FRIDAY 13th JUNE
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N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many records were released, broken down by Department, under the Open Government initiative from 10th January 2002 to 31st December 2002. |
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| 2 | Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average number of calls to the public helpline from those applying for or querying tax credits was each week in the past two months. |
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| 3 | Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has for reducing delays for people applying for tax credits. |
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| 4 | Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps are taken to ensure that claimants for tax credits whose claims have not been settled are told how to obtain interim payments. |
| | (119515)
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| 5 | Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what target he has for the time taken to process claims for tax credits. |
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| 6 | Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to allow those already in receipt of child benefit and who are eligible for child tax credit to receive the credit without resubmitting information provided for receipt of child benefit. |
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| 7 | Denzil Davies (Llanelli): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the total yield in a full year of imposing capital gains tax at present rates on the disposal by individuals of their only or main residences. |
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| 8 | Jonathan Shaw (Chatham & Aylesford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how much financial assistance he has set aside for reconstruction work in Iraq; and what areas of reconstruction the Government (a) is financially supporting and (b) plans to support. |
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| 9 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer on how many occasions since 13th January he has been informed of a minister issuing a direction to an accounting officer as set out in paragraphs 14 to 17 of the Treasury document, The Responsibilities of an Accounting Officer; on which grounds the note of dissent was issued; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 10 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether recent changes to the concessionary TV licence fee regulations will require people who are over 65, who previously had concessionary TV licences and who work part-time, to pay full rates; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (119381)
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| 11 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether sheltered housing schemes which bought TV licences at full cost before 1st April will have the fees reimbursed to take account of recent changes in regulations; and if she will make a statement. |
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| 12 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to reverse the recent fall in monthly tourism nights taken by holiday makers in England. |
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| 13 | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what measures she is taking to increase the opportunities to hear live music in the UK in (a) pubs, (b) public halls and (c) public open spaces. |
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| 14 | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to allow the Community Fund to support organisations that are neither registered charities nor essentially philanthropic. |
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| 15 | John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the level of take-up of digital television services has been from 1998 to the most recent date for which figures are available, broken down by region. |
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| 16 | John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what percentage of (a) people and (b) households in the United Kingdom (i) receive and (ii) can receive digital television by (A) digital terrestrial, (B) digital satellite, (C) digital cable and (D) other means, broken down by region. |
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| 17 | John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Digital Action Plan, what her definition of digital television being affordable is; and what criteria she used to come to this definition. |
| | (119650)
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| 18 | John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of public awareness of analogue switch-off; and what percentage of the UK population she estimates are aware of the proposed deadline for switch-off. |
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N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in response to how many parliamentary written questions during the 2002-03 session he has decided to withhold information under the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information; and what percentage of written questions asked this constitutes. |
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| 20 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what rules of engagement apply to (a) the American National Guard and (b) the US security police personnel concerning protestors found on bases in the UK. |
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| 21 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role the Ministry of Defence Police Agency have at (a) RAF Lakenheath, (b) RAF Mildenhall, (c) RAF Fairford and (d) RAF Molesworth. |
| | (119501)
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| 22 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Active Layered Tactical Ballistic Missile Defence study relating to Missile Defence has been completed; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (119502)
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| 23 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF apprentices are on secondment and in training at RAF Menwith Hill; what the nature of that training is; and who is funding this training. |
| | (119503)
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| 24 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future of RAF Uxbridge. |
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| 25 | Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on (a) the number and (b) the role of British troops being deployed to Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo. |
| | (119556)
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| 26 | Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on recent environmental monitoring results at Dundrennan. |
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| 27 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 14th May, Official Report, column 673W, on the Boer War, on what basis the annual contribution was calculated; and what proportion of the total annual spending on the sites this sum represents. |
| | (119375)
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| 28 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) date of initial gate approval, (b) target date for main gate approval, (c) approved cost of the assessment phase and (d) cost of demonstration and manufacture phase at initial gate are for the (i) Future Joint Combat Aircraft, (ii) Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft, (iii) in Transit Visibility, (iv) Indirect Fire Precision Attack, (v) Inner London Barracks, (vi) Integrated Ground Based Air Defence Phase 1, (vii) Light Forces Anti-tank Guided Weapon and (viii) Microwave Landing System programmes. |
| | (119595)
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| 29 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) date of initial gate approval, (b) target date for main gate approval, (c) approved cost of the assessment phase and (d) cost of demonstration and manufacture phase at initial gate are for the (i) Mine Detection and Neutralisation, (ii) Northwood refurbishment, (iii) Precision Guided Bomb, (iv) Project Allenby/Connaught, (v) Project Aquatrine (provision of water and sewerage services)—Packages B and C, (vi) Project Falcon—Land Formation Communication System, (vii) Project PICASSO (imagery and geospatial intelligence production system) and (viii) Sender: Unmanned Air Vehicle programmes. |
| | (119596)
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| 30 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) approved cost of the assessment phase, (b) actual cost of assessment phase and (c) most likely cost of demonstration and manufacture phase was at (i) initial gate and (ii) main gate for (i) Project Aquatrine (provision of water and sewerage services)—Package A, (ii) Typhoon International Weapon System Support System, (iii) Light Forces Anti-Tank Guided Weapons, (iv) Scotland Regional Prime Contract, (v) Neptune regeneration project (HMNB Clyde Accommodation), (vi) SSN Berthing and (vii) Defence High Frequency Communications Service. |
| | (119624)
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| 31 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who the top level budget holder owner has been of each of his Department's agencies since financial year 1997-98. |
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| 32 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full time equivalent (a) military and (b) civilian staff were employed in the (i) Defence Analytical Services Agency in financial years 1997-98 to 2001-02, (ii) Defence Bills Agency in financial years 1997-98 to 2001-02, (iii) Defence Dental Agency in financial year 1997-98, (iv) Defence Vetting Agency in financial years 1997-98 to 2001-02, (v) Pay and Personnel Agency in financial years 1997-98 to 2001-02 and (vi) Queen Victoria School in financial years 1997-98 to 2001-02. |
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| 33 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place copies of the Naval Manning Agency's annual reports for 2000-01 and 2001-02 in the Library. |
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| 34 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) approved cost of the assessment phase, (b) actual cost of assessment phase and (c) most likely cost of demonstration and manufacture phase was at (i) initial gate and (ii) main gate for (A) Heavy Equipment Transporter, (B) Astute Class Training Services, (C) Surface Ship Torpedo Defence, (D) Tornado GR4 Upgraded Main Computer Programme, (E) Armed Forces Pay and Administration Agency, (F) Generic Helicopter Health and Usage Monitoring System, (G) Battlegroup Thermal Imaging and (H) Wheeled Tanker. |
| | (119628)
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| 35 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) approved cost of the assessment phase, (b) actual cost of assessment phase and (c) most likely cost of demonstration and manufacture phase was at (i) initial gate and (ii) main gate for (A) BOWMAN Radio, (B) P2P (Purchase to Payment), (C) Support Vehicles, (D) Skynet 5, (E) Next Generation Light Anti-armour Weapon, (F) Field Electrical Power Supplies, (G) Single Living Accommodation and (H) Digitization of the Land Battlefield. |
| | (119629)
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| 36 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) the date of initial gate approval, (b) target date for main gate approval and (c) date of main gate approval is for (i) Project Aquatrine (provision of water and sewerage services)—Package A, (ii) Typhoon International Weapon System Support System, (iii) Light Forces Anti-Tank Guided Weapon (iv) Scotland Regional Prime Contract, (v) Neptune regeneration project (HMNB Clyde Accommodation), (vi) SSN Berthing and (vii) Defence High Frequency Communications Service. |
| | (119630)
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| 37 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) approved cost of the assessment phase, (b) actual cost of assessment phase and (c) most likely cost of demonstration and manufacture phase was at (i) initial gate and (ii) main gate for (A) Colchester Garrison, (B) Main Building Refurbishment, (C) SA80 Upgrade, (D) Survey Vessels, (E) Defence Housing Executive PFI Housing Project, (F) Defence Electronic Commerce Service, (G) White Fleet PFI and (H) Roll-On Roll-Off Ferries. |
| | (119631)
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| 38 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) date of initial gate approval, (b) target date for main gate approval, (c) approved cost of the assessment phase and (d) cost of demonstration and manufacture phase at initial gate are for the (i) Sonar and Signature Improvement, (ii) Soothsayer: Electronic Warfare, (iii) Support Amphibious Battlefield Rotorcraft—Search and Rescue, (iv) Surface Combatant Maritime Rotorcraft, (v) Temporary Deployable Accommodation, (vi) Tri-Service Airfield Support Services Project, (vii) Tubed Artillery Conventional Ammunition System, (viii) UK Co-operative Engagement Capability and (x) UK Military Flying Training System programmes. |
| | (119632)
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| 39 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) date of initial gate approval, (b) target date for main gate approval, (c) date of main gate approval are for the (i) Colchester Garrison, (ii) Main Building Refurbishment, (iii) SA80 Upgrade, (iv) Survey Vesssels, (v) Defence Housing Executive PFI Housing Project, (vi) Defence Electronic Commerce Service, (vii) White Fleet PFI and (viii) Roll-On Roll-Off Ferries programmes. |
| | (119633)
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| 40 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) date of initial gate approval, (b) target date for main gate approval, (c) approval cost of the assessment phase, and (d) cost of demonstration and manufacture phase at inital gate are for the (i) Armoured Vehicles Training Service, (ii) Battlefield Light Utility Helicopter, (iii) Battlegroup Thermal Imaging, (iv) C Vehicles, (v) Combined Aerial Targets Service, (vi) Counter Anti-Radiation Missile Suite, (vii) Cyprus Accommodation and (viii) Defence Estates Regional Prime Contracting programmes. |
| | (119634)
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| 41 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) date of initial gate approval, (b) target date for main gate approval, (c) approval cost of the assessment phase, and (d) cost of demonstration and manufacture phase at inital gate are for the (i) Defence Housing Executive Management Information System, (ii) Defence Housing Executive Prime Contract+, (iii) Defence Information Infrastructure, (iv) Defence Logistics Organisation Information Strategy Programme, (v) Defence Medical Information Capability Programme, (vi) Defence Training Review, (vii) Future Command and Liaison Vehicles and (viii) Future Integrated Soldier Technology programmes. |
| | (119635)
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| 42 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) date of initial gate approval, (b) target date for main gate approval and (c) date of main gate approval are for the (i) Heavy Equipment Transporter, (ii) Astute Class Training Services, (iii) Surface Ship Torpedo Defence, (iv) Tornado GR4 Upgraded Main Computer, (v) Armed Forces Pay and Administration Agency, (vi) Generic Helicopter Health and Usage Monitoring System, (vii) Battlegroup Thermal Imaging and (viii) Wheeled Tanker programmes. |
| | (119636)
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| 43 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) date of initial gate approval, (b) target date for main gate approval and (c) date of main gate approval are for the (i) BOWMAN Radio, (ii) P2P (Purchase to Payment), (iii) Support Vehicles, (iv) Skynet 5, (v) Next Generation Light Anti-armour Weapon, (vi) Field Electrical Power Supplies, (viii) Single Living Accommodation and (viii) Digitization of the Land Battlefield programmes. |
| | (119637)
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| 44 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with (a) Ministry of Defence Police and (b) the Director of Public Prosecutions about the publication of a report by the Police Complaints Authority concerning the arrest of Mr Tony Geraghty, a constituent, in December 1998; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (119383)
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| 45 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on renting private accommodation for armed services personnel (a) in the last financial year and (b) this financial year to date. |
| | (119394)
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| 46 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) single living accommodation and (b) service family accommodation was empty in each month since July 2002; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (119395)
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| 47 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd June to the honourable Member for North Essex, Official Report, column 32W, on armoured vehicles, and his Answer of 3rd June to the honourable Member for South West Devon, Official Report, column 40W, on Iraq, what the (a) operational, (b) logistic and (c) economic basis is for replacing the Challenger II tanks. |
| | (119491)
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| 48 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF and Royal Navy combat aircraft were available for operations on 1st January; and how many are planned to be available on (a) 1st January 2008, (b) 1st January 2013 and (c) 1st January 2018. |
| | (119492)
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| 49 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has been made of the minimum number of Joint Strike Fighter ASTOVL variants below which purchase by the UK would no longer be financially viable. |
| | (119493)
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| 50 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of vehicles to be procured under the (a) FRES, (b) FCLV, (c) Warrior MLI and (d) Armoured Battlefield Support Vehicle programmes. |
| | (119494)
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| 51 | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the war graves headstones which had been vandalised at Belfast City Cemetery have now been re-instated; and whether those which were beyond repair were replaced. |
| | (119594)
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| 52 | Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to resume nuclear testing (a) to measure nuclear warhead stockpile stability and (b) to produce new design of nuclear weapons. |
| | (119549)
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| 53 | Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to reduce the number of infantry regiments. |
| | (119619)
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| 54 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to amend the planning system to require sharing of telecommunications masts. |
| | (119599)
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| 55 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many houses were sold under (a) the Right to Buy and (b) the right to acquire in each of the last five years; what his estimate is of those totals over the next three years; what plans he has to revise the guidance to tenants in respect of these schemes; and what plans he has further to amend the (a) discount and (b) clawback period in respect of these schemes. |
| | (119603)
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| 56 | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the impact of planning regulations on UK productivity. |
| | (119439)
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| 57 | Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to include e-participation in future e-voting pilots. |
| | (119614)
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| 58 | Mr Tony Banks (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many qualified accountants are employed in (a) the School and LEA Funding Division of his Department and (b) his Department in total. |
| | (119498)
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N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, for what reasons it is his policy that maintained schools must use a different external adviser each year in carrying out the performance review of the head teacher; and under what statute this power to direct is derived. |
| | (119168)
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| 60 | Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many rural small schools have closed in England in each year since 1997. |
| | (119343)
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| 61 | Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions he has had on introducing broadband to schools on Exmoor in Somerset to comply with the Government's aim of all schools having broadband by 2005. |
| | (119611)
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| 62 | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of children excluded from school are receiving their statutory entitlement to education following exclusion. |
| | (119424)
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| 63 | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many SEN registered children there were within pupil referral units in each LEA in each year since 1997. |
| | (119425)
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| 64 | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many enhanced checks (a) have been carried out and (b) remain to be carried out in the academic year 2002-03 by the Criminal Records Bureau on (i) teaching staff, (ii) non-teaching school staff, (iii) governors and (iv) parent volunteers; and how many checks will be carried out on each category. |
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| 65 | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average cost of an individual Criminal Records Bureau check incurred by schools has been. |
| | (119430)
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| 66 | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what total costs schools have incurred since September 2002 as a result of the Criminal Records Bureau checks. |
| | (119431)
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| 67 | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many staff have been employed in Prison Education in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) teaching staff and (b) non-teaching staff. |
| | (119432)
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| 68 | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total cost was of damage to school premises from malicious fires in each year since 1997 (a) in England and (b) by LEA. |
| | (119433)
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| 69 | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average cost of an employee working in his Department has been in each year since 1997. |
| | (119434)
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| 70 | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much has been spent on centrally funded projects and initiatives to reduce truancy in schools by his Department since 1997. |
| | (119435)
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| 71 | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what targets his Department has set in relation to malicious fires on school premises. |
| | (119436)
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| 72 | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many school-related local authority staff (a) have been checked and (b) remain in need of checking by the Criminal Records Bureau in the academic year 2002-03. |
| | (119437)
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| 73 | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many malicious fires relating to maintained school premises there have been in each year since 1997 (a) by LEA and (b) as a proportion of all maintained schools across England and Wales. |
| | (119438)
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| 74 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much has been paid by students from (a) Shrewsbury and Atcham and (b) Shropshire in higher education tuition fees in each year since 1997; and what the average amount paid was in each case. |
| | (119386)
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| 75 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the percentage change in further education students taking up places in higher education was in each year since 1997 in (a) Shrewsbury and Atcham and (b) Shropshire. |
| | (119387)
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| 76 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many further education students took up places in higher education in (a) Shrewsbury and Atcham and (b) Shropshire in each year since 1997. |
| | (119388)
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| 77 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of students from (a) professional, (b) manual trades and (c) unskilled backgrounds in (i) Shrewsbury and Atcham, (ii) Shropshire and (iii) England took up places at university in 2002. |
| | (119389)
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| 78 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures he is introducing to improve screening of school children for sight problems. |
| | (119559)
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| 79 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools in Cornwall have a budget deficit; and what the size of the deficit is in each case. |
| | (119391)
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| 80 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures are in place (a) to prevent bullying in schools and (b) to punish those found to be harassing their peers. |
| | (119604)
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| 81 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proposals he has to protect pupils found to be victims of bullying in schools; and if he will make a statement on how bullying can affect children. |
| | (119605)
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| 82 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance he gives on when schools should consider police intervention in a case of bullying; and in what circumstances pupils may be expelled for bullying. |
| | (119606)
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| 83 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the protection of children from bullying whilst in school; and whether it is his policy that (a) victims and (b) the offender should be removed from the school. |
| | (119607)
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| 84 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to create teaching-only universities; and if he will make a statement on (a) the value of combined teaching and research departments and (b) how this link will be preserved. |
| | (119620)
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| 85 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has for (a) a replacement graduate repayment scheme and (b) reintroduction of grants for disadvantaged students. |
| | (119621)
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| 86 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what help is given to school leavers who wish to attend non-university courses and apprenticeships; and what financial assistance is available to them. |
| | (119622)
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| 87 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to attract prospective entrants into the higher education profession; and what measures are in place to address staff shortages. |
| | (119623)
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| 88 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how universities qualify for research funding; what measures are in place to ensure that funding is fairly distributed to smaller universities; and what plans he has to concentrate research funding into a smaller group of universities. |
| | (119666)
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N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what have been the total annual imports of veal from Holland for each year from 1985 to date. |
| | (119107)
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| 90 | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letter of 6th May from the honourable Member for Billericay regarding Pitsea Tip. |
| | (119460)
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N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Government has to follow up issues arising from the Eleventh Meeting of the Commission for Sustainable Development. |
| | (119002)
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| 92 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Government will respond to the Sixth Report of the Environmental Audit Committee, Session 2001-02, Buying Time for Forests; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (119495)
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| 93 | Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action she is taking to stop the trade in bushmeat. |
| | (119443)
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| 94 | Mr Gwyn Prosser (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that pig farmers comply with Paragraph 4 of the Annex to Council Directive 91/630/EEC (as amended) to ensure that pigs are provided with straw or a similar natural material, rather than objects such as footballs and chains; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (119497)
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| 95 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether it is his policy to seek joint sovereignty of Gibraltar with the Government of Spain. |
| | (119509)
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| 96 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether it is his policy that the people of Gibraltar shall be entitled to vote in the 2004 European Parliamentary elections. |
| | (119510)
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N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Afghan authorities concerning Mr Colin Berry, a constituent. |
| | (119326)
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| 98 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action he has taken to support the extradition of President Taylor of Liberia. |
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| 99 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the response of the Department to the actions of Ghana in relation to the arrest warrant issued by the UN-backed War Crimes Tribunal in Sierra Leone. |
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| 100 | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Indonesian Government about the (a) destruction of churches and (b) killing of civilians in the West Papua regency of Wamena; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 101 | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action the EU plans to take regarding the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma; and if the matter will be referred to the UN Security Council. |
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| 102 | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Burmese authorities about the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 103 | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of the activities of the Laskar Jihad in West Papua; and if he will make a statement on the safety of Christians in that region. |
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| 104 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he next plans to visit Yemen; what plans he has to review the travel advice for Yemen; and when he last met the Yemeni Ambassador to the UK. |
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| 105 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many civil servants are employed in the Department's newsroom. |
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| 106 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, who the next British High Commissioner to India will be. |
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| 107 | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many individuals, and how many per 1,000 of the adult population, were detained under the provisions of the Mental Health Acts 1983 in each local authority area in England in (a) 1990, (b) 2000 and (c) 2002. |
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| 108 | Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to support the work of A National Voice following the collapse of First Key. |
| | (118909)
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| 109 | Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to restrict the availability of Seroxat to (a) children and (b) adults. |
| | (119551)
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| 110 | Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice his Department will issue to GPs regarding the prescription of Seroxat to adults. |
| | (119552)
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| 111 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the rate of return applicable to the contracts offered to private sector providers of diagnosis and treatment centres will be; how the cost of private provision to NHS patients will be calculated; and how staff employed by the private sector units will be offered re-employment in the NHS. |
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| 112 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, where diagnostic and treatment centres (DTCs) will be located; what the status will be of NHS consultants employed on a sessional basis by DTCs; what formal arrangements will be concluded for after-care; and what the budget for DTCs will be. |
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| 113 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many diagnostic and treatment centres will be (a) NHS units and (b) private hospitals; and how the decision will be taken on the criteria to be used to determine whether private bidders should be awarded contracts. |
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| 114 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many private hospitals and clinics provided services to the NHS in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03; what the cost was of such provision; and what rate of return was (i) calculated and (ii) awarded in such private health care. |
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| 115 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the (a) names and (b) qualifications of the National Implementation Team who will manage the procurement process for diagnostic and treatment centres; and what arrangements for after-care will be provided by NHS local hospitals. |
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| 116 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd June, Official Report, column 82W, on physical activity, if he will list the programmes supported by the £710,000 funding. |
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| 117 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd June, Official Report, column 83-4W, on physical activity, if he will publish the report of the South East Public Health Observatory; what recommendations for further action emerged from the report's findings; whether good practice has been disseminated from well established local programmes; and if he will make a statement on plans for a comprehensive assessment of the promotion of physical activity by primary care trusts. |
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| 118 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans there are to develop partnerships with sports bodies at (a) national and (b) local level to promote physical activity. |
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N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many accredited training posts are in place at Bridlington Hospital; and what changes are planned to this number. |
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| 120 | Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will publish the Chief Medical Officer's Review of Clinical Negligence. |
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| 121 | Mr Tony McWalter (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will establish a means of monitoring the quantity and quality of breaks for carers. |
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| 122 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) NHS and (b) non-NHS staff are employed by the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital Trust, broken down by department. |
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| 123 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost per week to each department of the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital Trust is of employing non-NHS staff. |
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124
N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on the renal National Service Framework; and if he will make a statement. |
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125
N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the costs arising from the renal National Service Framework; and if he will make a statement. |
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126
N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to reduce the period between (a) the emergence of symptoms and (b) diagnosis, and referral to nephrologists for kidney patients; and what estimate he has made of the costs of such changes. |
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| 127 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money has been spent on mental health services in Cornwall in each of the last 10 years. |
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| 128 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money was allocated to cancer services in Cornwall in each of the last 10 years. |
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| 129 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average MRI scan waiting times were in England in each of the last 10 years by (a) hospital and (b) region. |
| | (119532)
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| 130 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to improve facilities for people suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 131 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what investment he has put into (a) researching deafness and (b) treatments to restore hearing since 1997. |
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| 132 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what treatments are available to the hard of hearing on the NHS; and what support is given to deaf groups to assist people who have recently lost their hearing. |
| | (119561)
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| 133 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many British Sign Language interpreters are provided by the NHS to teach and assist with treatment of people hard of hearing. |
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| 134 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children's hospices there are; what central government funding is available for hospices; and what monies are ring-fenced. |
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| 135 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much is available from the (a) Carer's Special Grant and (b) Quality Protects Programme to fund respite care at children's hospices; and how many hospices have received money from these grants. |
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| 136 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the responsibilities are of primary care trusts toward children's hospices; what the role of the Department is in the allocation of funding; and whether there are established minimum levels of funding that must be provided to primary care trusts for children's hospices. |
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| 137 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proposals he has to expand the distribution of mobile defibrillators into (a) public buildings, (b) aeroplanes and (c) other areas. |
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| 138 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proposals he has to provide health information over the internet; and what measures are in place to ensure information is accurate and of high quality. |
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| 139 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proposals he has to make available self-diagnosis kits on the high street for selected conditions that are easy to test for; and what assessment has been made of whether self-diagnostics will save the NHS money. |
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| 140 | Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the analysis from the consultation on entitlement and identity cards will be complete. |
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| 141 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the inquiries into the legality and sustainability of the timber used on the Home Office construction site at 2 Marsham Street will take place; whether the results of the inquiry will be published; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 142 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what efforts are being made to ensure that all future timber used on the construction site at 2 Marsham Street will be from legal and sustainable sources. |
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| 143 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, upon what evidence his Department has relied to ensure that timber used at the Home Office construction site at 2 Marsham Street has come from legal and sustainable sources; and if he will make a statement. |
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144
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the income through charging of the Criminal Records Bureau, (a) prior to the implementation of proposed measures and (b) subsequent to this. |
| | (119335)
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| 145 | Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the basic command units in the same administrative family as West Somerset Basic Command Unit. |
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| 146 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures he has taken to expand the capacity of existing prisons to meet the forecast average population of the prison estate for 2004. |
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147
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refusals to take drug tests in police stations there have been in the first five months of 2003. |
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148
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what visits have been made to Sweden by Home Office Drug Directorate and National Treatment Agency officials in the last five years. |
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149
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what treatment is being given to the drug addicts in treatment in the UK broken down by method. |
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150
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drug addicts treated in 2001 were in employment 12 months later in (a) Bassetlaw and (b) the UK. |
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151
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what visits Home Office ministers have made to (a) Sweden and (b) the Netherlands to look at drugs treatment in the last five years. |
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| 152 | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many special constables there were in each police force in England and Wales in each year since 1997. |
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| 153 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Criminal Records Bureau searches on behalf of persons or organisations in Cornwall have been outstanding for (a) 10 weeks, (b) four months and (c) six months. |
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| 154 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the backlog of cases at the Appeal Processing Centre is; and how many people are employed at the centre. |
| | (119506)
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| 155 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been granted citizenship who were previously British Overseas Citizens. |
| | (119507)
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| 156 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he next plans to meet Mr L. K. Advani, the Indian Home Minister. |
| | (119508)
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| 157 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under what circumstances records of a person's DNA are kept; what plans he has to create a national DNA database; and what security measures he proposes to put in place to ensure that it is not abused. |
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| 158 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to introduce a national identity card; what information it will hold; what services it could access; whether it will be compulsory; and if he will make a statement on how a card could affect civil liberties. |
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| 159 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proposals he has to assist disadvantaged people in providing for home security in poorer areas; and if he will make a statement on measures to be taken when a home has been repeatedly burgled. |
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160
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the possible benefits for developing countries resulting from the Fifth World Trade Organisation Ministerial Conference in Cancun in September. |
| | (119003)
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| 161 | Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation in Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo. |
| | (119553)
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| 162 | Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of (a) the availability of clean water and (b) the availability and distribution of other essential provisions for displaced persons in Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo. |
| | (119554)
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| 163 | Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support his Department is giving to displaced persons in Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo. |
| | (119555)
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| 164 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list the average life expectancy in each year since 1999 for (a) women and (b) men in Afghanistan. |
| | (119617)
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| 165 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many hospitals in Afghanistan have shortages of (a) nurses, (b) doctors, (c) drugs and (d) beds. |
| | (119618)
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| 166 | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what measures the Department takes to ensure that advice given by departmentally funded Marie Stopes websites is legal. |
| | (119496)
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| 167 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the impact of recent fighting in Liberia on the Department's work in (a) Liberia and (b) Sierra Leone. |
| | (119358)
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| 168 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department has suspended humanitarian aid to Liberia due to the recent escalation of fighting in Liberia. |
| | (119359)
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| 169 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support the Department is providing to refugees who have fled recent fighting in Liberia. |
| | (119360)
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| 170 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Department supports projects working with the Government of Liberia to reduce poverty in Liberia. |
| | (119363)
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| 171 | Andrew Bennett (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if she will set out for each magistrates' court in Greater Manchester (a) the amount of fines levelled by each court in each of the last five years, (b) the amount of fines written off by each court and (c) the percentage of fines collected. |
| | (119442)
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| 172 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what plans the Lord Chancellor has to abolish the Immigration Appeal Tribunal. |
| | (119527)
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| 173 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the backlog at the (a) Immigration Tribunal and (b) Immigration Appeal Tribunal is. |
| | (119528)
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| 174 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many immigration adjudicators are in post; and how many are (a) full-time and (b) part-time. |
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175
N | David Burnside (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many incidents of pollution in Northern Ireland rivers there were in (a) 1990, (b) 1991 and (c) 1992, broken down by (i) industrial, (ii) farming, (iii) sewage and (iv) quarry incidents. |
| | (119169)
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| 176 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the difference in funding per pupil is between primary schools and post-primary schools in Northern Ireland; and what recent representations he has received on the difference in funding. |
| | (119461)
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| 177 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost was of repairing public (a) roads and (b) footpaths in Northern Ireland following work carried out by (i) electricity and (ii) gas companies in each year since 1997. |
| | (119462)
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| 178 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been invested in (a) sports facilities and (b) the promotion of sport in North Belfast in each year since 1997; and which organisations received funding. |
| | (119463)
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| 179 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was invested in healthcare in North Belfast in each year since 1997. |
| | (119464)
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| 180 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been spent on (a) maintenance and repairs and (b) new build by (i) the Housing Executive and (ii) housing associations in North Belfast in each year since 1997. |
| | (119465)
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| 181 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been invested in improving the (a) roads and (b) transport infrastructure in (i) North Belfast and (ii) Northern Ireland in each year since 1997. |
| | (119466)
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| 182 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been invested in improving the (a) water and (b) sewerage infrastructure in North Belfast in each year since 1997. |
| | (119467)
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| 183 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which contractors working for the Roads Service had their contracts terminated in each year since 1999; and what the reasons were in each case. |
| | (119468)
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| 184 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which contractors are engaged by the Department of Regional Development to carry out (a) road works and (b) other works in (i) Belfast and (ii) Northern Ireland. |
| | (119469)
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| 185 | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost is of the police board consultation regarding district policing partnerships. |
| | (119516)
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| 186 | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many requests for ambulances have been made in the last 12 months outside the hours of 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. for patients from Kircubbin and points further south on the Ards Peninsula. |
| | (119517)
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| 187 | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many patients have contacted the GP out-of-hours service based at Bangor in the last 12 months; and how many of these calls involved patients from Kircubbin and other points further south on the Ards Peninsula. |
| | (119518)
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| 188 | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what preventative action has been taken in Northern Ireland to counter an outbreak of sudden acute respiratory syndrome. |
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189
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to paragraph 86 of the Ministerial Code of Conduct, (a) how many Ministers have accepted decorations from foreign countries since 1st May 1997; (b) if he will make a statement on his policy in respect of this paragraph; and (c) whether he intends to refuse any such decoration offered to him. |
| | (119106)
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| 190 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 10th June, Official Report, column 717W, on intelligence, if he will set up a leak inquiry to determine the source of the leaks relating to the Iraq dossier. |
| | (119368)
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| 191 | Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans she has to review the breadth of the franchise at local government elections in Scotland. |
| | (119353)
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| 192 | Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment has been made of the costs to Scottish energy producers of the delay in legislation for a UK market in electricity through the British Electricity Trading Arrangements. |
| | (119355)
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| 193 | John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what targets she has for improving departmental energy efficiency; and how she intends to achieve these targets. |
| | (119643)
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| 194 | John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when her departmental strategy for sustainable development will be published; and what steps are being taken to take forward the actions outlined. |
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| 195 | John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what remit relating to sustainable development is (a) required and (b) undertaken by her Department's (i) executive agencies, (ii) advisory non-departmental bodies, (iii) executive non-departmental bodies, (iv) tribunals, (v) public corporations and (vi) other bodies. |
| | (119645)
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| 196 | John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment is made (a) of the environmental impact and (b) against sustainable development criteria of the (i) bids made for the different grants awarded by her Department and (ii) bids made for any contracts awarded by her Department; who makes such an assessment; and whether these assessments are published. |
| | (119646)
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| 197 | John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether her Department's procurement policy covers timber used on and in the construction of departmental building projects; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (119647)
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| 198 | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the objectives are of the University Challenge Fund; what progress has been made towards achieving those objectives; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (119639)
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| 199 | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the financial benefits to the UK economy from the University Challenge Fund have been found by her Department to exceed the money spent on it. |
| | (119640)
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| 200 | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much has been spent on the University Challenge Fund each year since it was started; what the projected level of expenditure is over the next five years; and whether these figures are different from projected expenditure levels when the fund was created. |
| | (119641)
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| 201 | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many academies have been sponsored to move into industry with the help of the University Challenge Fund; how many businesses have been (a) supported and (b) started up with help from the University Challenge Fund; how many of the businesses and projects supported have subsequently failed; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (119642)
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202
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the (a) UK and (b) EU priorities for the Fifth World Trade Organisation Ministerial Conference in Cancun in September are. |
| | (119004)
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| 203 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many telecommunications masts there are; and how many of these are shared between different operators. |
| | (119600)
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| 204 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether her Department is sponsoring future research into telecommunications and health following the Stewart Report. |
| | (119601)
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| 205 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many new masts she estimates will be required to fulfil the telecommunications obligation under the 3G licences by 2007; and how many of them she estimates will be shared. |
| | (119602)
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| 206 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what benefits to public sector tendering have resulted from the Strategic Forum for Construction since 22nd April 2002; and what role Constructionline has played. |
| | (119616)
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207
N | Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to introduce legislation in the United Kingdom to reduce the number of unsolicited e-mails. |
| | (119108)
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| 208 | Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to seek an investigation by the Office of Fair Trading into the market behaviour of supermarkets in non-food retail sectors. |
| | (119350)
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| 209 | Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her estimate is of market share held by supermarkets in the non-food retail sector. |
| | (119351)
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| 210 | Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent representations she has received from retail trade bodies on market behaviour of supermarkets in non-food sectors. |
| | (119352)
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| 211 | Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many Post Office card accounts have been opened in Scotland. |
| | (119356)
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| 212 | Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the threat to the integrity of the internet posed by the incidence of spam e-mails; and what measures she proposes to combat spamming. |
| | (119421)
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| 213 | Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress is being made in implementation of broadband in (a) Cleethorpes, (b) Great Grimsby, (c) Scunthorpe and (d) Brigg and Goole. |
| | (119440)
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| 214 | Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much money has been allocated towards the introduction of broadband in (a) Cleethorpes, (b) Great Grimsby, (c) Scunthorpe and (d) Brigg and Goole. |
| | (119441)
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| 215 | Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of government contracts have been awarded to small businesses, broken down by government department and agency since 1997. |
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| 216 | Jonathan Shaw (Chatham & Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions her Department has had with its US counterparts to secure a role for UK companies in the reconstruction of Iraq; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (119512)
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| 217 | Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when BNFL plans to return high level nuclear waste from reprocessing foreign spent fuel back to customer countries; what facilities exist at Sellafield to store on an interim basis treated wastes; and whether she has received commitments from all foreign customers that they are prepared to accept the repatriation of their wastes. |
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| 218 | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of former coal miner claimants represented by each of the top 10 claims handlers have had their claims for (a) chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder and (b) vibration white finger denied. |
| | (119520)
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| 219 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the average cost of an employer's compulsory liability insurance claim was in each year since 1998. |
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| 220 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which company is providing the expert report on miners' coal health claims and private small mines; and if she will set out the timetable for reaching an agreement between the solicitors and the private mine owners. |
| | (119490)
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| 221 | Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the extent to which central Government funds given to the Mersey Tunnels have been spent on (a) the Mersey Ferries and (b) other purposes in the last five years. |
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N | Mr Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects construction work to begin on the planned dualling of the A46 Fosse Way between Widmerpool and Newark-on-Trent. |
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N | Mr Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects construction work to commence on the planned dualling of the A453 trunk road between Keyworth and Clifton in Nottinghamshire. |
| | (119172)
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| 224 | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what impact the decision of Royal Mail to switch the transport of mail from rail to road will have on the Government's commitment to expanding the transportation of goods by rail. |
| | (119370)
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| 225 | Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fines have been levied on telecommunication companies under section 74 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 in each year since the introduction of the scheme. |
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| 226 | Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason highway authorities are not obliged to record their roadworks in the same way as utility companies; and what plans he has to ensure that all roadworks are recorded in the same way. |
| | (119557)
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| 227 | Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of roadworks was conducted by (a) utilities, (b) local authorities and (c) the Highways Agency in the last 12 months. |
| | (119558)
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| 228 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will introduce a statutory requirement for train companies to provide a minimum number of cycle storage spaces relative to passenger capacity on commuter rail services; and if he will make a statement on the Government's plans to develop an integrated rail and cycle transport strategy. |
| | (119472)
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| 229 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans the Government has to introduce a statutory limit on working hours for train drivers. |
| | (119372)
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| 230 | Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Marine Accident and Investigation Board reports have been published in each year since 1998. |
| | (119344)
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| 231 | Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to release the Marine Accident and Investigation Board report into the sinking of the Solway Harvester. |
| | (119345)
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| 232 | Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he last met Isle of Man police to discuss the timing of the Marine Accident and Investigation Board report into the sinking of the Solway Harvester. |
| | (119346)
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| 233 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the targets he has set to improve energy efficiency within his Department; and what steps are being taken to achieve these targets. |
| | (119534)
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| 234 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd June, Official Report, column 172W, on the National Travel Survey, if he will break down the information provided by region. |
| | (119535)
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| 235 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment is made (a) of the environmental impact and (b) against sustainable development criteria of bids for (i) grants and (ii) contracts awarded by his Department; who makes such an assessment; and whether these assessments are published. |
| | (119536)
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| 236 | Mr Michael Jabez Foster (Hastings & Rye): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to make a statement on the South Coast Multi-Modal Study Report. |
| | (119597)
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| 237 | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what basis the Strategic Rail Authority has intervened in negotiations and agreements which have been reached between the managements of the train operating companies and the rail unions. |
| | (119373)
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| 238 | Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what measures his Department is taking to contribute to the Government's implementation of the Kyoto Agreement. |
| | (119371)
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| 239 | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received from the Civil Engineering Contractors' Association about new road building projects. |
| | (119480)
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| 240 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 9th June, Official Report, column 593W, on the equal treatment and non-discrimination directive, what the results of the Regulatory Impact Analysis was; and if he will make a statement on how the EU Directive on equal treatment and non-discrimination will affect the recruitment of foreign seafarers and the UK Ship Register. |
| | (119652)
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| 241 | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many council tax benefit claimants live in properties in Band F and above where council tax benefit is not restricted, broken down by (a) Government Office region, (b) type of tenure and (c) claimants who are (i) pensioners and (ii) non pensioners. |
| | (119473)
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| 242 | Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the use of the appeals process by people to delay payments required of them by the Child Support Agency. |
| | (119523)
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| 243 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average overall percentage cost of administration is in private pension schemes run by life companies; and what plans he has to require the full extent of this cost to be more transparent to existing and future pension plan holders. |
| | (119598)
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| 244 | Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employees of the Pension Service are based in Scotland. |
| | (119347)
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| 245 | Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employees of the Pensions Service are on secondment to the helplines for working tax credit and child tax credit. |
| | (119348)
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| 246 | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to change the definition of poverty he uses. |
| | (119481)
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| 247 | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the Government's plans to help lone parents back to work. |
| | (119482)
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| 248 | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many area-based poverty initiatives are administered by his Department; and if he will list them. |
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| 249 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures have been taken to reduce cases of overpayment of benefits; what action is taken when a recipient of benefits is overpaid; and how long after a recipient has been overpaid the Department will continue to seek a return of money. |
| | (119608)
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| 250 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the financial problems experienced by recipients of benefits overpayments when they have benefits reduced at a later date to compensate for overpayment; and how this can be limited. |
| | (119609)
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| 251 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what action can be taken by persons who have been repeatedly overpaid benefits that face financial and emotional stresses as a result of having to repay monies; and if compensation will be paid to them for mistakes made by the Department. |
| | (119610)
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| 252 | Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of government contracts have been awarded to small business in each year since 1997. |
| | [Transferred] (119613)
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| 253 | Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of government contracts have been awarded to social enterprises since 1997; and if he will list these. |
| | [Transferred] (119615)
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| 254 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the EU action plan to address the trade in illegal logging will be discussed by the Council of Ministers; and if she will make a statement. |
| | [Transferred] (119397)
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| 255 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the next steps in the (a) development and (b) implementation of the EU action plan to address the trade in illegal logging are; and if she will make a statement. |
| | [Transferred] (119398)
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| 256 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the UK Government will ensure that the EU action plan on illegal logging will include the introduction of legislation to ban the import of illegal timber into EU member states; and if she will make a statement. |
| | [Transferred] (119399)
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| 257 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is the Government's policy to support the development of EU legislation to ban the import of illegal timber into Europe; and if she will make a statement. |
| | [Transferred] (119400)
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| 258 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Department is taking to help bring peace to Liberia. |
| | [Transferred] (119361)
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| 259 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on (a) the UN indictment of Charles Taylor for war crimes and (b) his Department's work to reduce conflict in Liberia. |
| | [Transferred] (119362)
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| 260 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the impact of UN sanctions against Liberia. |
| | [Transferred] (119364)
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| 261 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the lifting of sanctions on conflict diamonds in Sierra Leone. |
| | [Transferred] (119367)
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| 262 | Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of eligible families are in receipt of child tax credit. |
| | [Transferred] (119341)
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| 263 | Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the effect of transitional housing benefit on registration of care homes with the Care Commission. |
| | [Transferred] (119349)
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