in his Department's framework for sustainable development.

(118784)

148   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment is made (a) of the environmental impact and (b) against sustainable development criteria of bids made for (i) grants and (ii) contracts awarded by his Department; who makes such assessments; and whether these assessments are published.

(118785)

149   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many adult offenders have been tagged by order of the courts; how many of these orders entailed (a) tagging alone and (b) tagging in combination with other interventions; and what proportion of the offenders in each category completed the order.

(118786)

150   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many community sentences were given in the last two years in which a condition of residence at a probation hostel was imposed.

(118787)

151   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his timetable is for (a) consultation in preparation for the Victims and Witnesses Bill, (b) the publication of a draft Bill and (c) the publication of the Bill itself.

(118788)

152   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners are being held over (a) 50 miles and (b) 100 miles from their home town.

(118789)

153   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will publish a national workload agreement for the National Probation Service.

(118790)

154   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many serious incidents there have been in prisons in England and Wales in each of the last 12 months involving (a) riots, (b) peaceful protests, including sit-down protests, (c) assaults and (d) other disturbances.

(118791)

155   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners have (a) escaped and (b) absconded from prisons in England and Wales in each of the last 12 months.

(118792)

156   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an ergonomic assessment has been completed in relation to E-OASys for the probation and prison services; and if he will make a statement.

(118793)

157   Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to curb under-age drinking as part of his strategy to tackle anti-social behaviour.

(118684)

158   Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures he intends to take to ensure mobile phone companies provide advice and guidance (a) to parents on how to safeguard children from access to inappropriate content and sites and (b) directly to children about online safety in general, and in particular the dangers of giving personal information to strangers in chat rooms or via the internet.

(118855)

159   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was paid in attendance allowances to members of police authorities in England and Wales in each of the last 10 municipal years; and how much he estimates will be allocated in the current municipal year.

(118744)

160   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy that official (a) correspondence, (b) reports and (c) documentation from his office uses the English spelling of words where this differs from the US version.

(118864)

161   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the results were of his Department's Regulatory Impact Assessment on the Government's proposals to change the law on corporate killing.

(118732)

162   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to increase the criminal liability of individual directors on corporate killing.

(118733)

163   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the legislation in force in relation to corporate killing.

(118734)

164   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list recent meetings he has had with (a) companies and business leaders and (b) trade unions on the issue of corporate killing and possible legislation on it.

(118735)

165   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on those sections of the draft EU constitution relating to (a) tackling terrorism and (b) external order controls.

(118739)

166   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the categories of applications from Essex for search by the Criminal Records Bureau in respect of (a) foster care and adoption, (b) teaching staff and (c) schools non-teaching staff.

(118750)

167   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations he has received on the draft EU constitution.

(118756)

168
N   Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) men and (b) women are in prison for non-payment of their television licence; and what proportion that represents of the male and female prison population.

(118283)

169   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what sources of expertise the Department has used for measures to restore water services in Iraq.

(118940)

170   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make it his policy that official (a) correspondence, (b) reports and (c) documentation from his office uses the English spelling of words where this differs from the US version.

(118871)

171
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which reports commissioned by the Department on the overseas territories from Social Development Direct are in the public domain, broken down by territory.

(118613)

172   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the recent meeting with the Indonesian Trade Minister; and if he will make a statement in respect of action to implement a memorandum of understanding with Indonesia on illegal logging.

(118764)

173   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if she will list the actions the Department (a) has taken and (b) is taking to ensure that the websites of the Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are accessible to partially sighted and blind people; and if she will make a statement.

(118846)

174   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what actions the Lord Chancellor's 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 an estimate has been made of the cost of compliance; and if she will make a statement.

(118849)

175   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what plans the Lord Chancellor has to bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that transsexuals are accorded the same level of rights whether or not the end of the gender realignment process is clear.

(118794)

176   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what assessment she has made of the benefits to the public of the new form of conditional fee agreement introduced by her Department on 2nd June.

(118709)

177   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how much was paid in attendance allowances to justices of the peace in each of the last 10 financial years; and how much she estimates will be allocated in the current financial year.

(118745)

178   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if she will make it her policy that official (a) correspondence, (b) reports and (c) documentation from her office uses the English spelling of words where this differs from the US version.

(118865)

179   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the actions he (a) has taken and (b) 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.

(118842)

180   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what 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.

(118848)

181   Mr John Hume (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what guidance he gives on the extent to which pre-school children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) can benefit from appropriate pre-school education; whether the current main-stream nursery education classes are resourced to deal with children with ASD; and if he will make a statement about plans to provide specialist pre-school education for children with ASD.

(118759)

182   Mr John Hume (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been made redundant in the last 24 months in each Northern Ireland constituency, broken down by industry sector; what steps he has taken to provide retraining for those people; what training he has provided for people emerging from the textile sector; and what strategic employment initiatives he has initiated to provide replacement employment for people who have been made redundant.

(118770)

183   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many persons lost their lives in conflict-related incidents in each year since 1973 and were the subject of a murder investigation conducted by the police; how many murders in each year were eventually the subject of a successful prosecution; and how many unsolved murders remain from each year.

(118960)

184   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, why the South East Education and Library Board did not allocate the Playcentre at Londonderry Primary School, Newtownards with Pre-school Education Advisory Group (PEAG) places for (a) 2002-03 and (b) 2003-04.

(118881)

185   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make it his policy that official (a) correspondence, (b) reports and (c) documentation from his office uses the English spelling of words where this differs from the US version.

(118870)

186   Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Prime Minister, whether persons (a) in his office and (b) in the security and intelligence services have been subject to penalty, reprimand or disciplinary action related to their conduct in the preparation of the dossiers on Iraq published before the war.

(118880)

187
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Prime Minister, which Minister is responsible for children; and what their specific responsibilities are.

(117932)

188   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he has received a copy of the September 2002 report by the Pentagon Defense Intelligence Agency on Iraq's military capabilities.

(118953)

189   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy that official (a) correspondence, (b) reports and (c) documentation from his office uses the English spelling of words where this differs from the US version.

(118747)

190   Mr John Taylor (Solihull): To ask the Prime Minister, when he intends to appoint a new Minister of State for Pensions.

(118741)

191   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if she will list the actions she (a) has taken and (b) 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.

(118838)

192   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what actions her Department is 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.

(118852)

193   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if she will make it her policy that official (a) correspondence, (b) reports and (c) documentation from her office use the English spelling of words where this differs from the US version.

(118859)

194   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Solicitor General, if she will list the actions the Department (a) has taken and (b) is taking to ensure that the websites of the Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are accessible to partially sighted and blind people; and if she will make a statement.

(118845)

195   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Solicitor General, what actions her Department and its Agency 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.

(118850)

196   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 3rd June, Official Report, column 319W, on the A400M, when the Government was approached to provide financial assistance to Rolls-Royce, and by whom; if she will list the parties involved in the discussion to provide such assistance; when the decision was made to provide a grant to Rolls-Royce, subject to authorisation procedures; and who made that decision.

(118839)

197   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 3rd June, Official Report, column 319W, on the A400M, what the total eligible technology demonstration programme costs are; what estimate she has made of the size of the grant to be provided to Rolls-Royce; what authorisation is being sought; and when approval is expected.

(118840)

198   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 3rd June, Official Report, column 317W, on the A400M, for whom the evaluation to which she referred was prepared; how much it cost to research and produce; and who paid these costs.

(118841)

199   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the reasons for poor quality of band connections in rural areas.

(118830)

200   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what intelligence gathering mechanism she has for determining the bona fides of arms dealers and purchasers.

(118936)

201   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the research which she has commissioned on US end-user monitoring and controls, with special reference to the use of (a) mutual and (b) multilateral legal assistance treaties.

(118941)

202   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations she has received from the UK Working Group on Arms as part of her consultation on the secondary legislation for the Export Control Act 2002.

(118942)

203   Mr Alan Hurst (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many people were (a) employed and (b) self-employed in the construction industry in England and Wales in (i) 1973, (ii) 1978, (iii) 1983, (iv) 1988 and (v) each year from 1990 to 2002.

(118825)

204   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has had with the managers of Royal Mail Group regarding the company's policy of transferring the transport of mail freight from rail to road and air; and if she will press the Royal Mail Group to review the decision to terminate its contract with EWS.

(118710)

205   Syd Rapson (Portsmouth North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many people are employed in the UK foundry sector; and if she will make a statement on the contribution of the foundry sector to domestic GDP.

(118811)

206   Syd Rapson (Portsmouth North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many jobs have been lost in the foundry sector in the past (a) year, (b) five years and (c) 10 years.

(118812)

207   Syd Rapson (Portsmouth North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many foundries have ceased trading in the past (a) year, (b) five years and (c) 10 years.

(118813)

208   Syd Rapson (Portsmouth North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when her Department will publish the draft regulations and guidance on the implementation of the Horizontal Amending Directive, with particular reference to the offshore industry.

(118814)

209   Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether she or her Ministers have received documents issued by Royal Mail relating to (a) bonuses and (b) incentives for Post Office managers who achieve targets for closures of Post Office branches.

(118726)

210   Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on European Commission state aid approval for the subsidy for rural post offices.

(118774)

211   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make it her policy that official (a) correspondence, (b) reports and (c) documentation from her office uses the English spelling of words where this differs from the US version.

(118860)

212   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on progress on the reform of the Warsaw Convention, with particular reference to (a) the cap on compensation awards, (b) compensation for psychiatric injury and (c) ratification of the Montreal Convention.

(118695)

213   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which airlines flying into and out of the UK have (a) fully waived, (b) partially waived and (c) not waived their rights under the Warsaw Convention to (i) limit compensation payable in respect of passengers injured or killed whilst travelling with them and (ii) refused to pay compensation for psychiatric injury; and if he will make a statement.

(118696)

214   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on progress of reform of the Athens Convention.

(118697)

215   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with (a) Royal Mail and (b) EWS concerning the transport of mail by rail.

(118687)

216   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the relative costs of transporting freight by (a) road, (b) rail and (c) air, with particular reference to the transport of mail in the UK.

(118688)

217   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy that official (a) correspondence, (b) reports and (c) documentation from his office uses the English spelling of words where this differs from the US version.

(118869)

218   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received from airline companies about National Air Traffic Services' performance; and if he will make a statement.

(118729)

219   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings he has had with passengers' interest groups about the Ten Year Plan.

(118757)

220   Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, further to his Answer of 9th June, ref 117666, what discussions he has had with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency concerning the detection and prosecution of motorists who clone licence plates.

(118961)

221   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the actions he (a) has taken and (b) 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.

(118843)

222   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what 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 the compliance; and if he will make a statement.

(118847)

223   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make it his policy that official (a) correspondence, (b) reports and (c) documentation from his office uses the English spelling of words where this differs from the US version.

(118866)

224   Peter Bradley (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the properties acquired by the Angel Group and its subsidiaries from the Department and its agencies, and the (a) dates and (b) costs of their acquisition.

(118834)

225   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent representations he has received on the granting of back-payments of widowers' pensions.

(118777)

226   Mr Alan Hurst (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) fatal and (b) non-fatal accidents have been reported to the Health and Safety Executive in each year since 1973.

(118828)

227   Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average pensioner income levels have been in each of the last 10 years.

(118683)

228   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy that official (a) correspondence, (b) reports and (c) documentation from his office use the English spelling of words where this differs from the US version.

(118861)

229   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much was paid in attendance allowances to local authority councillors in England in each of the last 10 financial years; and how much he estimates will be allocated in the current financial year.

[Transferred] (118742)

230   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to negotiate an EU ban on the import of illegal timber; and if she will make a statement.

[Transferred] (118765)

231   Mr George Osborne (Tatton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the proportion of the UK heroin trade which originated in Afghanistan in each of the last 10 years.

[Transferred] (118704)

232   Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many casualties there have been in the Iraq conflict, broken down by (a) British military personnel, (b) Iraqi civilians and (c) other categories.

[Transferred] (118879)

233   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the actions he (a) has taken and (b) is taking to ensure that the websites of the Cabinet Office, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are accessible to partially sighted and blind people; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (118844)

234   Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on (a) progress made and (b) measures yet to be achieved in attaining satisfactory collaboration from (i) the banking and financial sector and (ii) national regulatory bodies of the member states of the United Nations in the war against terrorism.

[Transferred] (118882)

235   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will commission an assessment of the impact fee-charging cash machines have on those on low incomes.

[Transferred] (118943)

236   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will regulate fee-charging for ATM withdrawals.

[Transferred] (118944)

237   Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to revise the regulations governing mortgage interest relief for people who took out a mortgage prior to October 1995 but have since remortgaged their property with a different lender.

[Transferred] (118954)