Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2002 - 03
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The Order Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 19 June 2003

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Thursday 19 June 2003, of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

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

THURSDAY 19th JUNE

1   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what representations he has received regarding the accessibility of government services via the internet.

(120867)

2   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the performance targets that (a) his Office, (b) its agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies are required to meet; and for each target (i) who sets it and (ii) who monitors achievement against it.

(120868)

3   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make a statement on the department's Regulatory Impact Assessment procedure; and how many RIAs have been reviewed in respect of the Department over the last year.

(120859)

4   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many regulations originating from the EU have been implemented by the department over each of the last five years.

(120860)

5   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to include a sunset clause in all new legislation promoted by the department unless a specific case can be made to exclude a sunset clause.

(120861)

6
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his policy to apply the same conditions to co-operative societies under industrial and provident society rules as to companies regarding (a) audit and accountants' reports and (b) publication of unaudited interim accounts.

(119973)

7   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list Sewel motions passed by the Scottish Parliament since May 1999 that apply to his Department's responsibilities and Government bills he has sponsored.

(120700)

8   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans his Department has to advertise posts in the Scottish press.

(120707)

9   Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the amount of national insurance contribution being collected which is attributable to benefits in kind in the form of payment by employers of employees' London congestion charges.

(120585)

10   Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many suicides there were of (a) males and (b) females aged (i) under 16, (ii) between 16 and 18 and (iii) between 18 and 21 years in each of the past five years.

(120586)

11
N   Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his oral statement of 9th June, Official Report, column 412, if he will make a statement on the perceived advantages and disadvantages of the various measures of inflation, in light of his conclusion that the HICP measure of inflation is a better measure.

(120328)

12
N   Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations were received from ministers in departments other than the Treasury on the document UK Membership of the Single Currency: An Assessment of the Five Economic Tests (HM Treasury, Cm 5776), prior to its publication; and whether these were taken into account in the final draft of the document.

(120329)

13
N   Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the length of time required, following structural reform in housing markets and other areas, before sustainable and durable convergence in relation to membership of the single currency can be judged to have occurred.

(120330)

14
N   Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the occasions since January 2000 in which a HICP target of 2 per cent. plus or minus 1 per cent. would have failed to have been met, and would have occasioned a letter from the Governor of the Bank of England; and what conclusions he draws about such a target for the conduct of UK monetary policy.

(120331)

15
N   Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what advice has been received from the RPI Advisory Committee regarding his intention to give the Bank of England an inflation target as measured by the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices; and what further consultation is planned with this Committee.

(120332)

16   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many seizures of (a) firearms, (b) drugs and (c) other dangerous goods were recorded at UK ports and airports in the last five years.

(120596)

17   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when the 2003-04 pay negotiations for the Probation Service in England and Wales will commence.

(120597)

18   Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his Answer of 16th June, Official Report, column 40W, on personal debt, what action is he taking to reduce the level of existing personal debt within the UK.

(120742)

19   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the estimated yield would be in the current financial year of a top rate of income tax of 50 per cent. on incomes of £150,000 and above if all other rates and allowances were to remain the same.

(120514)

20   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total cost has been of preparations for British membership of the euro; and what the estimated future cost is of such preparations.

(120455)

21   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the Treasury's regulatory impact assessment procedure; and how many regulatory impact assessments have been reviewed in respect of the department over the last year.

(120753)

22   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many regulations originating from the EU have been implemented by the Treasury in each of the last five years.

(120754)

23   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his policy to include a sunset clause in all new legislation promoted by his department unless a specific case can be made to exclude a sunset clause.

(120755)

24   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when he will reply to the request for information from the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration concerning ministerial meetings.

(120446)

25   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the statement on 28th February by the Minister of State (Sport), Official Report, column 542, if she will make available in the Library before 20th June a draft of the guidance to distributors on grants to endowment funds.

(120720)

26   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the statement by the Minister of State (Sport) on 28th February, Official Report, column 543, when the regulatory impact assessment was (a) prepared and (b) placed in the Library.

(120722)

27   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what grants her Department makes to improve places of worship in need of structural repairs.

(120522)

28   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the building of the new Wembley Stadium.

(120523)

29   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many senior departmental posts were advertised in each year since June 1999; and how many of those were advertised in the Scottish press.

(120668)

30   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list Sewel motions passed by the Scottish Parliament since May 1999 that apply to her department's responsibilities and Government bills she has sponsored.

(120691)

31   Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland concerning London's bid for the 2012 Olympic Games; and what measures she has taken to promote Northern Ireland as a host region for games events.

(120888)

32
N   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what initiatives her Department is taking to promote sustainable tourism in rural areas.

(120193)

33   Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact of delays in the introduction of new gambling legislation on the regeneration of seaside resorts in the North West.

(120468)

34   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the departmental Regulatory Impact Assessment procedure; and how many RIAs have been reviewed in respect of the Department over the last year.

(120856)

35   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many regulations originating from the EU have been implemented by her department over each of the last five years.

(120857)

36   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to include a sunset clause in all new legislation unless a specific case can be made to exclude a sunset clause.

(120858)

37   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what definition the Government uses of what qualifies as a weapon of mass destruction.

(120733)

38   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what key targets have been set for (a) the Chief Executive of the Training Group Defence Agency, (b) the Defence Housing Executive, (c) the Chief Executive of the Defence Procurement Agency, (d) the Chief Executive of Service Children's Education and (e) the Ministry of Defence Police Agency for the financial year 2003-04.

(120810)

39   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what performance targets have been set for (a) the Defence Vetting Agency, (b) the Defence Dental Agency, (c) the Defence Estates Agency and (d) the Pay and Personnel Agency for the financial year 2003-04.

(120811)

40   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what key targets have been set for (a) the Meteorological Office, (b) the Chief Executive of the Warship Support Agency, (c) the Defence Analytical Services Agency and (d) the Defence Communication Services Agency for financial year 2003-04.

(120812)

41
N   Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 15th May, Official Report, column 329W, on defence attache�s, how many defence attache�s are in place in each of the locations listed.

(118656)

42   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with the United States defence authorities on their proposals to develop missile defence systems; and if he will make a statement.

(120530)

43   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many senior departmental posts were advertised in each year since June 1999; and how many of these were advertised in the Scottish press.

(120661)

44   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list Sewel motions passed by the Scottish Parliament since May 1999 that apply to his department's responsibilities and Government bills he has sponsored.

(120692)

45   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what factors underlay the decision to purchase ship systems to improve the navigational capability of the Hunt and Sandown class of minehunters; and if he will make a statement.

(120725)

46   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what factors underlay the decision to purchase Sonar 2087 systems for frigates; and if he will make a statement.

(120727)

47   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the order was placed for the supply of desert boots and uniforms prior to the war in Iraq; what quantities were ordered; what the contract price was; when the order was supplied; and what the final cost was.

(120730)

48   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who drew up the specification for the desert boots and uniforms that were ordered for use in the war in Iraq; who manufactured them; and if he will make a statement.

(120731)

49   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what evaluation his Department has made of the quality of the desert boots and uniforms supplied for the war in Iraq; what representations he has received about the quality of desert boots and uniforms; and if he will make a statement.

(120866)

50
N   Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether anti-ballistic missiles will be located in the UK once the Fylingdales radar base has been upgraded.

(120178)

51
N   Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost of upgrading the Fylingdales radar base will be; and what contribution to the upgrade the UK will be required to make.

(120179)

52   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the latest version of the Compendium of Ministry of Defence Acquisition Requirements; and when he intends to publish another version.

(120872)

53   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Sea Harriers are in storage; and what plans he has for the disposal of Sea Harriers.

(120873)

54   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which infantry regiments were deployed on Operation (a) Joint Guardian, (b) Essential Harvest, (c) Palliser, (d) Fingal, (e) Veritas and (f) Telic.

(120874)

55   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which infantry regiments have been deployed to contribute to SFOR and KFOR in each of the past five years.

(120875)

56   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which infantry regiments have undertaken BATUS training exercises in each of the past five years.

(120876)

57   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) strength and (b) establishment is of each infantry regiment.

(120877)

58   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what make of tank transporter was being used to transport the Scimitar armoured vehicles involved in the accident on the M1 on 11th June; and whether this vehicle was owned by his Department.

(120878)

59   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the number of armoured vehicles that can be carried safely by (a) individual heavy goods vehicles and (b) specialised tank transporters; and what advice is given to personnel and contractors.

(120879)

60   Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 16th June, Official Report, column 52W, on armed forces funding, whether it is his policy that allocated funding should be retained by the armed forces if there is a shortfall in numbers of servicemen.

(120814)

61   Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the effect on overstretch of a difference between the target number of armed forces personnel and the actual number of personnel.

(120815)

62
N   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the establishment of (a) doctors by speciality, (b) nurses and (c) technicians required by (i) field hospitals of the TA AMS, (ii) medical squadrons of the TA AMS and (iii) TA AMS specialist units, stating in each case the number of (A) doctors by speciality, (B) nurses and (C) technicians serving in each category; and if he will make a statement.

(118810)

63
N   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 4th June, Official Report, column 454W, on service manning targets, if he will list the (a) spending targets and (b) spending estimates for the current financial year on (i) personnel and (ii) manpower overheads in each of the services; and if he will make a statement.

(119449)

64
N   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the critical manning groups which have been identified in (a) the Army and (b) the RAF; and what the shortfall against requirement was in each case.

(119450)

65
N   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much depleted uranium, by weight, has been recovered in Iraq; and if he will make a statement.

(119451)

66   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list current overseas deployments of Navy, Army and Air Force Institution (NAAFI) units; and how many staff are involved in each.

(120738)

67   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the role of the Navy, Army and Air Force Institution in Iraq (a) during the recent conflict and (b) post-conflict.

(120741)

68   Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he is having with his EU counterparts on restrictions on the use of low-wave radar by military vessels in the seas around the British Isles.

(120673)

69   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the implementation of the long term partnering agreements on QinetiQ.

(120789)

70   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps have been taken by British forces in Iraq to secure known nuclear sites from looters and terrorist groups seeking to obtain nuclear materials and technology.

(120793)

71   Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, at what locations naval gunfire support training takes place.

(120499)

72   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the department's Regulatory Impact Assessment procedure; and how many RIAs have been reviewed in respect of the department in the last year.

(120853)

73   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many regulations originating from the EU have been implemented by his department over each of the last five years.

(120854)

74   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to include a sunset clause in all new legislation promoted by his department unless a specific case can be made to exclude a sunset clause.

(120855)

75   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on his policy on the role of devolving government agencies to the regions as a tool of regeneration.

(120739)

76   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans there are to relocate government agencies and departments to (a) Teesside and (b) Tyneside.

(120740)

77   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much correspondence was received by (a) ministers in his Department and (b) chief executives of agencies from honourable Members in 2002; what the target times for replies were; and how many replies were sent within target times.

(120871)

78   Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much money will be allocated to each of the regions from (a) the Chancellor's Fund and (b) the Regional Planning and the Planning Delivery Grant Body money in each of the next three years; what guidelines have been laid down as to how this money is to be spent; and whether it can be varied between different cost headings.

(120708)

79   Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much in percentage terms local authority expenditure will have to rise to meet the actuarial review in 2004 of all pensions schemes for which they are responsible.

(120709)

80   Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when it is planned that regional planning bodies should convert regional planning guidance to regional spatial strategies; and whether there will be a changeover period.

(120710)

81   Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when it is planned that local planning authorities will take over county council's strategic planning functions; and whether there will be a changeover period.

(120711)

82   Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps the Government is taking to meet its Kyoto Protocol obligations in relation to greenhouse gas emissions from domestic dwellings.

(120715)

83   Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he expects to publish the Task Group's report into the future of the Fire Service College, Moreton-in-Marsh.

(120716)

84   Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what changes there will be in the precepting powers via the council tax if regional chambers become elected regional assemblies.

(120718)

85   Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what guidelines are issued to local authorities on how much money they contribute to their region; what guidelines are issued to prevent public money being spent to promote regional referenda; what estimate he has made of the amount of council tax supplement that will be required to fund the eight regions in each of the next three years; and whether these amounts will be subject to capping.

(120719)

86   Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when it is planned that county councils will relinquish their strategic planning role; and whether there will be a changeover period.

(120766)

87   Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 21st May, Official Report, column 877W, under what statute English Regional Chambers have been designated as Regional Planning Bodies; what is intended by the condition provided they operate in a sufficiently inclusive way; who will be consulted on changes from Regional Planning Guidance to Regional Spatial Strategies (RSS); what community involvement there will be; and what right of appeal consultees will have over the content of the RSS.

(120883)

88   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent representations he has had from the National Housing Federation regarding the supply of affordable social housing in the south-east region; what response he has made; and if he will make a statement.

(120726)

89   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make it a requirement for local authorities to make an annual return to him giving details of the total amount paid in allowances to councillors; and if he will publish annually a list showing how much is paid in total to councillors in each local authority area.

(120723)

90   Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much Government funding has been allocated via the Neighbourhood Management Pathfinder Scheme to the Poulton ward in Morecambe.

(120457)

91   Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the deposited draft Lancashire Structure Plan and its housing requirements take precedence over (a) the adopted Structure Plan and (b) the Lancaster District Local Plan.

(120460)

92   Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what powers Lancaster City Council has to give planning permission for new developments for housing purposes on (a) greenfield sites before 2006 and (b) brownfield sites.

(120461)

93   Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he is taking to tackle housing problems in rural areas related to affordability.

(120470)

94   Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the impact (a) redundant guest houses and (b) houses in multiple occupation have on regeneration in (i) coastal resorts and (ii) Morecambe.

(120472)

95   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many regulations originating from the EU have been implemented by his Department over each of the last five years.

(120862)

96   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy to include a sunset clause in all new legislation promoted by his department unless a specific case can be made to exclude a sunset clause.

(120863)

97   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the Department's Regulatory Impact Assessment procedure; and how many RIAs have been reviewed in respect of the Department over the last year.

(120864)

98   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent representations he has received regarding school class sizes.

(120775)

99   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent representations he has received regarding (a) socio-economic diversity in university admissions and (b) the setting of government targets on socio-economic diversity in university admissions.

(120780)

100   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent representations he has received regarding government targets for literacy and numeracy.

(120781)

101   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to improve continuity of service between Connexions and higher education career services.

(120588)

102   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what evidence he collates on the relationship between prior academic attainments and the drop-out rate of students.

(120589)

103   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action his Department is taking in conjunction with higher education institutions to reduce student drop-out rates.

(120590)

104   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the student percentage drop-out rates were for each academic year since 1992-93.

(120591)

105   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the frequency distribution of non-academic term-time work carried out by students enrolled on full-time courses.

(120592)

106   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he has taken to ensure that head teachers are represented on the inter-departmental task force on school funding.

(120474)

107   Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average cost for full day child care in each local education authority in England was in 2001-02

(120625)

108   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many faith schools exist in each London borough authority.

(120526)

109   Mrs Janet Dean (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost per space of providing car parking places within school grounds.

(120450)

110   Mrs Janet Dean (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of constructing standard classrooms of 50 square metres.

(120451)

111   Mrs Janet Dean (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage on-cost is allowed in his Department's calculations for (a) school extensions for architects and (b) other administration and consultation fees.

(120452)

112   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many senior departmental posts were advertised in each year since 1999; and how many of those were advertised in the Scottish Press.

(120665)

113   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list Sewel motions passed by the Scottish Parliament since May 1999 that apply to his Department's responsibilities and Government bills he has sponsored.

(120693)

114   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd June, Official Report, column 215W, when he plans to publish the Regulatory Impact Assessment; what plans he has to consult the business and public sectors on its contents; and if he will make a statement.

(120721)

115   Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what on-line information services for young people receive funding from his Department; and what the level of funding is for each service.

(120527)

116   Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many 16 to 18 year-olds are not in education, employment or training; what percentage of 16 to 18 year-olds this represents; and what the figures were for each of the past 10 years.

(120528)

117   Mr Boris Johnson (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many learning providers have been paid compensation following the Ombudsman's report into the closure of the ILA scheme; what the timetable is for payment; and if he will make a statement.

(120728)

118
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the responsibilities of the Minister for Children which have been transferred from the Department of Health; and what matters concerning child protection have not been transferred.

(120384)

119
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many former students have had their student loan liabilities cancelled owing to bankruptcy.

(120385)

120   Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what evaluation he has made of the effectiveness of the Teenage Pregnancy Unit working with local teenage pregnancy units; and if he will make a statement.

(120769)

121   Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what expenditure was incurred in each of the last five years; and what the level is of projected expenditure to 2005-06 to tackle teenage pregnancy; and if he will make a statement.

(120770)

122   Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of teenage pregnancy literature produced by the Government; and if he will make a statement.

(120771)

123   Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the impact of the cross-cutting teenage pregnancy strategy since its introduction in 1999.

(120772)

124   Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action is being taken to tackle teenage pregnancy in deprived areas; and if he will make a statement.

(120773)

125   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what area of school playing field space was available in (a) Shrewsbury and Atcham and (b) Shropshire in each year since 1997; and what area of school playing field space was lost in (i) Shrewsbury and Atcham and (ii) Shropshire in each year since 1997.

(120478)

126   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many school playing fields there were in (a) Shrewsbury and Atcham and (b) Shropshire in each year since 1997.

(120479)

127   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which schools in (a) Shrewsbury and Atcham and (b) Shropshire have lost school playing field space in each year since 1997.

(120480)

128   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was raised from the sale of school playing field space from schools in (a) Shrewsbury and Atcham and (b) Shropshire in each year since 1997.

(120481)

129   Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funding is available to schools to provide breakfast clubs for children in poor socio-economic areas.

(120467)

130   Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total central Government funding for schools in Lancashire was in each year since 1995.

(120469)

131   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make it his policy to include a sunset clause in all new legislation promoted by his department unless a specific case can be made to exclude a sunset clause.

(120850)

132   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many regulations originating from the EU have been implemented by the Department over each of the last five years.

(120851)

133   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the Department's Regulatory Impact Assessment procedure; and how many RIAs have been reviewed in respect of the Department over the last year.

(120852)

134
N   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much revenue funding will be allocated to support implementation of the National Agreement on Raising Standards and Tackling Workload in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06.

(120395)

135
N   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much each (a) secondary school and (b) primary school in the country will receive as a result of extra revenue funding to support implementation of the National Agreement on Raising Standards and Tackling Workload in (i) 2003-04, (ii) 2004-05 and (iii) 2005-06.

(120396)

136
N   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how the extra revenue funding for supporting implementation of the National Agreement on Raising Standards and Tackling Workload will be distributed to schools.

(120397)

137
N   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what support will be given to those schools with a deficit budget in their implementation of the National Agreement on Raising Standards and Tackling Workload.

(120398)

138
N   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how schools who have been allowed to use devolved capital for revenue purposes in order to set a balanced budget for 2003-04 will be compensated by his Department in subsequent years.

(120399)

139   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the total cost since May 1997 including (a) employment on-costs and (b) legal advice commissioned by her Department in connection with action taken following contact received from the European Commission in respect of the UK's non-compliance with EU Directives and Regulation relating to waste.

(120519)

140   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent research has been conducted by and for her Department on the environmental impact of (a) wood, (b) plastic and (c) other material used in windows; and if she will place copies of documents published in the Library.

(120521)

141   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the United Kingdom's performance was in 2002 against the recovery and recycling targets in the EC directive on packaging and packaging waste; and if she will make a statement.

(120777)

142   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list local authorities that are (a) failing to meet Government recycling targets, (b) expected to meet them and (c) exceeding them; and what estimate she has made of performance against targets for recycling in England in (i) 2003-04 and (ii) 2004--05.

(120778)

143   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent reports she has received under her Department's high level targets for flood and coastal defence; and if she will make a statement.

(120779)

144   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received regarding (a) her Department's targets for air quality and (b) the attainment of those targets.

(120896)

145   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received regarding (a) environmental targets not yet met and (b) the attainment of those targets.

(120897)

146   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of whether the sickness absence reduction target for 2002-03 in her Department will be met.

(120898)

147   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what new recovery and recycling targets for packaging waste for 2003 have been set; and if she will make a statement.

(120899)

148   Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 9th June, Official Report, column 579W, how many parishes in the proposed Cotswolds Conservation Board fall within the Cotswold District Council area; what the total number of parishes within the Board's area is; and whether the proposed eight groupings reflect the proportion between the two.

(120865)

149   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many veterinary surgeons are employed by her Department.

(120525)

150   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the quantity of bushmeat that has arrived in the United Kingdom from African countries in each of the last three years.

(120587)

151   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many senior departmental posts were advertised in each year since June 1999; and how many of these were advertised in the Scottish press.

(120663)

152   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list Sewel motions passed by the Scottish Parliament since May 1999 that apply to her Department's responsibilities and Government bills she has sponsored.

(120694)

153   Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many outbreaks of TB were recorded in red deer in (a) Devon and (b) Somerset in each of the last six years; and what action her Department has taken, and is planning to take, to eradicate TB.

(120449)

154
N   Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect on family outgoings of (a) farm subsidies, (b) the effect of the Common Agricultural Policy upon food costs and (c) other rural subsidies.

(120192)

155
N   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the agricultural shows which will be attended by ministers this season; and if she will make a statement on her policy with regard to ministerial visits to shows.

(120197)

156   Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact upon (a) whales and (b) dolphins in UK territorial waters of low-wave radar; and if she will make a statement.

(120618)

157
N   Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on protecting and promoting rare (a) equine species and (b) farm animals.

(119972)

158   Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the recent report of the International Council for the Exploration of the sea on the level of cod stocks in the North Sea, Kattegat, the Irish Sea and waters to the west of Scotland, measured against minimum recommended levels; and if she will make a statement.

(120660)

159   Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how she estimates the market towns initiative has benefited (a) towns in Lancashire and (b) Carnforth.

(120459)

160   Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who is responsible for the long-term monitoring and management of compensatory sites for coastal protection purposes.

(120462)

161   Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received from Lancaster City Council regarding progress with the Morecambe Coastal Defence Scheme.

(120463)

162   Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on progress with the Morecambe Coastal Protection Scheme.

(120464)

163   Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what meetings have taken place between the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and English Nature regarding the Morecambe Coastal Protection Scheme.

(120465)

164   Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect on flooding in Morecambe of delay to the Coastal Protection Scheme.

(120466)

165   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the United Kingdom policies on radioactive discharges that will be put to the Ospar ministerial meeting in Bremen; and if she will place in the Library copies of documents being submitted by the UK to the Ospar meeting.

(120786)

166   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received from non-governmental organisations on the Ospar ministerial meeting in Bremen.

(120788)

167   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who she has appointed to co-chair the Trades Union Committee on Sustainable Development.

(120791)

168   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the Department's Regulatory Impact Assessment procedure; and how many RIAs have been reviewed in respect of the Department over the last year.

(120847)

169   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many regulations originating from the EU have been implemented by the Department over the last five years.

(120848)

170   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to include a sunset clause in all new legislation promoted by her department unless a specific case can be made to exclude a sunset clause.

(120849)

171
N   Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much ritually slaughtered meat was exported from the United Kingdom in each of the last five years.

(120281)

172
N   Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether it is his policy to seek joint sovereignty over Gibraltar with the Government of Spain.

(120182)

173   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the performance targets that (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies are required to meet; and if he will specify for each target (i) who sets it and (ii) who monitors achievements against it.

(120808)

174   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the Public Service Agreement targets for his department which have been (a) revised and (b) introduced since the publication of the 2002 Departmental Report.

(120870)

175
N   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what is on the agenda of the aid donors meeting on Colombia to be held on 10th July; and whether military and security assistance to Colombia will be discussed.

(120126)

176   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met the Chief Minister for Gibraltar; what discussions took place; and if he will make a statement.

(120524)

177   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many senior departmental posts were advertised in each year since June 1999; and how many of those were advertised in the Scottish press.

(120664)

178   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list those Sewel motions passed by the Scottish Parliament since May 1999 that apply to his Department's responsibilities and Government bills he has sponsored.

(120695)

179   Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what provision is being made to assist the repatriation to the United Kingdom of former British nationals whose Zimbabwean passports and residents' stamps have been withdrawn.

(120610)

180   Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what percentage of the terrain of Afghanistan is pacified and under full control of the Kabul Government.

(120473)

181   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many family visitor visa applications were (a) received, (b) determined and (c) refused at each entry clearance post in each month since January 2003.

(120602)

182   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will provide clearer and more comprehensive information on the (a) family visitor appeal right and (b) appeal process to refused family visit visa applicants.

(120603)

183   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will inform refused family visit visa applicants of the relative chances of success of appellants who opt for (a) an oral appeal and (b) a paper-only appeal.

(120604)

184   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will amend the visit visa application form to include an option to indicate that the purpose of the visit for which a visa is sought is to visit family members in the UK.

(120605)

185   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will provide additional guidance to entry clearance officers on (a) how to assess multiple-purpose visit visa applications and (b) which relationships qualify as family members for the purpose of family visitor appeals under the immigration rules.

(120606)

186   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to establish regular meetings between UK Visas and the Immigration Appellate Authority to provide a forum for discussion of issues of joint concern.

(120607)

187   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British citizens are in prison in each Commonwealth country.

(120608)

188   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken within the United Nations to ensure that action is taken to end the crisis in Zimbabwe.

(120453)

189
N   Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the stability and security situation in the Presheve� Valley in the former Yugoslavia; and if he will make a statement.

(120117)

190
N   Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) peacekeeping forces and (b) recognised NGOs are present in Presheve� in the former Yugoslavia; and if he will make a statement.

(120118)

191
N   Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of people of the Moslem faith who fled the Presheve� Valley he estimates have returned to their homes.

(120119)

192
N   Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when a representative of the UK embassy in Belgrade last visited the Presheve� Valley.

(120120)

193
N   Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received from (a) the UK Mission in Belgrade and (b) peacekeeping forces and NGOs, as to whether residential properties in Lagja Skemdevbeg district of Presheve� in the former Yugoslavia are (i) destroyed and (ii) occupied by others than the original, legitimate tenants and owners; and if he will make a statement.

(120121)

194   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reason Mr John Sawyers has been withdrawn from Iraq; and if he will make a statement on the role to be played by Sir Jeremy Greenstock in Iraq.

(120783)

195   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what additional resources he intends to commit to provide support and advance the International Atomic Energy Agency to improve the security of radioactive sources, as set out in paragraph 6 of the Evian G8 Declaration on Non Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction: Securing Radioactive Sources, of 3rd June.

(120798)

196   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on North Korea's breach of its nuclear safeguards agreement, as mentioned in paragraph 7 of the Evian G8 Declaration on Non Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, of 3rd June.

(120799)

197   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on developments in the Russian plutonium disposition programme being funded under the G8 Global Partnership against the spread of weapons and materials of mass destruction; how much of the United Kingdom pledge of $750m has been spent; and for what projects it is earmarked in future.

(120800)

198   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what use was made of the advice of the Attorney General on the legal basis for post conflict reconstruction of Iraq in the negotiations on the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1483.

(120813)

199   Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on relations with Iran.

(120498)

200   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the Department's Regulatory Impact Assessment procedure; and how many RIAs have been reviewed in respect of the Department over the last year.

(120844)

201   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many regulations originating from the EU have been implemented by the Department over each of the last five years.

(120845)

202   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to include a sunset clause in all new legislation promoted by his department unless a specific case can be made to exclude a sunset clause.

(120846)

203
N   Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the difference was between the amount the Estates Department in Croydon gave on the value of the Consul General's apartment in New York and the amount it was sold for.

(120282)

204
N   Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department received for the sale of the Consul General's apartment in New York.

(120283)

205
N   Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 9th June, Official Report, column 647W, when the present Permanent Under-Secretary visited the property; whether the PUS-designate visited the current Consul General's House; and when he visited the new property.

(120326)

206   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which primary care trusts and groups have met the national target for tooth decay in children.

(120776)

207   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to (a) reduce the proportion of people aged under 25 reporting use of heroin and cocaine by 25 per cent. by 2008 and 25 per cent. by 2005, (b) reduce the levels of repeat offending amongst drug misusing offenders by 25 per cent. by 2005 and 50 per cent. by 2008; (c) increase the participation of problem drug misusers including prisoners in drug treatment programmes which have a positive impact on health and crime by 66 per cent. by 2005 and 100 per cent. by 2008 and (d) reduce access to the drugs which cause most harm, with particular reference to heroin and cocaine among young people, by 25 per cent. by 2005 and 50 per cent. by 2008.

(120881)

208   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received regarding the consumption of salt by children; and if he will make a statement.

(120882)

209   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the NHS has performed against its targets for service delivery in each year since 2000.

(120907)

210   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in the public-private initiative in the NHS; what targets have been set; and what performance has been measured.

(120908)

211   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received regarding (a) targets for emergency care in hospitals and (b) the attainment of such targets.

(120909)

212
N   Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of deaths brought forward arising from nitrogen dioxide emissions from aircraft.

(120381)

213
N   Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on why, under Clause 73 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill, the Commission for Social Care Inspection will have a duty to keep only the Secretary of State informed about the provision of English local authority social services.

(120279)

214
N   Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on why, under Clause 100 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill, the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection have a duty to keep only the Secretary of State informed about the provision, availability and quality of health services.

(120280)

215
N   Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons, under clause 81 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill, the Commission for Social Care Inspection must obtain the consent of the Secretary of State before publishing statements about the criteria to be used in the exercise of its functions.

(120327)

216
N   Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, why the honourable Member for West Chelmsford's written question No 118905 received a holding answer when the information required was published by the Department of Health five days prior to the date for answer.

(120393)

217
N   Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the advice given to him by the Commission for Social Care Inspectorate.

(120394)

218   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children under five years old have powered wheelchairs provided by the NHS; and if he will make a statement.

(120737)

219   Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for each NHS trust how many (a) doctors and (b) nurses there were six years ago; and how many there are now.

(120717)

220   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list Sewel motions passed by the Scottish Parliament since May 1999 that apply to his Department's responsibilities and Government bills he has sponsored.

(120696)

221   Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide a breakdown of the amount received by different services of the funding under the Cancer Plan.

(120611)

222   Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many new staff have been employed as a result of the Cancer Plan.

(120612)

223   Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money each individual cancer network was given, (a) excluding and (b) including funding from central budgets, in financial years (i) 2001-02 and (ii) 2002-03.

(120613)

224   Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how each cancer network spent the extra money set aside under the Cancer Plan.

(120614)

225   Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether cancer networks who invested less than 60 per cent. of the extra money for cancer services set aside under the Cancer Plan will receive extra funds from central government to increase their investment in cancer services.

(120615)

226   Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide a breakdown by capital project of the Cancer Plan money and how these projects affected service delivery.

(120616)

227   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) hospital consultants in the NHS and (b) in England were aged (i) under 30, (ii) 30-40, (iii) 40-50, (iv) 50-60 and (v) over 60 in each year since 1992, broken down by region.

(120440)

228   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made towards the targets of (a) 7,500 consultants and 2,000 general practitioners by 2004 and (b) 15,000 consultants and general practitioners by 2008.

(120441)

229   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many whole-time-equivalent (a) general practitioners, excluding GP retainers and registrars and (b) hospital consultants there were per 100,000 population in each year since 1997.

(120442)

230   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the targets set by the Government since 1997 to increase the number of (a) nurses, (b) consultants and (c) general practitioners in the NHS; what the baseline was for each target; when each was set; and whether the target referred to (i) headcount and (ii) whole-time-equivalent figures.

(120443)

231   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many whole-time-equivalent nurses there were, and how many there were per 100,000 population in the NHS in (a) England and (b) each region in each year since 1997.

(120444)

232   Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of the European Working Time Directive on junior doctors.

(120581)

233   Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many junior doctors there were in (a) South Tyneside, (b) the North East and (c) the UK in each year since 1997.

(120582)

234   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many needlestick and sharp injuries there were (a) in hospitals in the Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency and (b) in NHS trusts in England in the last year for which figures are available.

(120626)

235   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what services are available to NHS staff suffering from work-related stress; what plans there are to advise trusts to operate fast track referral systems for such staff; and if he will make a statement.

(120628)

236   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to develop a system to ensure that contractors have appropriate arrangements in place (a) to train their staff in health and safety and risk management and (b) to record and monitor contractors' health and safety performance.

(120628)

237   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the use of fluoridation as a public health measure to combat dental health problems; and which areas have been identified for possible fluoridation.

(120629)

238   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evidence he has collated on possible links between industrial processes and installations and specific cancers, broken down by (a) cancer type and (b) geographic region; and if he will make a statement.

(120630)

239   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to reduce (a) incidences of violence to staff, (b) accidents to staff and (c) levels of sickness absence in the NHS; and if he will make a statement.

(120631)

240   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans there are to standardise awareness and reporting of (a) violence to staff, (b) accidents to staff and (c) levels of sickness absence in NHS trusts; and if he will make a statement.

(120632)

241   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the finding of the recent NAO report A Safer Place to Work that there is a significant disparity between the number of accidents logged in NHS trust accident and emergency reporting systems and the figures provided by trusts to the Department of Health.

(120633)

242
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of the (a) early intervention teams, (b) crisis resolution teams and (c) assertive outreach teams proposed in the NHS plan are in place; and whether the targets for establishing them will be met by the end of 2003.

(120382)

243   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether structures to replace community health councils will be in place and fully operational before community health councils are abolished.

(120651)

244   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether members of community health councils will be (a) given an opportunity to become members of patients forums and (b) invited to form the first tranche of the new membership of patients forums.

(120652)

245   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the smooth transfer of responsibilities from community health councils to patients' forums.

(120653)

246   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether community health councils will continue to be fully funded until their closure; when their closure will take effect; and what the impact of the closure will be on (a) patients and (b) staff of community health councils.

(120654)

247   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the budget for the PPI system will be announced.

(120655)

248   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the patients' forums will enter into effect.

(120656)

249   Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the population is of the catchment area of the proposed new Purley Hospital.

(120659)

250   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Medical Research Council on the impact of water fluoridation on human health.

(120802)

251   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research he has evaluated on the effectiveness of the use of fluoridation of water in reducing caries.

(120803)

252   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the Department's Regulatory Impact Assessment procedure; and how many RIAs have been reviewed in respect of the Department over the last year.

(120841)

253   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many regulations originating from the EU have been implemented by his Department over each of the last five years.

(120842)

254   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to include a sunset clause in all new legislation promoted by his department unless a specific case can be made to exclude a sunset clause.

(120843)

255   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he is taking to ensure that anti-terrorist measures are put in place in the regions.

(120732)

256   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of the public service agreements of his Department set out in the document Public Services for the Future 1998, have been met; and if he will make a statement.

(120804)

257   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what performance indicators and output targets are used by the National Asylum Support Service to measure the efficiency of its service to asylum seekers and other stakeholders; and how the NASS performed against these performance indicators and output targets in the latest year for which figures are available.

(120805)

258   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many policing plan targets were (a) set and (b) achieved by each police force in England in 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(120806)

259   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which targets have been (a) abandoned, (b) retained and (c) newly adopted following the updated drug strategy; and how progress on targets is to be (i) monitored and (ii) reported.

(120807)

260   Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to improve the protection of public sector workers against violence in their workplace.

(120648)

261   Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he plans to extend the legal protection afforded to police officers assaulted in the workplace to other public sector workers.

(120649)

262   Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he plans to establish a new offence of assaulting a public sector worker in the course of their duty; and if he will make a statement.

(120650)

263   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many senior departmental posts were advertised in each year since June 1999; and how many of those were advertised in the Scottish press.

(120667)

264   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list Sewel motions passed by the Scottish Parliament since May 1999 that apply to his Department's responsibilities and Government bills he has sponsored.

(120697)

265   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12th June from the honourable Member for Derby South, Official Report, column 1005W, on animal welfare, what research his Department has commissioned into the effectiveness of (a) the inter-Departmental Concordat on Data Sharing and (b) measures in finding alternative methods of testing other than using animals; and if he will make a statement.

(120445)

266   Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he issues on the definition of reasonable force in the powers available to people in removing trespassers from their property.

(120675)

267   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to ensure that entry clearance posts are promptly notified by Home Office Presenting Officer units of the outcome of family visitor appeals.

(120760)

268   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions in each of the last five years (a) firearms, (b) drugs and (c) other dangerous goods were intercepted in the post.

(120761)

269   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 14th May, Official Report, column 251W, on lost passports, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the loss of passports by Immigration and Nationality Directive staff; and what proportion of the lost passports were subsequently found.

(120762)

270   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 11th June to the honourable Member for Sutton and Cheam, Official Report, column 945W, on passports, how many investigations relating to the criminal trading of passports have been authorised in the last five years.

(120763)

271   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 11th June to the honourable Member for Sutton and Cheam, Official Report, column 946W, on passports, if he will place a copy of the UKPS Fraud Action Plan in the Library.

(120910)

272   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many successful prosecutions were brought against individuals who made fraudulent passport applications in the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(120911)

273   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 11th June to the honourable Member for Sutton and Cheam, Official Report, column 946W, on passports, how many cases are subject to major and ongoing investigations.

(120912)

274   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are taken to ascertain whether an individual who applies for a new passport to replace a lost passport has indeed lost the original.

(120913)

275   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers completed firearms training in each police force area in each of the last three years.

(120914)

276   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who entered the UK on a temporary work visa in each of the last three years subsequently claimed asylum.

(120915)

277   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research he has commissioned into treatment for crack cocaine addiction; and if he will make a statement.

(120916)

278   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were found guilty of arson in (a) 2001 and (b) 2002.

(120917)

279   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of visitors to the UK who overstayed their visa in the last 12 months, broken down by nationality.

(120918)

280   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police and (b) immigration holding cells there are at each London airport.

(120919)

281   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests have been made in (a) Lambeth and (b) other London boroughs for possession of cannabis in the last 12 months.

(120920)

282   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total value is of the assets seized from convicted offenders since the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 came into force; and if he will make a statement.

(120921)

283   Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list for each category D prison for which the Prison Service has responsibility for each of the last five years, (a) how many prisoners have absconded (b) how many prisoners who absconded were caught and returned to prisons, (c) how many prisoners at (b) served all or part of the remainder of their sentence in a category C or above prison, (d) how many prisoners have absconded who have yet to be recaptured and (e) how much annual investment has been made in each of the category D prisons designed to deter absconding; and if he will make a statement.

(120516)

284   Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents there have been in each of the past 10 years of air weapons having been taken from young people between the ages of 14 and 17 in (a) public places and (b) private places.

(120749)

285   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to answer the Question of the honourable Member for the Vale of York due for answer on 3rd June concerning the Entitlement Cards consultation.

(120454)

286   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prison cells there are; and of these how many are regarded as safe cells.

(120724)

287   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on his Department's Regulatory Impact Assessment procedure; and how many RIAs have been reviewed in respect of the Department over the last year.

(120838)

288   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many regulations originating from the EU have been implemented by the Department over each of the last five years.

(120839)

289   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to include a sunset clause in all new legislation unless a specific case can be made to exclude a sunset clause.

(120840)

290   Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, what additional costs were incurred as a result of the House sitting after 10.30 pm on 16th June.

(120448)

291   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many senior departmental posts were advertised in each year since June 1999; and how many of those were advertised in the Scottish press.

(120670)

292   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list Sewel motions passed by the Scottish Parliament since May 1999 that apply to his Department's responsibilities and Government bills he has sponsored.

(120698)

293   Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding programmes are operated by the Department to support voluntary organisations working with young people; and what the level of support has been in each of the last three years.

(120529)

294   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the Department's Regulatory Impact Assessment procedure; and how many RIAs have been reviewed in respect of the Department over the last year.

(120835)

295   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many regulations originating from the EU have been implemented by the Department over each of the last five years.

(120836)

296   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make it his policy to include a sunset clause in all new legislation unless a specific case can be made to exclude a sunset clause.

(120837)

297   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list the nationalities employed by the Department, broken down by (a) numbers, (b) locations and (c) job titles.

(120482)

298   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what percentage of the Department's projects were in countries which were (a) found to have achieved sustainability, (b) found to be too early to judge sustainability, (c) found to have doubts as to their sustainability and (d) were not assessed for sustainability in each year since 2000.

(120483)

299   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) small, (b) medium and (c) shared loans were provided to poor people in Andhra Pradesh as a result of Departmental programmes in each year since the project began; what the target was for these years; and if he will make a statement.

(120484)

300   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many children have been taken out of labour in Andhra Pradesh as a result of Departmental programmes in each year since the project began; what the targets were for these years; and if he will make a statement.

(120485)

301   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on what projects since 2001, and in which countries, the Department has worked in bilateral donor collaboration with USAID; and whether the aid given in such projects has a tied condition for the benefit of (a) the joint venture and (b) the partners of USAID.

(120486)

302   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what percentage, and how much, of Departmental controlled aid to Iraq has been (a) allocated and (b) spent on (i) humanitarian aid, (ii) reconstruction work, (iii) institution building, government capacity and civil service reform, (iv) salaries, administration costs and overheads and (v) security; and if he will make a statement.

(120487)

303   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the main aims are of the Department's representative on the World Food Programme Executive Board; and if he will make a statement.

(120488)

304   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what targets the Department has for the implementation of early warning systems for food shortages in Africa; which targets have been met; and to which such systems the Department has contributed.

(120489)

305   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what criteria his Department provides for (a) prospective countries and (b) development NGOs against which they may apply for development assistance; and if he will place them in the Library.

(120490)

306   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what poverty and social impact analyses have been (a) commissioned and (b) completed, and for which countries, since 2000; and if he will place the results in the Library.

(120491)

307   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what percentage of the research budget was spent on evaluation in (a) 2001 and (b) 2002; and what percentage is planned to be spent in 2003.

(120492)

308   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what percentage of departmental projects worth over £1m initiated in each year since 1997 have long-term sustainability mandates.

(120493)

309   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, to which countries the Department has supplied budget support; how much each country has received; and what percentage of the total received by these countries from the Department took the form of budget support in each year since 2000.

(120494)

310   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the performance targets that (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies are required to meet; and if he will specify for each target (i) who sets it and (ii) who monitors achievement against it.

(120782)

311   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made in the investigation into the murder of Mr Trevor Kells in Belfast on 5th December 2000.

(120518)

312   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list those groups which have received funding under the Peace II initiative in (a) Belfast and (b) Northern Ireland.

(120619)

313   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the criteria are for the appointment of the members of the Northern Ireland Committee on preparations for the euro; and what the terms of the appointment are.

(120620)

314   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which Department is responsible for those matters previously within the remit of the Lord Chancellor's Department in Northern Ireland.

(120621)

315   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much money was raised in the last financial year in Northern Ireland through water meters.

(120622)

316   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the estimated cost is of installing water meters into each residential home in Northern Ireland; and how long it would take.

(120623)

317   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) residential properties and (b) commercial properties have water meters installed in Northern Ireland.

(120624)

318   Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with grammar school principals regarding the membership of the Post Primary Review Working Group; and if he will make a statement.

(120886)

319   Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what funds have been made available to Bangor Community Hospital (a) in 2001, (b) in 2002 and (c) since January.

(120887)

320   Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of those eligible to vote in each constituency of Northern Ireland have (a) applied for and (b) received an electoral identity card.

(120889)

321   Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many attacks on ambulance personnel there were in Northern Ireland (a) in 2001, (b) in 2002 and (c) since January; how many people have been convicted for these attacks; and what action he is taking to tackle violent crime against paramedics and other ambulance staff.

(120890)

322   Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful applications for asylum there were in Northern Ireland in 2002; and how many of those unsuccessful applicants have left the country.

(120891)

323   Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the facilities available in Northern Ireland for the processing of asylum applications.

(120892)

324   Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to ban the sale of products containing nuts in hospitals in Northern Ireland.

(120893)

325   Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many councils in Northern Ireland are meeting their recycling targets; and if he will make a statement.

(120894)

326   Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) work-related injuries and (b) work-related deaths were recorded in Northern Ireland in 2002.

(120895)

327   Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what action he is taking to increase the use of public transport in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.

(120900)

328   Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to introduce congestion charging in Northern Ireland.

(120901)

329   Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what action he is taking to bring about improvements in the accessibility of public transport for those with disabilities in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.

(120902)

330   Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent representations he has received from postmasters in Northern Ireland regarding the introduction of Post Office card accounts.

(120903)

331   Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what action he is taking to tackle overcrowding on school buses in Northern Ireland; and what plans he has to make the wearing of seatbelts compulsory on these buses.

(120904)

332   Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what criteria were used to select the members of the working group on the way forward on post primary education; and how many members on that group are drawn from organisations that are on record as opposing (a) academic selection and (b) oppose academic selection at age 11.

(120658)

333   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what criteria were taken into consideration when appointing members of the working group on post-primary education in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.

(120701)

334   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many members of the working group on post-primary education in Northern Ireland represent organisations which oppose academic selection (a) in principle and (b) at age 11; and if he will make a statement.

(120702)

335   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many members of the working group on post-primary education in Northern Ireland represent organisations which support academic selection; and if he will make a statement.

(120703)

336   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the findings of the departmental survey on the Burns Report on Education sent to all households in Northern Ireland; if he will place in the Library a copy of the findings of the survey on the Burns Report on Education; and if he will make a statement.

(120704)

337   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the extent to which members of the working group on post-primary education represent the range of opinions on the subject; and if he will make a statement.

(120706)

338   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on his Department's Regulatory Impact Assessment procedure; and how many RIAs have been reviewed in respect of the Department over the last year.

(120822)

339   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many regulations originating from the EU have been implemented by his Department over each of the last five years.

(120823)

340   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make it his policy to include a sunset clause in all new legislation unless a specific case can be made to exclude a sunset clause.

(120824)

341   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the President of the Council, if he will make a statement on how he plans to balance his official engagements in the House of Commons with his requirements to be in Wales as Secretary of State for Wales.

(120809)

342   Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Prime Minister, when he first received a request from the US administration for military assistance in a war against Iraq.

(120447)

343   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Prime Minister, which Government department is responsible for issues involving gender reassignation.

(120584)

344
N   Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the functions of the Department for Constitutional Affairs; and what the statutory authority is for the (a) exercise of the Lord Chancellor's functions by the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and (b) transfer of those functions to the Secretary of State.

(120180)

345   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, what matters in respect of nuclear weapons were discussed in his meeting with India's Deputy Prime Minister Advani on 16th June; and whether he pressed for India to sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.

(120784)

346   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, what matters in respect of nuclear weapons were discussed in his meeting with President Musharraf of Pakistan on 17th June; and whether he pressed for Pakistan to sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.

(120785)

347   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, when he first read the dossier, Iraq its Infrastructure of Concealment, Deception and Intimidation, released on 3rd February; what advance notice the Foreign and Commonwealth Office had of this dossier before publication; and whether a (a) draft and (b) final version of the dossier was circulated to members of the Cabinet prior to publication.

(120790)

348   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, which minister will chair the Cabinet Sub-committee on the Environment.

(120792)

349   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will set out the reasons underlying his support for the G8 summit declaration calling for the return of inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency to North Korea and Iran to carry out verification of nuclear sites and activities.

(120794)

350   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will set out the reasons why he has opposed the return of inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency to Iraq to carry out verification of nuclear sites and activities.

(120795)

351   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, who the members are of the newly formed Iraq Survey Group; what the relevant experience is of each member; to whom the group will be responsible; and whether honourable Members will have the opportunity to examine the reports produced by the survey group.

(120796)

352   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, whether apprehended former Iraqi Government (a) ministers and (b) officials are being held (i) under British custody and (ii) by the United States at Guantanamo Bay.

(120797)

353
N   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement on the future of Dover House.

(120174)

354
N   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement on his predecessor's discussions with the First Minister on Monday 16th June.

(120175)

355
N   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many staff within the Department for Constitutional Affairs will be dedicated to Scottish affairs.

(120176)

356
N   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what revised guidance has been issued to Government departments in respect of their dealings with the Scottish Executive since 12th June.

(120177)

357   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list Sewel motions passed by the Scottish Parliament since May 1999 that apply to his Department's responsibilities and legislation he has sponsored.

(120671)

358   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement on his Department's Regulatory Impact Assessment procedure; and how many RIAs have been reviewed in respect of the Department over the last year.

(120819)

359   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many regulations originating from the EU have been implemented by his Department over each of the last five years.

(120820)

360   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make it his policy to include a sunset clause in all new legislation unless a specific case can be made to exclude a sunset clause.

(120821)

361   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Solicitor General, if she will list the performance targets that (a) her Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are required to meet; and if she will specify for each target (i) who sets it and (ii) who monitors achievement against it.

(120869)

362   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what contribution the North East economy made to the UK GDP in percentage terms in each of the last two financial years.

(120734)

363   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what proportion of employment in the Tees Valley is dependent on manufacturing.

(120735)

364   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the European Commission confirmed to her Department that Envirowise operates in full compliance with EU state aid laws; and if she will make a statement on the basis of such compliance.

(120520)

365   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the performance targets that (a) her Department, (b) its agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies are required to meet; and if she will specify for each target (i) who sets it and (ii) who monitors achievement against it.

(120885)

366   Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many times the ECGD has circulated details of a case through the Sensitive Case mechanism to the (a) Foreign and Commonwealth Office, (b) Ministry of Defence, (c) Department for International Development and (d) Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; and how many of these cases have progressed to approval.

(120475)

367   Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many applications deemed to have high potential impact the Export Credit Guarantee Department has not approved in the last 12 months; and what the project type was of each application.

(120729)

368
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions she has held with (a) the Department for Education and Skills and (b) individual universities on the development of a workforce equipped with the necessary skill levels for the nuclear industry.

(119974)

369   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many senior departmental posts were advertised in each year since June 1999; and how many of those were advertised in the Scottish press.

(120662)

370   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list Sewel motions passed by the Scottish Parliament since May 1999 that apply to her Department's responsibilities and Government bills she has sponsored.

(120699)

371   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to amend the Consumer Credit Act 1974; and if she will make a statement on measures aimed at protecting vulnerable borrowers.

(120634)

372   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent steps she has taken to protect water services in developing countries within the WTO negotiations.

(120517)

373   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to publish in draft regulations giving effect to the Horizontal Working Time Directive in the transport industry; and when she expects to (a) make and (b) lay before Parliament regulations giving such effect.

(120712)

374   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the effect upon the transport industry of a delay in making regulations giving effect to the Horizontal Working Time Directive.

(120713)

375   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to consult with the transport industry in advance of implementation of the Horizontal Working Time Directive; and what assessment she has made of the time needed by the transport sector to prepare for implementation.

(120714)

376   Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what funding has been made available to protect rural post offices in the Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency.

(120458)

377   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on her Department's Regulatory Impact Assessment procedure; and how many RIAs have been reviewed in respect of the Department over the last year.

(120816)

378   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many regulations originating from the EU have been implemented by her Department over each of the last five years.

(120817)

379   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make it her policy to include a sunset clause in all new legislation unless a specific case can be made to exclude a sunset clause.

(120818)

380   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the performance tagets that (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies are required to meet; and if he will specify for each target (i) who sets it and (ii) who monitors achievement against it.

(120905)

381   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received regarding (a) targets for increasing the volume of transport by bicycle and (b) attainment of those targets.

(120906)

382   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the target was in each of the last five years for efficiency savings as a percentage of total running costs for each of the non-departmental public bodies for which his predecessor Department was responsible; and whether each target was met.

(120925)

383   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 16th June, Official Report, column 23W, on road building, what estimates he has made of the level of Government funding necessary for the completion of the proposed road schemes.

(120583)

384   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many senior departmental posts were advertised in each year since June 1999; and how many of those were advertised in the Scottish press.

(120669)

385   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list Sewel motions passed by the Scottish Parliament since May 1999 that apply to his Department's responsibilities and Government bills he has sponsored.

(120688)

386   Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding programmes are operated by his Department to support voluntary organisations working with young people; and what the level of support has been in each of the last three years.

(120513)

387   Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he next expects to vary the maximum fees charged by garages for an annual MOT test.

(120609)

388   Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he is having with his EU counterparts on restrictions on the use of low-wave radar by vessels in the seas around the British Isles.

(120674)

389
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received from operators of mobility vehicles about the withdrawal of mobility breakdown cover by motoring organisations; and if he will make a statement.

(120383)

390   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on security arrangements for international air travel.

(120657)

391   Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people working on road repairs and improvements over each of the last three years have been (a) injured and (b) killed working on (i) motorways, (ii) other trunk roads and (iii) all other roads.

(120672)

392   Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what action he is taking to deal with congestion caused by parents dropping their children off at schools in cars.

(120456)

393   Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding has been made available to Lancashire County Council to encourage new public transport provision in rural parts of the county.

(120471)

394   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on his Department's regulatory impact assessment procedure, and how many RIAs have been reviewed in respect of the Department over the last year.

(120756)

395   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many regulations originating from the EU have been implemented by his Department over each of the last five years.

(120757)

396   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to include a sunset clause in all new legislation unless a specific case can be made to exclude a sunset clause.

(120758)

397   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of his time he expects to spend on Welsh Affairs following his additional responsibility as Leader of the House.

(120787)

398   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many regulations originating from the EU have been implemented by his Department in each of the last five years.

(120743)

399   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on his Department's regulatory impact assessment procedure; and how many RIAs have been reviewed in respect of the Department over the last year.

(120744)

400   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make it his policy to include a sunset clause in all new legislation unless a specific case can be made to exclude a sunset clause.

(120745)

401   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Minister for Women, what recent assessment she has made of the differences in earnings between male and female graduates during their working lives and the reasons for such differences.

(120515)

402   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received regarding the Government's welfare to work targets.

(120884)

403   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many senior departmental posts were advertised in each year since June 1999; and how many of those were advertised in the Scottish press.

(120666)

404   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list Sewel motions passed by the Scottish Parliament since May 1999 that apply to his Department's responsibilities and Government bills he has sponsored.

(120689)

405
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 9th June, Official Report, column 387, on the payment of benefits, how many pensioners have (a) received invitations to change to direct payment, (b) responded and (c) chosen to be paid via a (i) bank account, (ii) basic bank account and (iii) post office card account; and if he will make a statement on the nature of the responses received from those pensioners who did not opt for a post office card account.

(120380)

406   Mr David Heyes (Ashton under Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the medium pressure ductile iron gas mains within 30 metres of buildings owned and recently discovered by Transco was replaced by 30th April.

(120476)

407   Mr David Heyes (Ashton under Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, who owns the medium pressure ductile iron gas mains within 30 metres of buildings reported to HSE in response to its October 2002 warning to gas transporters other than Transco; where these are located; what programme of remedial measures the HSE has agreed with the owners; and what deadline has been set by HSE for completion of this programme.

(120477)

408   Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to encourage the use of social fund grants to provide energy efficient electrical appliances.

(120750)

409   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to include a sunset clause in all new legislation unless a specific case can be made to exclude a sunset clause.

(120746)

410   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many regulations originating from the EU have been implemented by his Department in each of the last five years.

(120747)

411   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on his Department's regulatory impact assessment procedure; and how many RIAs have been reviewed in respect of the Department over the last year.

(120748)

412   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, what key performance measures and targets have been set for the Public Guardianship Office Executive Agency for 2003-04.

(120923)

413   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, if he will list the performance targets that (a) the former Lord Chancellor's Department, (b) its agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies are required to meet; and if he will specify for each target (i) who set it and (ii) who was monitor achievement against it.

(120924)

414   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidance issued on 1st October 2001 to immigration adjudicators by the Chief Adjudicator in relation to the proper determination of paper-only appeals.

(120598)

415   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, what plans he has to establish a quality control mechanism to ensure that the decisions of adjudicators in paper-only appeals adhere to the standards required by the Immigration Appeals Tribunal.

(120599)

416   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, what plans he has to provide feedback from adjudicators to entry clearance officers on the quality of decision-making in relation to family visit visa applications.

(120600)

417   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, if he will take steps to establish regular meetings between the Immigration Appellate Authority and UK visas to provide a forum for discussions.

(120601)

418   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, how many court cases which have been set down for trial have been postponed because they have not been prepared properly by the Crown Prosecution Service in each year since 1997.

(120690)

419   Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, what his latest assessment is of the effectiveness of the Office for the Supervision of Solicitors.

(120116)

420   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, if he will make a statement on his Department's Regulatory Impact Assessment procedure; and how many RIAs have been received in respect of the Department over the last year.

(120825)

421   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, how many regulations originating from the EU have been implemented by the Department in each of the past five years.

(120833)

422   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, if he will make it his policy to include a sunset clause in all new legislation unless a specific case can be made to exclude a sunset clause.

(120834)

423   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, when he plans to visit Taylers House.

(120826)

424   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, what the current backlog is in the High Court.

(120827)

425   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, how many writs were issued in 2002.

(120828)

426   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, how many appointments he has made since Thursday 12th June; and how many are pending.

(120829)

427   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, how many honourable Members hold judical appointments

(120830)

428   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, what research the Department has commissioned on the creation of a Judicial Appointments Committee.

(120831)

429   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, what research the Department has commissioned on the abolition of the post of Lord Chancellor.

(120832)

430
N   Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to publish the results of the Krebs research into bovine TB in badgers and cattle.

[Question Unstarred] (120204)

431
N   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what military and security assistance for Colombia is provided by the Government (a) bilaterally and (b) multilaterally; and what conditions and restrictions are placed on this aid.

[Transferred] (120173)

432   Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16th June, to the honourable Member for Croydon North, Official Report, column 92W, if he will request that the Inland Revenue collaborates with the Child Support Agency to investigate the income tax and child maintenance liabilities of Mr Graham Edward Morris.

[Transferred] (120617)

433   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has signed an Article 98 agreement with the United States in respect of the International Criminal Court.

[Transferred] (120880)

434   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her policy is on (a) windfarms and (b) single windmills adjacent to residential areas.

[Transferred] (120736)

435   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the potential toxic effect on the food chain of fluoride.

[Transferred] (120801)

436   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, what plans he has to allow family visitor appellants to switch from (a) a paper-only to oral appeal and (b) oral appeal to a paper-only appeal in any further appeal to the Immigration Appeals Tribunal.

[Transferred] (120705)

437   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to ensure that would-be sponsors of refused family visit visa applicants are aware of the benefits of an oral appeal.

[Transferred] (120759)

438   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, what the total amount of unpaid fines imposed by magistrates' courts was on 31st March.

[Transferred] (120922)

439   Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to encourage a wider take-up of warm front grants by pensioners.

[Transferred] (120751)

440   Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures her Department is taking to provide for better targeting of warm front grants towards those in fuel poverty.

[Transferred] (120752)