Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2002 - 03
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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 18 June 2003

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 18 June 2003, of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

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

WEDNESDAY 18th JUNE

1   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the Cabinet Office ministers' UK visits broken down by region for May 2002 to May 2003.

(120244)

2
N   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Paymaster General will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Epsom and Ewell of 29th April on behalf of Mrs P. Cooper of Ewell, forwarded to his Department by the Treasury on 6th June.

(119862)

3   Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will ensure that the delivery and planning of services in (a) Amber Valley and (b) Derbyshire by government departments and public agencies are not distorted by the fact that many areas in Derbyshire do not have DE postcodes.

(120096)

4
N   Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the potential of the principles of mutuality in the delivery of local government services.

(119749)

5
N   Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total value of applications made to the Crown Estate's Research Committee for research proposals was in each year since 1997.

(119728)

6   Julia Drown (South Swindon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many notifications there were of babies born with congenital anomalies in England and Wales in 2002; how many had (a) central nervous system anomalies, (b) cleft lip and/or palate, (c) anomalies of the heart and circulatory system, (d) anomalies of the alimentary system, (e) anomalies of the genital organ, (f) anomalies of the urinary system, (g) anomalies of the musculoskeletal system including limb reductions, (h) Down syndrome and (i) other chromosomal anomalies; and if he will make a statement about trends over the past 10 years.

(120164)

7   Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his oral statement of 9th June, Official Report, column 412W, if he will make a statement on the consultation process on the new fiscal rule.

(120333)

8   Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what further work is being undertaken on the role of discretionary fiscal policy inside EMU, further to paragraph 2.215 of UK Membership of the Single Currency: An Assessment of the Five Economic Tests (HM Treasury, Cm 5776); and when this work will be completed.

(120334)

9   Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what further work is being undertaken on the role of automatic fiscal stabilisers inside EMU, further to paragraph 2.196 of UK Membership of the Single Currency: An Assessment of the Five Economic Tests (HM Treasury, Cm 5776); and when this work will be completed.

(120335)

10   Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out the analysis behind his conclusion in UK Membership of the Single Currency: An Assessment of the Five Economic Tests (HM Treasury, Cm 5776, paragraph 5.19) that over the long term, 2.5 per cent. for RPIX inflation corresponds to around 2 per cent. for HICP inflation.

(120336)

11   Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the advantages and disadvantages of including housing depreciation as a component of the inflation target.

(120337)

12   Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received on his proposal to change the inflation target.

(120338)

13   Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what analysis he has made of the performance of the existing inflation target and its effect on the conduct and performance of UK monetary policy since 1997.

(120339)

14   Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his oral statement of 9th June, Official Report, column 412W, if he will publish the supporting papers for his conclusion that the HICP measure of inflation is a better measure.

(120340)

15   Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what conclusions he draws from the UK's correlation of business cycle to the euro area compared to Germany's as shown in Table 1.1 of UK Membership of the Single Currency: An Assessment of the Five Economic Tests (HM Treasury, Cm 5776).

(120341)

16   Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to UK Membership of the Single Currency: An Assessment of the Five Economic Tests HM Treasury, Cm 5776, paragraph 1.121, what conclusions he has drawn from his finding that the United Kingdom left the ERM at least in part because of a lack of convergence.

(120342)

17   Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate has been made of the time required for the dynamic changes to come through before business cycles can be judged to have converged in relation to reforms to the housing market as set out in the Executive Summary of the document UK Membership of the Single Currency: An Assessment of the Five Economic Tests (HM Treasury, Cm 5776)

(120343)

18   Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a further statement on his assessment of the effect of EMU membership on pensioners, and in particular his conclusion in UK Membership of the Single Currency: An Assessment of the Five Economic Tests, HM Treasury, Cm 5776, paragraph 5.139 that overall the environment would be one of greater uncertainty.

(120344)

19   Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total cost has been of the various ministerial road-shows to promote the euro to (a) the Treasury and (b) other departments since 1997.

(120345)

20   Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer whether officials from departments other than the Treasury contributed to the final contents of the document UK Membership of the Single Currency: An Assessment of the Five Economic Tests (HM Treasury, Cm 5776).

(120346)

21   Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when the final changes were made to the document UK Membership of the Single Currency: An Assessment of the Five Economic Tests (HM Treasury, Cm 5776).

(120347)

22   Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when the final changes were made to the 18 EMU studies which accompanied the Treasury's assessment of the five economic tests.

(120348)

23   Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer whether officials from departments other than the Treasury contributed to the final contents of the 18 EMU studies accompanying the Treasury's assessment of the five economic tests, published on 9th June.

(120349)

24   Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer whether ministers in (a) the Treasury and (b) other departments made a contribution to the final contents of the 18 EMU studies which accompanied the Treasury's assessment of the five economic tests, published on 9th June.

(120350)

25
N   Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what instructions he has issued to the Ministry of Defence relating to the purchasing of the BAE Advanced Jet Trainer.

(119726)

26
N   Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the factors that will determine Treasury approval for the Ministry of Defence to purchase a new Advanced Jet Trainer for the RAF.

(119727)

27   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his Answer of 16th June, Official Report, column 38W, on the euro, where in his statement of 9th June he set out the reasons for deciding that it is not necessary to rejoin the ERM before joining the euro.

(120284)

28   Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what searches were carried out for surveillance devices during the refurbishment of the Treasury buildings in Whitehall; and if he will make a statement on the results of searches.

(120139)

29   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many community sports coaches will be created under the Community Sports Coaches Scheme in (a) 2003, (b) 2004, (c) 2005 and (d) 2006.

(120402)

30   Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, from what budget the salary for the leader of the London Olympic Bid comes; and how many days a week the leader of the Bid will be contracted to work.

(120171)

31   Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which Government departments were consulted by the National Heritage Memorial Fund in advance of the decision to provide a grant to the National Trust to purchase the Tyntesfield estate.

(120419)

32   Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Heritage Lottery Fund has received an application from the National Trust for funds in connection with the Tyntesfield estate.

(120420)

33   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the costs associated with the recent visit of President Bush to Northern Ireland were to his Department.

(120363)

34   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to change the number of aircraft carriers in service; and if he will make a statement.

(120269)

35   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 13th June, Official Report, column 112W, on HMS Dryad, if he will make it his policy to ensure that, before marketing arrangements are made, the neighbouring local authorities are consulted in the event of a decision to dispose of the site of HMS Dryad; and if he will make a statement.

(120316)

36   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd June, Official Report, column 303W, on early leavers, what research his Department has commissioned on changes in the number of naval personnel leaving the service by premature voluntary retirement between 2000-01 and 2001-02; and if he will make a statement.

(120321)

37   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Essex North, of 21st January, Official Report, column 209W, and his Answer of 3rd June, Official Report, column 299W, on pilots, what factors have brought about the change in numbers in that period; and if he will make a statement.

(120322)

38
N   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many new recruits to the Defence Medical Services have been signed up under the Golden Hello scheme; what the comparable inflow rates were for the previous six months; and if he will make a statement.

(119009)

39
N   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) reservists and (b) regulars on Operation TELIC have been medically downgraded, broken down by service; what percentage of the force deployed by each service these figures represent; and if he will make a statement.

(119010)

40   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Written Ministerial Statement of 12th June, Official Report, column 57WS, on missile defence, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the Government's support for the US missile defence system with the UK's commitments under Article VI of the Non Proliferation Treaty.

(120323)

41   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Written Ministerial statement of 12th June, Official Report, column 57WS, on missile defence, whether missiles will be sited in the UK as part of the US missile defence system; and if he will make a statement.

(120324)

42   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 5th June, Official Report, column 509W, on the Royal Irish Regiment, if he will make it his policy not to set a timetable for the disbandment of the Home Battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment until the terrorist threat has been completely removed from Northern Ireland.

(120135)

43   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he assists in the funding of schools attended by children of service personnel (a) on an annual basis and (b) to help with financial shortfalls caused by falling school rolls arising from delays in transferring regiments; and if he will make a statement.

(120354)

44   Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether surveillance devices were discovered during the last refurbishment of the MoD buildings in Whitehall.

(120140)

45
N   Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effects of the recent decision by BSkyB to turn off BBC TV and radio on the provision of a TV and radio service for the British Forces living and working in Italy.

(119724)

46   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many (a) people were on the housing waiting list, (b) priority homelessness acceptances there were and (c) units of temporary housing there were in each local authority area in the South-East Region in each year since 1997.

(120312)

47   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the factors which underlay the decisions to designate certain areas as South-East Growth Areas in the Sustainable Communities Plan.

(120313)

48   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to increase housing investment in the South-East areas outside the designated growth areas in the next Comprehensive Spending Review in 2004.

(120314)

49   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated, on the supply of affordable housing in the South-East; and if he will make a statement.

(120315)

50   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he next plans to revise (a) Circular 6/98, (b) the definition of affordable housing and (c) the size thresholds which trigger affordable housing planning gains from developers; and if he will make a statement.

(120317)

51   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he plans to issue revised good practice to local authorities on planning obligations, with a view to increasing the amount of affordable housing provision in the South-East.

(120318)

52   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he will respond to the Eighth Report of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Housing Planning, Local Government and the Regions Select Committee on Planning for Sustainable Communities in the South-East, Session 2002-03, HC 77-I, with particular regard to the recommendation that funding for affordable housing should not be reduced in South-East areas outside the designated growth areas, that these areas should secure a fair share of any new funds that are available, and that extra funds should be concentrated in areas where needs and demands are greatest.

(120319)

53   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what criteria were used to decide which local authorities in the South-East region could temporarily suspend the right to buy; and which have been granted this power.

(120320)

54   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many key workers in West Sussex have benefited from the key worker housing scheme since its inception, broken down by employment category.

(120359)

55
N   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent representations he has received on holding a referendum for elections to a regional assembly in Yorkshire and the Humber.

(118361)

56   Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what guidance he has given to local authorities on ethical procurement.

(120158)

57   Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the Government intends to make changes to the regulations covering new building in areas of outstanding natural beauty.

(120311)

58
N   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what percentage of fires (a) on farms and (b) in retail premises were caused by arson in each year from 1997 to 2001; and what the estimated cost to the fire service was in each year.

(120031)

59
N   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many homes were deliberately set on fire each day on average in each year from 1997 to 2001; and what the estimated cost to the fire service was in each year.

(120032)

60
N   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many malicious car fires occurred in (a) 1997, (b) 1998 and (c) 1999; and what the estimated cost to the fire service was in each year.

(120033)

61
N   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the cost to the UK economy was of arson in each year since 1997.

(120034)

62   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to put mechanisms in place to support advanced skills teachers who specialise in teacher education.

(120230)

63
N   Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how he intends to ensure that schools in Kent can make rapid use of the devolved capital allocation announced on 15th May.

(119546)

64   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will assess the effectiveness of Express Groups on pupil attainment in schools in former coalfields areas.

(120125)

65   Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to improve the recruitment and retention of talented and well-qualified teachers.

(120159)

66   Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance he has given to local education authorities on truancy reduction initiatives.

(120160)

67   Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of three year-olds have access to early years education in (a) the Bury St Edmunds consituency, (b) Suffolk, (c) Norfolk, (d) Essex and (c) Cambridgeshire.

(120411)

68   Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the budget deficit is for schools in Suffolk in the current financial year.

(120424)

69   Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students in (a) Suffolk, (b) Norfolk, (c) Essex, (d) Cambridgeshire and (e) the Bury St Edmunds constituency are exempt from tuition fees.

(120427)

70   Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of 11 year-olds reached the level expected of their age in English in each year since 2000 in the Bury St Edmunds constituency.

(120428)

71   Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many childcare places have been created in (a) Bury St Edmunds constituency, (b) Suffolk, (c) Norfolk, (d) Cambridgeshire and (e) Essex in each year since 1999.

(120429)

72   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations he has received about (a) falling rolls and (b) shortfall in funding to schools attended by children of service personnel, caused by delays in transferring regiments; and if he will make a statement.

(120351)

73   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make specific funding available to schools attended by children of service personnel whose rolls have been reduced because of delays in transferring regiments; and if he will make a statement.

(120352)

74   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will provide additional core funding for schools attended by children of service personnel to assist with (a) turbulence and (b) other factors; and if he will make a statement.

(120353)

75
N   Angela Watkinson (Upminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the local authorities' schools funding taskforce.

(119761)

76   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much additional capital funding will be allocated to support the changes to school buildings which may be needed to provide facilities for the additional support staff needed to implement the National Agreement on Raising Standards and Tackling Workload in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06.

(120400)

77
N   Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to implement the recommendations of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2001-02, on Genetically Modified Organisms.

(119545)

78   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received about the non-retrospective nature of the reference date for calculating compensatory direct payment to dairy farmers; and if she will make a statement.

(120264)

79   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures she proposes to take if livestock farmers do not agree to contribute to a national disposal scheme.

(120265)

80   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is her policy that direct payments made to dairy farmers under the single farm payment scheme will be allocated only to active producers.

(120266)

81   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will introduce measures to ensure that dairy sector producers receive direct payments based on the whole of the amount of milk quota held on 31st March 2004 under the single farm payment scheme.

(120267)

82   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the reference amount under the single farm payment scheme for dairy farmers, will be applied if the dairy farmer had no registered hectares during the reference period.

(120268)

83   Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times OSPAR Radioactive Substances Committee met between the OSPAR Conference in Sintra in July 1998 and 31st May 2003; how many reports the Committee published; what the subject matters addressed by the Committee were; and if he will make a statement.

(120113)

84   Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, why OSPAR's Radioactive Substances Committee was unable in February 2003 to reach agreement on the baseline for discharges of radioactive waste from the Sellafield Nuclear Re-processing Plant into the Irish Sea; and if she will make a statement.

(120114)

85   Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people in (a) the Bury St Edmunds Constitiuency, (b) Suffolk, (c) Norfolk, (d) Essex and (e) Cambridgeshire are awaiting IACS payments; and what the average waiting time for payment was in the last year for which figures are available.

(120410)

86
N   Pete Wishart (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cases of varroa mite infestation there have been in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the past five years.

(119970)

87
N   Pete Wishart (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what aid, including financial assistance, has been provided to bee farmers by her Department to help combat the threat of varroa in each of the last five years.

(119971)

88   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will urge the Indonesian Government to ensure that criminal cases in West Papua are investigated by the police.

(120127)

89   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will urge the Indonesian Government to support the Land of Peace dialogue between West Papua and Jakarta.

(120128)

90   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the Indonesian Government's special autonomy law for West Papua of January 2002, with special reference to President Megawati's decree of March 2003 splitting the province.

(120129)

91   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will urge the Indonesian Government to carry out an investigation into the events in Wamena on 4th April.

(120130)

92   Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to secure human rights for the citizens of post conflict Iraq.

(120141)

93   Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of (a) human rights in Iraq, (b) the opportunities for those responsible for the interim administration in Iraq to protect human rights and (c) the challenges to maintain human rights in that country.

(120142)

94   Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure the implementation of UN General Assembly Resolution 57/232 to deploy human rights monitors in Iraq.

(120143)

95   Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the British High Commissioner in Harare about the situation in Zimbabwe; and what recent assessment he has made of the political situation there.

(120137)

96   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the (a) locations and (b) dates of visits by the survey group in Iraq searching for weapons of mass destruction.

(120099)

97   Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential nuclear threat from North Korea.

(120161)

98   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what investigation was made by his Department into the recent resignations of (a) the Attorney General of the Cayman Islands and (b) the Head of the Financial Reporting Unit in the Cayman Islands.

(120272)

99   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what financial settlement the Attorney General of the Cayman Islands received upon resignation.

(120273)

100   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department had with the Chief Justice regarding (a) the Attorney General of the Cayman Islands and (b) the Head of the Financial Reporting Unit in the Cayman Islands, prior to their resignations; and what actions have been taken since.

(120274)

101   Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what resources are being allocated by his Department and the Food Standards Agency to delivering his policy objectives for missing nutrients and maximum permitted levels for nutrients within the provision of the Food Supplements Directive; and if he will make a statement

(120434)

102   Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received from the National Association of Health Stores in relation to the provisions of the Food Supplements Directive and the Food Supplements (England) Regulations; and what response he has made to those representations.

(120435)

103   Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received from Holland and Barrett retail in relation to the provisions of the Food Supplements Directive and the Food Supplements (England) Regulations; and what response he has made to those representations.

(120436)

104   Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the conclusions were of the Regulatory Impact Assesment undertaken by the Food Standards Agency in relation to the Food Supplements (England) Regulations; and what steps he intends to take to address the issues of those missing nutrients which pose a threat to the UK food supplements industry.

(120437)

105   Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on Early Day Motion 1398 (Food Supplements Regulations).

(120438)

106   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what regulations govern the materials used to make tampons and sanitary towels.

(120252)

107   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which Government body regulates the makers of feminine hygiene products.

(120253)

108   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what control exists over the levels of dioxins in tampons and sanitary products.

(120254)

109   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the maximum permitted amounts of dioxins allowed in tampons and sanitary products are.

(120255)

110   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the maximum annual exposure rates to dioxins consistent with no risk to health are.

(120256)

111   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how female sanitary products are screened for the presence of dioxins; by whom; and to whom the reports are supplied.

(120257)

112   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase the controls over the composition of feminine hygiene products.

(120258)

113
N   Andy Burnham (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cumulative net surplus or deficit from target was for each primary care trust in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06.

(117937)

114   Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to clause 100 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill, whether if it is his policy that advice given to him by the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection should be done by written report which should be published.

(120234)

115   Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy, under clause 60 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill to introduce an appeals process to enable an independent person or panel to review the amount charged under subsection (1) of clause 62 in cases where the person or body who has received the charge wishes to appeal.

(120304)

116   Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy that (a) powers to make regulations under clause 60 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill shall be exercisable by Statutory Instrument and (b) that such instruments shall not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution, of each House of Parliament.

(120305)

117   Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to require the Commission for Social Care Inspection to provide an advocacy and support service to self-funding residents in their contract negotiations with private care homes; and if he will make a statement.

(120306)

118   Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy that a court order from a County Court should be issued prior to the Commission for Health Care Audit and Inspection entering and inspecting (a) any premises owned or controlled by (i) an NHS body, (ii) a local authority and (b) other premises.

(120391)

119   Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy that the Commission for Social Care Inspection should have a duty to consult and involve service users in its work at both the local and national levels.

(120392)

120   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the administrative costs of the Welfare Foods Scheme.

(120259)

121   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the take-up of the Welfare Foods Scheme.

(120260)

122   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a list of those focus groups consulted about the Healthy Start Initiative proposals, including (a) methods of recruitment, (b) reports of the meetings and (c) conclusions reached.

(120261)

123   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the likely take-up of schemes to provide Welfare Foods under the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill, Part 5.

(120262)

124   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of administrative costs of the Welfare Foods Scheme under the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill, Part 5.

(120263)

125   Julia Drown (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital in-patient spells there were in England in (a) 1996-97 and (b) 2001-02 of children aged (i) under one year and (ii) aged one to five years with diagnoses of congenital anomalies; how many had diagnoses of (A) central nervous system anomalies, (B) cleft lip and/or palate, (C) anomalies of the heart and circulatory system, (D) anomalies of the alimentary system, (E) anomalies of the genital organ, (F) anomalies of the urinary system, (G) anomalies of the musculoskeletal system including limb reductions, (H) Down syndrome and (I) other chromosomal anomalies; and if he will make a statement on trends over the past five years.

(120165)

126
N   Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what further steps he is taking to amend the draft directive on food supplements to preserve choice for UK consumers.

(119543)

127   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is in respect of the granting of licences for the distribution of single measles and mumps vaccines.

(120235)

128   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take measures to ensure the wider availability of single measles and mumps vaccines.

(120236)

129   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the quantity of single (a) measles and (b) mumps vaccines imported by GPs and private healthcare providers in the last year.

(120237)

130   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what powers he has to prevent clinics providing single measles and mumps vaccinations; and if he will make a statement.

(120239)

131   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 10th June, Official Report, column 835W, on hospital financing, what additional powers foundation trusts will have to enter into joint venture arrangements compared to (a) other NHS organisations and (b) local authorities' social services departments; and if he will make a statement on the reasons for differences.

(120150)

132   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospice beds have been taken out of service in the last year.

(120371)

133   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons the Shires Acute and Community Hospital EPR Procurement Progamme was terminated.

(120372)

134   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has provided to the South West IT procurement team for financial advice and expertise from Partnerships UK.

(120373)

135   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on supporting and assessing the Shires Acute and Community Hospital EPR Procurement Programme.

(120374)

136   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) doctors and (b) nurses employed in the NHS have refugee status.

(120375)

137   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to amend the system of star rating for cardiac surgeons to reflect risk-adjusted mortality rates.

(120376)

138   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS patients who have been treated for joint replacement in continental hospitals have received follow-up consultation by staff in the United Kingdom; and how many of these consultations have been commissioned by his Department outside the original contractural terms with overseas hospitals.

(120377)

139   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time is for the start of radiotherapy following diagnosis for cancer patients in each hospital trust in England; and what the average waiting time was in each of the last six years.

(120378)

140   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the ratio of linear accelerators to catchment area population is in each hospital trust area operating such equipment in England.

(120379)

141   Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made towards the establishment of a single integrated community equipment service to assist disabled and elderly people to remain in their own homes.

(120093)

142   Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding is made available for community equipment and adaptation services to enable elderly and disabled people to remain in their own homes; and what plans he has to increase this funding.

(120094)

143   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the projected budget deficit is for (a) the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital NHS Trust, (b) the Princess Royal Hospital NHS Trust and (c) the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Hospital NHS Trust for the end of the financial year.

(120097)

144   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the nursing and residential homes for the elderly that (a) charge residents local authority rates and (b) charge higher rates than the local authority rates in (i) Shrewsbury and Atcham and (ii) Shropshire.

(120098)

145   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children suffered from (a) chickenpox, (b) measles, (c) mumps, (d) rubella and (e) whooping cough in each year since 1997.

(120102)

146   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of mothers of babies he estimates suffer from depression.

(120103)

147   Dr Nick Palmer (Broxtowe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review the way in which the NHS handles compensation after a medical accident; and when the Chief Medical Officer's report into clinical negligence will be published.

(120302)

148   Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the effectiveness of recent anti-smoking initiatives.

(120162)

149   Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on under-age smoking.

(120163)

150   Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many care home beds were (a) available and (b) in use in (i) Bury St Edmunds, (ii) Suffolk, (iii) Essex, (iv) Cambridgeshire and (v) Norfolk in the last quarter for which figures are available; and how many were available in the preceding eight quarters.

(120413)

151   Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for an NHS dental appointment was in (a) Suffolk, (b) Norfolk, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Essex, (e) Bury St Edmunds and (f) England in the last year for which figures are available.

(120414)

152   Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many physiotherapists who qualified in the last five years in (a) England, (b) Suffolk, (c) Norfolk, (d) Cambridgeshire and (e) Essex have since left the NHS.

(120416)

153   Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for an out-patient appointment was in each strategic health authority in England in each year since 1998.

(120421)

154   Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general practitioners working in (a) Bury St Edmunds, (b) Suffolk, (c) Norfolk, (d) Essex and (e) Cambridgeshire are (i) under 40 years of age, (ii) between 40 and 65 years old and (iii) over 65 years old.

(120422)

155   Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists there were per head of population in (a) Suffolk, (b) Norfolk, (c) Essex and (d) Cambridgeshire in each year since 1997.

(120425)

156   Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria are used to determine what constitutes delayed transfer of care patients in (a) Suffolk, (b) Norfolk, (c) Cambridgeshire and (d) Essex in (i) acute and (ii) non acute hospitals.

(120431)

157   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been allocated for the provision of wheelchairs in each of the last five financial years for which figures are available; and how much has been allocated for the current financial year.

(120355)

158   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what requirement is placed on (a) strategic health authorities, (b) hospital trusts and (c) primary care trusts to provide wheelchairs; and if he will make a statement.

(120356)

159   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the maximum waiting period is for the provision of a wheelchair to an NHS patient who requires one.

(120357)

160   Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her policy is on food labelling with respect to caffeine.

(120151)

161   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are suffering from (a) tuberculosis and (b) pulmonary tuberculosis in each primary care trust; and how many staff each trust employs to oversee their treatment in the community.

(120432)

162   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was to the National Health Service of treating (a) TB, (b) hepatitis B and (c) HIV and Aids in each of the last five years.

(120433)

163   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many instances of (a) suicide, (b) self-harm and (c) violence against staff or inmates have occurred at HMP Styal in each month since January.

(120166)

164   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he is taking to (a) reduce overcrowding in prisons, (b) reduce the number of security incidents in prisons reported to the Home Office each week and (c) improve the vetting procedures for employing prison officers into the Prison Service.

(120167)

165   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Moldovan women have been (a) deported from the UK and (b) repatriated to Moldova in each year since 1997.[R]

(120168)

166   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women from Central and Eastern European countries are estimated to be working illegally in the sex industry in Britain.[R]

(120169)

167   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unfilled positions there were in the Prison Service in each month since June 2002; by what percentage the Prison Service is understaffed in each prison in the UK; and what measures his Department is taking to increase the number of prison officers into the Prison Service.

(120170)

168   Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress the Government has made in meeting its target to halve the time between arrest and sentence in the youth courts, compared with 1997; and what the average time was between (a) arrest and sentence, (b) arrest and first appearance in court and (c) conviction and sentence in each of the last three years.

(120303)

169   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 8th April, Official Report, column 201W, on asylum seekers, if he will list the figures given in that answer in respect of the financial year 2002-03; and what estimate he has made of the amounts in 2003-04.

(120358)

170   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fast track visas have been granted to non-EU migrants each year since 1997.

(120295)

171   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-EU citizens have been granted work permits in the United Kingdom in each year since 1992.

(120296)

172   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the target number of work permits to be issued was in each year since 1992.

(120297)

173   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many software developers from (a) India, (b) elsewhere in the sub-Indian continent and (c) other Asian countries have been granted (i) fast track visas and (ii) ordinary work permits in each year since 1992.

(120298)

174   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) sick days were taken and (b) prison officers were on sick leave owing to mental health problems in each prison in each year since 1997.

(120104)

175   Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the additional costs to voluntary organisations (a) in the United Kingdom and (b) in Suffolk of the Criminal Records Bureau's increase in standard and enhanced disclosure fees.

(120415)

176   Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the clear up rate for the Suffolk constabulary was for (a) burglary of dwellings, (b) violence against the person, (c) vehicle crime, (d) robbery and (e) sexual offences since March 2002.

(120423)

177   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons were screened for tuberculosis at points of entry to the UK in the last year for which information is available; and what proportion of those were found to be carriers.

(120406)

178   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons were the subject of notifications to their local health bodies that they should be screened for tuberculosis following entry to the UK in the last year for which information is available; what proportion was undertaken; and in what proportion of the latter those persons were found to be carriers.

(120407)

179   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanism exists to ensure that persons requiring testing for tuberculosis but not tested at their point of entry to the UK are in due course so tested; and if he will make a statement.

(120408)

180   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons having been granted (a) residence and (b) indefinite leave to remain on the basis of suffering from (i) TB, (ii) HIV Aids and (iii) Hepatitis B in each of the last five years; and how many persons are dependent on them.

(120409)

181
N   Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to ensure that food aid from UK charities and non-governmental organisations is reaching people in the affected areas of Zimbabwe.

(119544)

182   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his Answer of 16th June, ref 106240, how much each of the ex-prisoner groups which benefited from funding in the current year receive.

(120360)

183   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what funding bodies have responsibility for allocating funds to groups and organisations dealing with victims issues; how much each such body has allocated to victims groups in the last financial year; and how much each of the victims groups which were allocated funding received in the last financial year.

(120361)

184   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the costs to the PSNI were of the security measures put in place for the visit of President Bush to Hillsborough, Co Down.

(120362)

185   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which agencies and departments bore the costs associated with President Bush's visit to Northern Ireland.

(120364)

186   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many complaints have been made against the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland's investigators; what the nature of each complaint was; and what action has been taken in respect of each complaint.

(120365)

187   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland have been dismissed; and what the reasons were.

(120366)

188   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many jobs in Northern Ireland have been lost where the reason given was high insurance premiums in each year since 1997.

(120367)

189   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on (a) the changes in the number of insurance underwriters in Northern Ireland and (b) the impact of the level of insurance premiums in Northern Ireland.

(120368)

190   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many small businesses in Northern Ireland have made representations to Invest Northern Ireland and its predecessors about the level of insurance premiums in each year since 1997.

(120369)

191
N   Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on progress in implementing the Review of the Criminal Justice System in Northern Ireland.

(119725)

192   Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many posts in the Northern Ireland Civil Service have been publicly advertised since 14th October 2002 for which Irish nationals have been ineligible.

(120105)

193   Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much money has been allocated by the Department of Education in each of the last five years to Education and Library Boards in Northern Ireland to address the requirements of those who suffer from autism.

(120106)

194   Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been ruled ineligible for reserved posts in the Northern Ireland Civil Service in each of the last five years on the grounds that they are Irish citizens.

(120107)

195   Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps are being taken to implement the Senior Civil Service Review.

(120108)

196   Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps are being taken to implement the recommendations of the Senior Civil Service Review Team on nationality restrictions.

(120109)

197   Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many posts were publicly advertised in each of the last five years in the (a) Crown Solicitor's Office, (b) Northern Ireland Court Service, (c) Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and (d) Northern Ireland Civil Service; and how many of such posts were reserved in each of those years.

(120110)

198   Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many posts were publicly advertised in each of the last five years in (a) the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, (b) the Northern Ireland Court Service, (c) the Northern Ireland Civil Service and (d) the Crown Solicitors Office below Grade 5 or equivalent; and how many of such posts were reserved in each of those years, and of what grade.

(120111)

199   Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which Education and Library Boards use the Applied Behaviour Analysis Scheme for teaching autistic children; and how many children suffer from autism in each Education and Library Board.

(120112)

200   Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, in which areas in Northern Ireland the money announced on 24th February for acute hospital provision will be spent; and on what capital projects.

(120115)

201   Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Retail Charter on the volume of plastic bags used in supermarkets in Northern Ireland.

(120138)

202   Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the implementation and operation of the Supporting People initiative; how many complaints have been received about the initiative; how many people are employed in administering the scheme; and whether it has achieved its objectives in terms of targeting the individuals who should benefit from it.

(120152)

203   Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many new build social houses were commenced and completed in each of the last five years, broken down by location.

(120153)

204   Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he will take to introduce new legislation in respect of telecommunications masts to implement the recommendations contained in the Stewart Report of May 2000; and if he will make a statement.

(120154)

205   Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what consultation has taken place on new legislation in respect of telecommunication masts.

(120155)

206   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how extensive the asbestos contamination was at the regional police headquarters in Armagh; when the contamination occurred; and what the cause was of the contamination.

(120307)

207   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what documents and how many case files were contaminated by asbestos at the regional police headquarters in Armagh; what percentage of these papers were destroyed; at what rank this decision was taken; what options were available for copying files; and from what bodies professional advice was sought.

(120308)

208   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many criminal prosecutions were dropped as a result of asbestos contamination at the regional police headquarters in Armagh; how many civil actions were affected; and what cost was incurred in meeting claims for damages as a result of failing to produce evidence.

(120309)

209   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when a report under the Reporting of Incidents, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations was submitted to the Health and Safety Executive concerning asbestos contamination at the regional police headquarters in Armagh; and what action has been taken by the HSE as a result.

(120310)

210   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, who has ultimate authority on the disbandment of a battalion of a regiment within the Army.

(120172)

211   Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 11th June, Official Report, column 870W, on US foreign policy, if he will list the occasions since January 2001 when he has disagreed with US foreign policy.

(120270)

212
N   Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the system within the security services for maintaining contact with the press.

(119665)

213   Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Prime Minister, which cabinet minister has overall responsibility for regulatory reform.

(120276)

214   Pete Wishart (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the cost was of acquiring and preparing the Holyrood site; and when and by whom this cost was incurred.

(120145)

215   Pete Wishart (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, who originally suggested the Holyrood site as an option for the new Scottish Parliament building; and when that suggestion was made.

(120146)

216   Pete Wishart (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when the final decision was made to choose the Holyrood site as the place for the new Scottish Parliament building.

(120147)

217   Pete Wishart (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the estimate for the Scottish Parliament building was when the final site was chosen; and when this matter was considered prior to the transfer of responsibilities to the Scottish Parliament Corporate Body.

(120148)

218   Pete Wishart (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the scheduled opening date for the Scottish Parliament building was immediately prior to the transfer of responsibilities to the Scottish Parliament Corporate Body.

(120149)

219   Pete Wishart (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether the communications from Langdon's in respect of the Scottish Parliament Building have been published.

(121044)

220   Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate her Department has made of the annual cost to business of employers' liability compulsory insurance in the last five years; by how much it has increased since 1997; and if she will make a statement.

(120387)

221   Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she expects to publish her Department's review of the employers' liability insurance system.

(120388)

222   Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate her Department has made of the legal costs of dispute resolution associated with employers' liability insurance.

(120389)

223   Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate her Department has made of compliance rates for British firms for employers' liability compulsory insurance.

(120390)

224
N   Colin Burgon (Elmet): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how the telephone number of the Department's helpline for agency workers is advertised.

(119547)

225
N   Colin Burgon (Elmet): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many calls the Department's helpline for agency workers has taken in the past 12 months; and how many of these calls emanated from workers in West Yorkshire.

(119548)

226
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on (a) the GATS negotiations and (b) the advantages of full trade liberalisation as a means to achieving development goals.

(119588)

227
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what independent assessments of the impact of service liberalisation her Department has studied.

(119589)

228   Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will introduce a maximum interest rate on personal loans; and if she will make a statement.

(120275)

229   Julia Drown (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on consultations between her Department and campaigners for fair trade before the 5th WTO Ministerial Conference in Cancun.

(120156)

230   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment the Government has made of the difference in pay rates between (a) British IT specialists and (b) Asian IT specialists who are working in the United Kingdom.

(120301)

231   Mr Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps she is taking to ensure that world trade rules do not prevent developing countries from using targeted interventions to support (a) their infant industries and (b) vulnerable producers.

(120157)

232   Mr Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has had about safeguarding the interests of clients of the Accident Group (a) whose claims have not been resolved and (b) whose claims have been resolved but in respect of which no payment has been made.

(120231)

233   Mr Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has had with the bodies investigating irregularities within the Accident Group; and if she will make a statement.

(120232)

234   Mr Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to amend legislation protecting the pay and conditions of employees in cases of companies being taken into administration.

(120233)

235   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures are in place to ensure that British companies investing in developing countries will (a) be there as the result of invitations by people in the developing countries, (b) give employment to local people, (c) pay reasonable rates to those people and not exploit them and (d) not compete with existing practices in a way that undermines people's livelihoods.

(120403)

236   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps she is taking to ensure that international trade works in the interests of both developing and developed countries.

(120404)

237   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will propose (a) restrictions on the size of the delegations of rich countries to the WTO and GATS meetings, (b) that the money saved be passed directly to countries which cannot afford to send delegations to these meetings and (c) that the voting at these meetings be proportional to the size of the populations they represent.

(120405)

238   Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many projects have been supported by her Department's Innovation Budget involving technical textiles; and what funding was provided in each case.

(120095)

239
N   Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will introduce legislation to unify and extend equality law.

(119754)

240   Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many Post Office card accounts have been opened in (a) England, (b) Suffolk, (c) Norfolk, (d) Cambridgeshire, (e) Essex and (f) the Bury St Edmunds constituency.

(120426)

241   Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the latest draft of the EC temporary workers directive contains significant references to pay that are outside the scope of Article 141 of the Nice Treaty.

(120430)

242
N   Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps she is taking to simplify the application process for Post Office card accounts; and what representations she has received from postmasters about the administrative process.

(119723)

243   Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many inward investment companies have located in the United Kingdom (a) in the past year, (b) in the past five years and (c) in the past 10 years.

(120285)

244   Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of ISO 9000 certified companies have (a) transferred and (b) are in the process of transferring to ISO 9001:2000; and what plans there are to encourage UK companies and their suppliers to do so before the deadline.

(120287)

245   Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment her Department has made of the number of companies in the UK which are ISO 9000 certified; how many are certified by UKAS accredited companies in the UK; what reports the Government has received that some have been certified inappropriately; and what percentage her Department estimates have been certified inappropriately.

(120288)

246   Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the Government's policy is on change of ISO 9000 certification to the latest version of ISO 9001:2000.

(120289)

247   Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what advice the Government is giving to ISO 9000 certified companies about the need to transfer to ISO 9001:2000, by 15th December this year.

(120290)

248   Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many jobs have been created by foreign direct investment into the United Kingdom in the last (a) year, (b) five years and (c) 10 years.

(120292)

249   Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many manufacturing jobs have been created in the United Kingdom as a consequence of foreign direct investment in the last five years.

(120294)

250
N   Pete Wishart (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many windfarms are in operation in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland.

(119968)

251
N   Pete Wishart (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many sites have been identified for future development of windfarms in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland (i) this year and (ii) in each of the next three years.

(119969)

252   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings his Department has held in the last five years with the Merseyside Passenger Transport Authority and Executive to discuss the Mersey Tunnels Bill.

(120136)

253   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) fatal and (b) non-fatal road accidents there have been on the A49 between Ludlow and Shrewsbury in each year since 1992.

(120100)

254   Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he will announce his decision on the south coast multi-modal study.

(120277)

255   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 11th June, Official Report, column 925-6W, on housing benefit, how much money was claimed in council tax benefit in Scotland in 2002-03, broken down by local authority.

(120131)

256   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are in receipt of (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) income support in Scotland, broken down by local authority.

(120132)

257   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 10th June, Official Report, column 786-7W, on housing benefit, how much money was claimed in housing benefit in Scotland in 2002-03, broken down by local authority.

(120133)

258   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many instances there were of housing benefit fraud in Scotland, broken down by local authority, in each year since 1997.

(120134)

259   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he intends to answer question number 114044, tabled by the honourable Member for North East Hertfordshire for answer on Monday 19th May.

(120325)

260   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, who will be the head of the judiciary after abolition of the post of Lord Chancellor.

(120240)

261   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, what proposals the Secretary of State has for the future of the QC system.[R]

(120241)

262   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, what proposals he has for the Review of the Office of Coroner.

(120242)

263   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, whether Coroners will be appointed by the Judicial Appointments Commission.

(120243)

264   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, what measures the Secretary of State will take to ensure that the judiciary becomes more representative of society.

(120245)

265   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, if the Secretary of State will ensure that there is a representative group of non-lawyers on a Judicial Appointments Commission.

(120246)

266   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, whether a Judicial Appointments Commission will assume responsibility for the training and continuing education of judges.

(120247)

267   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, whether the Judicial Appointments Commission will fix judicial salaries.

(120248)

268   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, whether the Judicial Appointments Commission will assume responsibility for judicial discipline.

(120249)

269   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, what powers the Judicial Appointments Commission will have to dismiss judges from office.

(120250)

270   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, whether the Judicial Appointments Commission will become responsible for the appointment of (a) lay and (b) professional magistates.

(120251)

271   Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, whether the Government plans to (a) adopt and (b) change the Lord Chancellor's Department Public Service Agreements; what plans he has to introduce new Public Service Agreements; and to what timetable.

(120271)

272   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, how many children are awaiting decisions from CAFCASS on whether they should be removed from the care of their parents or guardians.

(120370)

273   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, how many children have been awaiting CAFCASS hearings on future guardianship for (a) three to four weeks, (b) five to eight weeks, (c) nine to 12 weeks and (d) more than 12 weeks.

(120386)

274   Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, if he will publish the response to the proposal of Fathers 4 Justice that in proceedings relating to child access a mother who refuses to comply with a court ruling should be subject to a community service order; and if he will make a statement.

(120418)

275   Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many (a) nurses, (b) teachers and (c) social workers have benefited from the key worker initiative in (i) the Bury St Edmunds constituency and (ii) Suffolk.

[Transferred] (120412)

276   Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many unpaid carers there are in (a) England, (b) Suffolk, (c) Norfolk, (d) Cambridgeshire and (e) Essex; and what percentage of unpaid carers are working over 50 hours per week.

[Transferred] (120417)

277   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Christians have been (a) killed and (b) injured because of their faith in the last year in each country for which information is available.

[Transferred] (120101)

278   Pete Wishart (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what representations were received by the Secretary of State for Scotland in advance of the Scottish parliamentary building project being transferred to the Scottish Parliament Corporate Body.

[Transferred] (120278)

279   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the fast track visa scheme on the employment prospects of British IT specialists.

[Transferred] (120299)

280   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of British IT specialists seeking employment in each year since 1999.

[Transferred] (120300)

281   Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has commissioned analyses to ascertain what kinds of jobs are being created in the United Kingdom.

[Transferred] (120286)

282   Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobs created in the UK in the past 12 months can be characterised as enduring for longer than one year.

[Transferred] (120291)

283   Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the jobs created in the UK in the last five years are characterised as (a) skilled and (b) semi-skilled.

[Transferred] (120293)