Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2002 - 03
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The Order Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 17 June 2003

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.

TUESDAY 17th JUNE

1
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the use of financial incentives to encourage the use of domestic energy efficient products.

(119062)

2   Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will set a limit on the transition costs to Government Departments of joining the euro.

(120024)

3   Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when officials from his Department first had discussions regarding the planning of events to promote the UK's entry to a single currency after 9th June 2003.

(120025)

4   Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what his expenditure has been on (a) the Business Advisory Group and (b) the City Euro Group in each year since their creation.

(120026)

5   Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if the expenditure on the promotion of UK entry to the European single currency will come from the budget of his Department.

(120027)

6   Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions officials from his Department have had with representatives of Britain in Europe regarding a campaign to promote UK entry to the European single currency.

(120028)

7   Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the projected costs of (a) events and (b) publications planned by his Department to promote UK entry to the European single currency.

(120029)

8   Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the programme of events planned by his Department to promote UK entry to the European single currency.

(120030)

9   Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the transition costs to Government departments of joining the euro will be met from (a) existing departmental budgets, (b) increased taxation and (c) increased borrowing.

(120039)

10   Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the transition costs to Government departments of joining the euro.

(120040)

11   Mr Gwyn Prosser (Dover): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total cost of travel and subsistence allowances paid to Customs and Excise officers in the Law Enforcement South Region was in (a) 2001 and (b) 2002; and what estimate he has made of the total cost of travel and subsistence allowances payable to Customs and Excise officers in the Law Enforcement South Region in (i) 2003 and (ii) 2004.

(120041)

12   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the progress of Sir Michael Lyons' review into civil service relocation.

(119986)

13
N   Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding has been made available for arts in Liverpool in each of the last three years; and what it is expected to receive in the current year.

(119809)

14
N   Mr John Greenway (Ryedale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much money has been allocated for redundancies and early retirement at (a) Sport England and (b) UK Sport for (i) 2002-03 and (ii) 2003-04.

(119950)

15
N   Mr John Greenway (Ryedale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on her Department's annual funding allocation to Sport England for (a) 2002-03, (b) 2003-04, (c) 2004-05 and (d) 2005-06.

(119951)

16
N   Mr John Greenway (Ryedale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the (a) actual and (b) projected Sport England staff numbers are for (i) 2002-03, (ii) 2003-04 and (iii) 2004-05.

(119958)

17   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will place HMS Vengeance on the Historic Ships List.

(120057)

18   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the criteria for eligibility to place a ship on the Historic Ships List; and what powers she has to make exceptions to these rules.

(120058)

19   Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what programme of activities is planned for the British Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.

(120047)

20   Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been (a) spent on and (b) allocated to the British Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan.

(120048)

21
N   Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on official representation of the United Kingdom at ceremonies to mark the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings in June 2004; and what the seniority of officers attending such ceremonies will be.

(119338)

22   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of those at present in receipt of pensions under the war pensions scheme would, if their claim had been presented under the proposed change in burden of proof, have had their claim rejected; and if he will make a statement.

(119997)

23   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on progress with his reviews of the (a) war and (b) armed forces pensions scheme with particular reference to the burden of proof.

(120001)

24   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of claims under the war pensions scheme, accepted under the current burden of proof arrangements, which would be rejected under his proposed changes.

(120002)

25   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to announce the outcome of the reviews of the war pensions and armed forces pensions scheme.

(120003)

26   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to make service personnel medical records fully accessible to the service person concerned and his or her medical advisors; and if he will make a statement.

(120004)

27   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the savings to public funds that would flow from his proposed change to the burden of proof for the war pensions scheme.

(120005)

28   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what kinds of illnesses, at present accepted under the burden of proof for the war pensions scheme, would cease to be accepted under his proposed changes; and if he will make a statement.

(120012)

29   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 11th June, Official Report, column 911W, on HMS Sheffield, what the original cost of building HMS Sheffield was; what the cost of her refit was in 1996; what her annual operating cost has been; how much was raised by her sale to Chile; and if he will make a statement.

(119992)

30   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the recruitment of scientists at the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston.

(120066)

31
N   Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the role of transport in tackling social exclusion.

(119455)

32
N   Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress he has made in assisting local authorities to reduce the number of rough sleepers.

(119458)

33
N   Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what representations he has received from Dr Richard Grove of the University of Sussex in relation to climate change and the evidence provided by the preservation of Sumerian tablets.

(119957)

34   Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the cost to local authorities was of collecting and enforcing the council tax in England for each financial year since 1991-92.

(119994)

35   Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the expenditure was by local authorities on council tax benefit administration for the financial years 1999-2000 to 2002-03.

(119995)

36   Mr Keith Bradley (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of the total number of teachers were made redundant in each of the last 10 years in England.

(120010)

37   Mr Keith Bradley (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers were employed in England in the last 10 years; and how many were made redundant in each of these years.

(120011)

38   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the cost is of the advertising campaign Those Who Can, Teach.

(119985)

39
N   Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton & Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to introduce a career structure for school technicians in (a) secondary and (b) further education recognised throughout England.

(119804)

40
N   Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton & Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will introduce a national pay scale for school technicians to over-ride local education authority restrictions, and be recognised as a minimum standard by establishment heads.

(119805)

41
N   Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton & Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations he has received on introducing national levels of pay commensurate with experience, qualifications and responsibilities for school technicians; and from whom.

(119807)

42
N   Andy Burnham (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of 16 year-olds remained in full-time education after finishing secondary school in each of the last three years in each local education authority in England.

(117935)

43   Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 17th March, Official Report, column 567W, what the average time taken for a qualification to be approved by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority following a recommendation from an awarding body is; and if he will make a statement.

(120015)

44   Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when the Further Education Funding Council published its final accounts; from where copies can be obtained; and if he will make a statement.

(120016)

45   Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when the training and enterprise councils published their final accounts; from where copies can be obtained; and if he will make a statement.

(120017)

46   Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when the Learning and Skills Council published their Annual Accounts; whether these were published on schedule; and if he will make a statement.

(120018)

47   Martin Linton (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the outturn spending per (a) primary and (b) secondary pupil was by each local education authority in 2001-02; and what their budgeted funding per (i) primary and (ii) secondary pupil (A) was for 2002-03 and (B) is for 2003-04.

(120073)

48   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many secondary schools in North East Lincolnshire have applied for specialist status; and how many have been successful in their applications.

(120059)

49   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students living in catchment areas in North East Lincolnshire attend schools outside the North East Lincolnshire LEA area.

(120060)

50   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on recent redundancies of teachers in North East Lincolnshire; and how many of these redundancies were attributed to insufficient school funds.

(120061)

51   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total central government funding for schools in North East Lincolnshire was in each year since 1995.

(120062)

52   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funding was made available for schools by the North East Lincolnshire council in each year since 1995.

(120063)

53   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the funding available per pupil to schools in (a) North East Lincolnshire and (b) the South East of England from (i) central and (ii) local government.

(120064)

54   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what (a) government and (b) local government funding (i) was available in 2002-03 and (ii) is available in 2003-04 to schools in North East Lincolnshire; and how much of this funding was passed on to schools in each case.

(120065)

55
N   Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the additional resources required in each year between 2003 and 2010 in order to meet the Government's 50 per cent. participation target, broken down to show (a) the increase in the direct grant to universities and (b) additional funding to improve recruitment and retention.

(119959)

56
N   Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the annual cost of the proposed Office of Fair Access.

(119960)

57
N   Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the revenue to be raised from tuition fees and top-up fees, between 2003 and 2010, (a) in gross terms and (b) net of assistance given to students from low income backgrounds, on the assumption that all universities charge the maximum top-up fees allowed each year.

(119961)

58
N   Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to visit south Cumbria to discuss the operation of the fallen livestock disposal scheme.

(119337)

59   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 11th June, Official Report, column 875W, on farming subsidies, if she will break down the figure for subsidy in 2001-02 indicating (a) what was subsidised, and by how much and (b) how much of the subsidy was supplied from each funding source; and if she will make a statement.

(120014)

60
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to start its proposed subscription scheme to deal with carcasses that can no longer be buried on farm land as a result of the implementation of the EU Animal By-products Regulation.

(118915)

61
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has for the disposal of fallen stock in the time between the ban on burial of carcasses on farms and the beginning of the subscription scheme.

(118916)

62
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost will be to the average farmer in (a) England and (b) each region of the new arrangements for the disposal of carcasses following the implementation of the EU Animal By-product Regulation; and whether the Government will be making financial assistance available.

(118917)

63
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures her Department is putting in place to ensure that under the subscription scheme to collect carcasses from farms (a) carcass collection will take place promptly to avoid vermin infestation and the smell of rotting carcasses and (b) vehicles coming on to farmland to pick up carcasses do not spread disease from different areas.

(118918)

64
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what alternatives to the subscription scheme her Department is offering to farmers to help them dispose of animal carcasses following the introduction of the EU Animal By-products Regulation.

(118919)

65
N   Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when Ministers or officials in her Department have met representatives from the Association of British Insurers since January 2002 to discuss Flood Risk Insurance; and what the outcome was in each case.

(119586)

66
N   Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions Ministers or officials in her Department have held with representatives from the Association of British Insurers since January to discuss the agreement between the Government and the ABI on flood risk insurance which concluded at the end of December 2002.

(119587)

67   Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what targets his Department has established for improving energy efficiency; and how he intends to achieve those targets.

(120049)

68   Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when his Department's strategy for sustainable development will be published; and how he will take forward the actions outlined in it.

(120050)

69   Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on what remit relating to sustainable development is (a) required of and (b) undertaken by his Department's (i) executive agencies, (ii) advisory non-departmental bodies, (iii) executive non-departmental bodies, (iv) tribunals, (v) public corporations and (vi) other bodies.

(120051)

70   Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment is made of environmental impact against sustainable development criteria of bids for grants awarded by his Department; and whether these assessments are published.

(120052)

71   Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department's procurement policy includes measures relating to timber used on and in the construction of Foreign and Commonwealth building projects; and if he will make a statement.

(120053)

72   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Palestinian Authority over the indoctrination of Palestinian children into suicide bombing, through television and music broadcasts, school books, and speeches by Palestinian Authority leaders; and if he will make a statement.

(119999)

73
N   Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the threat from (a) Al Qaeda and (b) the Taliban in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.

(118920)

74   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the reference by the Spanish Government to the European Court of Justice of the provision in the European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003 to extend the European Parliament elections franchise to Gibraltar.

(119983)

75   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what changes he has made to his policy on the sovereignty of Gibraltar since 12th July 2002.

(119984)

76   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on women's property rights in Kenya.

(119988)

77   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on human rights in Uzbekistan.

(119989)

78   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the Serbian Government's co-operation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

(119990)

79   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on human rights in the Indonesian province of Aceh.

(119991)

80
N   Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the report of the Independent Review Panel investigation into acute healthcare in East Kent will be published.

(119721)

81
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements his Department has made to implement section 91 of the Care Standards Act 2000.

(119801)

82   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance is available to NHS trusts on communicating a diagnosis of MRSA to patients.

(120077)

83   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received concerning a lack of adequate (a) isolation rooms and (b) negative pressure rooms to deal with infectious patients in hospital.

(120078)

84   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nosocomial cases of tuberculosis there were in England in each year since 1997; and which cases were resistant to antibiotics.

(120079)

85   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance is available to the health service on the treatment of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis; and what monitoring systems are in place to ensure compliance with such guidance.

(120080)

86   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of (a) tuberculosis and (b) drug resistant tuberculosis there have been in each region in each year since 1997; and how many deaths resulted.

(120081)

87   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the operation of tanning salons following health education authority guidelines which recommend that nobody under the age of 16 should be allowed to use a sunbed.

(120086)

88   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential risks to children under the age of 16 of skin cancer from using sunbeds; and if he will make a statement.

(120087)

89   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to ensure that sunbed salons are regulated to stop children from using salons in a harmful manner; and if he will make a statement.

(120088)

90   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for United Kingdom treaty obligations if the (a) Welsh Assembly and (b) Scottish Parliament were not to approve the Food Supplements (Wales) Regulations.

(120067)

91   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received from (a) Right honourable and (b) honourable Members about safe nutrients missing from (i) the lists of permitted nutrients set out in Annex 1 and Annex 2 of the Food Supplements Directive and (ii) the schedules to the Food Supplements (England) Regulations; and if he will make a statement.

(120082)

92   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on food supplements with reference to safety and labelling; and what actions he intends to take to ensure that his policy objectives for the regulation of food supplements are met within the European Union regulatory framework.

(120083)

93   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received about the method of handling by the Food Standards Agency press office of the publication of the recent report by the Expert Group on Vitamins and Minerals; and what action he intends to take as a result of such representations.

(120084)

94   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to phase out the practice of private patients using NHS hospitals pay beds and other provision; and if he will make a statement.

(120054)

95   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pay beds there are within each individual NHS hospital; who makes the decision about the number of pay beds in each hospital; and if he will make a statement.

(120055)

96   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the benefits of pay beds in NHS hospitals; and if he will make a statement.

(120056)

97   Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the maintained nursery schools in (a) London and (b) the West Midlands so far excluded from the National School Fruit scheme are located in the most deprived (i) five per cent., (ii) 10 per cent. and (iii) 25 per cent. of wards according to the Index of Local Deprivation; and what proportion of primary schools so far included in the scheme are located in the most deprived (A) five per cent., (B) 10 per cent. and (C) 25 per cent. of wards.

(119996)

98
N   Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to develop electronic prescribing.

(119962)

99
N   Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adverse drug events were reported in each year since 1998.

(119963)

100
N   Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the sixth edition of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's Code of Practice will be implemented.

(119964)

101
N   Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have been (a) interviewed and (b) visited by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority in each of the last four years.

(119965)

102
N   Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many responses have been received by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority on their current code of practice.

(119966)

103   Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date the Directorate of Health and Social Care South was first informed that a locum consultant at the Maternity Unit of the Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust was the subject of a police investigation; and by whom.

(120045)

104   Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Directorate of Health and Social Care South was first informed that Dr Visnjevac was working at a hospital in Chichester; and by whom.

(120046)

105
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 11th June, Official Report, column 948W, on duplicate passports, how many current passports have been issued as second passports.

(119952)

106   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his Department's policy to conduct a further regulatory impact assessment on the Criminal Records Bureau to find out what impact the fee increase will have upon the voluntary sector.

(120089)

107   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the impact the increase in Criminal Records Bureau check fees will have on the voluntary sector.

(120090)

108   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to reduce the number of women in prison for non-violent offences.

(119980)

109   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to reduce re-offending among women released from prison.

(119981)

110   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is his policy to reduce the female prison population.

(119982)

111   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the scope for the awarding of non-custodial sentences for women who are mothers.

(120019)

112
N   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of arrangements to prevent prisoners receiving medication attempting to take an overdose.

(119797)

113
N   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he has asked for a report into the arrangements for dealing with high security prisoners in the hospital wing of HMP Woodhill.

(119798)

114
N   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance is given to prisons about the staffing of prison hospital wings by non hospital wing staff.

(119799)

115
N   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of medical training given to prison hospital staff.

(119800)

116   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine under the criteria in the Terrorism Acts for proscription; and if he will make a statement.

(119998)

117
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy that care home owners who had volunteered to participate in the Criminal Records Bureau and their staff pay the existing fees rather than the proposed increased rate.

(119808)

118   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to (a) issue guidance and (b) write to chief constables to advise police forces not to prosecute ambulance and other emergency vehicle drivers for exceeding the speed limits whilst transporting human tissue and human organs.

(120023)

119   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) ambulance and (b) other emergency vehicle drivers have been prosecuted by police forces for exceeding the speed limit whilst transporting human (a) tissue and (b) organs in each year since 1984.

(120072)

120
N   Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will respond to the letter of 6th May from the honourable Member for Banff and Buchan regarding Mr R. Edgar of Peterhead, a constituent.

(119584)

121
N   Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the honourable Member for Stretford and Urmston will respond to the letter of 25th March from the honourable Member for Banff and Buchan regarding a constituent, reference number PO 6649/3.

(119585)

122   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on treatment of child labour on banana plantations in Ecuador.

(119987)

123   Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Prime Minister, which department is responsible for English devolution.

(119975)

124   Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy to make a statement to the House on Cabinet reshuffles no later than when he informs the press of them.

(119976)

125
N   Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland): To ask the Prime Minister, what representations he has made to United States authorities regarding the case of Mr Kenny Richey.

(119722)

126
N   Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 10th June, Official Report, column 718W, on trials of senior Iraqi figures, how he intends to help the Iraqi people decide what action to take to bring senior figures to justice, with special reference to Mr Tariq Aziz.

(119956)

127   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Prime Minister, whether the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs is barred from returning to legal practice on leaving office due to his holding the office of Lord Chancellor; and if he will make a statement on the circumstances in which a former Lord Chancellor may return to legal practice.

(120021)

128   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Prime Minister, whether the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs will receive the pension entitlement of the Lord Chancellor (a) during the planned transition period before the proposed abolition of the office and (b) subsequently, if the office is abolished; and if he will make a statement.

(120022)

129
N   Andy Burnham (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many claims to date have been received from the Leigh, Makerfield and Wigan constituencies under the coal health compensation scheme for (a) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and (b) vibration white finger; and what percentage of those claims that have (i) received an interim payment, (ii) been fully settled and (iii) not been settled at all.

(117936)

130
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many representations her Department has received relating to the effect of deregulation on community pharmacies.

(119063)

131   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 11th June, Official Report, column 897W, on the national minimum wage, if she will break down by region the number of employers not complying with the minimum wage regulations; if she will list the provisions empowering enforcement officers to take action; under what circumstances offenders are prosecuted; and if she will make a statement.

(120013)

132
N   Mr Tom Harris (Glasgow, Cathcart): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when legislation will be introduced to enable the introduction of the British Electricity Trading and Transmission Arrangements; and if she will make a statement.

(119861)

133
N   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has had with Force 9 regarding a wind farm in the Golden Valley in Herefordshire; and if she will make a statement.

(119802)

134   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many Post Office card accounts have been opened in Cornwall; and whether her Department has a target for the number of Post Office card accounts to be opened in Cornwall by the end of 2003.

(120091)

135   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to limit the costs charged by liquidators in insolvency cases.

(120035)

136   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she last met the liquidators of BCCI.

(120036)

137   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will meet the honourable Member for Leicester East and a delegation of creditors to discuss the cost of liquidation of BCCI.

(120037)

138   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the total cost of the liquidation of BCCI is.

(120038)

139   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the first complaint was made to the Department concerning SFT.

(120068)

140   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when departmental officials questioned the Directors of SFT.

(120069)

141   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many post offices have closed in the last 12 months.

(120070)

142   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she will next meet the Chairman of Royal Mail.

(120071)

143
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will commission an independent review of industry-funded research on air quality issues relating to his consultation on the future development of air transport in the South East.

(119953)

144
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the proposed locations for holding stacks resulting from (a) a new close parallel runway, (b) a new wide spaced runway and (c) two new runways at Gatwick Airport.

(119954)

145
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the effect on the volume of traffic on (a) the M25, (b) the M23 and (c) other roads of (i) a new close parallel runway, (ii) a new wide spaced runway and (iii) two new runways at Gatwick Airport.

(119955)

146
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans the Government has to amend the Railways (Safety Critical Work) Regulations 1994 in relation to the working time for train drivers; and if he will make a statement.

(119720)

147
N   Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what compensation is available to tenants of landowners whose land is compulsorily purchased for a new road scheme; and how this may be claimed.

(119810)

148   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd June, Official Report, column 166W, on drink driving, what plans he has to amend police powers to allow evidential breathtesting at the roadside and to increase penalties; when he plans to introduce these changes; and if he will make a statement.

(119993)

149
N   Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for North Shropshire dated 29th April about improvements to the A5 and A483.

(119110)

150   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 10th June, Official Report, column 743W, on uninsured drivers, what the overall cost of uninsured driving was in Great Britain between 1997 and 2001; and what assessment has been made of the average increase in the insurance premium of a motorist in each of these years.

(120042)

151   John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what body co-ordinates the national strategy for freight grants.

(120074)

152   John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much track access grant aid was paid to freight operators in each year since 1992 (a) at current prices and (b) at outturn prices, broken down by location of company.

(120075)

153   John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans there are for changes in the level of rail services in Scotland.

(120076)

154   Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to revise the operation of bereavement benefit, in respect of the rule regarding the awarding of this benefit to a widower after the payment by his spouse of the married women's reduced rate of national insurance contributions; and if he will make a statement.

(120085)

155   Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations his Department has received in relation to charity sector involvement in the new Employers' Task Force on Pensions; and whether the Employers' Task Force on Pensions will be seeking further representations from the charity sector.

(120043)

156
N   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his proposed pension insurance scheme will also cover public sector pensions; and whether public sector employees will be expected to pay insurance premiums.

(119967)

157   Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North)*************when the Lord Chancellor intends to bring forward proposals for an Independent Judicial Appointments Commission.

(119977)

158   Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North)*************when the Lord Chancellor's Department will be renamed the Department for Constitutional Affairs.

(119978)

159   Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North)*************what consultation the Lord Chancellor will undertake on the creation of (a) a Supreme Court and (b) a Judicial Appointments Commission.

(119979)

160
N   Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton & Honiton)*************what representations she has received asking her to introduce mental capacity legislation; and if she will make a statement.

(119803)

161
N   Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton & Honiton)*************what plans the Department has to draft a Bill on mental capacity.

(119806)

162   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon)*************what plans he has to establish a judicial appointments commission; and if he will make a statement.

(120000)

163   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon)*************what action he is taking to promote pro bono work in the legal profession; and if he will make a statement.

(120006)

164   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon)*************if he will make a statement about the consequences for legal services of the collapse of (a) the Accident Group and (b) other claims handling organisations.

(120007)

165   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon)*************what plans he has to review court dress; and if he will make a statement.

(120008)

166   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon)*************if he will abolish the QC system; and if he will make a statement.

(120009)

167   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire)*************if he will make a statement on the arrangements for the appointment of (a) Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, (b) Lord Justices of Appeal, (c) High Court judges, (d) circuit judges, (e) district judges, (f) magistrates and (g) recorders as a result of the exercise of the powers of the Lord Chancellor by the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs, pending the proposed creation of a judicial appointments commission.

(120020)

168
N   Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport)*************what the expenditure on legal aid relating to judicial reviews of asylum and immigration cases was in (a) 2000-01, (b) 2001-02 and (c) 2002-03; and what the budget is for 2003-04.

(119664)

169
N   Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the South Hampshire Rapid Transit System.

[Question Unstarred] (119401)

170   Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to protect leaseholders from bogus ground rent charges.

[Transferred] (120044)