Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2002 - 03
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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 20 June 2003

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Friday 20 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.

FRIDAY 20th JUNE

1   Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many ministers there were in his Department in each year since 1996.

(120987)

2   Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what studies he is undertaking into the feasibility of delivering e-government services through mobile phones; and if he will make a statement.

(121207)

3   Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what studies he is undertaking and what action he is taking to encourage the private sector to develop e-government services; and if he will make a statement.

(121208)

4   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make a statement on the creche facilities made available by the Office to the children of its staff.

(121109)

5   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of the turnover of each Government agency operating in a trading fund model in the most recent year for which figures are available was accounted for by (a) services provided to Government and to Government agencies, (b) services provided directly to private sector customers and (c) services provided through value-added resellers.

(121073)

6   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how much the (a) establishment and (b) operation of HM Treasury's on-line reporting of progress against public service agreements has cost per year.

(121078)

7   Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many ministers there were in his Department in each year since 1996.

(120989)

8   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations the Inland Revenue has received from Mr Robert Winter of Wendover, Bucks, about the operation under Scottish charity regulations of (a) Solutions RMC Ltd and (b) Breast Cancer Research Scotland; and what requests for information about the operation of charity law in Scotland the Inland Revenue has received from Mr Winter.

(121197)

9   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will instruct the Inland Revenue to investigate the compliance with Scottish charity law of (a) Solutions RMC Ltd and (b) Breast Cancer Research Scotland.

(121202)

10   Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on delay in the instigation of the second phase of the consultation exercise on fiscal instruments to promote investment in energy efficiency.

(121058)

11   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the implications for his ability to determine (a) direct, indirect and company taxation policy, (b) overall monetary policy and (c) public spending levels of the EU's draft Constitutional Treaty section which passes to the EU the co-ordination of EU economic policies; and if he will make a statement.

(120936)

12   Claire Ward (Watford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the impact upon inflation-linked pensions of the adoption of the harmonised index of consumer prices.

(121051)

13   Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer for what reason equity release schemes are not available in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.

(121127)

14   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many suspected cases of working families tax credit fraud there were in the last year for which figures are available, broken down where possible into cases where there appears to be (a) understated income, (b) understated or undeclared capital, (c) undeclared subsidiary income, (d) an undeclared partner, (e) undeclared employment or self-employment, (f) overstated hours, (g) misrepresented childcare, (h) fictitious children and partners and (i) fictitious employment.

(121216)

15   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many new child tax credit claims have been (a) refused and (b) investigated as potentially fraudulent.

(121217)

16   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff (a) have been and (b) will be transferred from the Department for Work and Pensions to the Treasury as a result of the introductions of the various tax credits.

(121219)

17
N   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what statutory powers he has to review decisions taken by the financial services Ombudsman.

(120682)

18
N   Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what analysis he has conducted of the amount of unclaimed orphan funds in (a) banks, (b) building societies and (c) elsewhere.

(120684)

19
N   Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how much unclaimed money lay in orphan funds on 1st January in each year since 1973; and what records his Department has of unclaimed funds in years before 1973.

(120685)

20
N   Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding programmes are operated by her Department to support voluntary organisations working with young people; and what the level of support has been in each of the last three years.

(120531)

21   Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people participate in rural sport and recreation in England; and if she will make a statement on (a) the value of rural sport and recreation to rural tourism in England, (b) the value of rural sport and recreation to the rural economy in England and (c) the value of Sport England's grant aid to rural sport and recreation.

(120961)

22   Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact on rural sport and recreation of plans to concentrate sports council funding on selected sports.

(120962)

23   Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs about the impact on rural sport and recreational plans to concentrate sports council funding on selected sports.

(120963)

24   Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many ministers there were in her Department in each year since 1996.

(120992)

25   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations the Gaming Board has received from Mr Robert Winter of Wendover, Bucks, about the activities of Solutions RMC Ltd.

(121198)

26   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will request that the Gaming Board carry out an investigation into Solutions RMC Ltd.

(121200)

27   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to reduce the number of type-23 frigates; and if he will make a statement.

(121204)

28   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to reduce the number of (a) Hunt and (b) Sandown class minehunters; and if he will make a statement.

(121205)

29   Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the number of ministers in his Department in each year since 1996.

(120984)

30   Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how often reviews are undertaken of the cost-effectiveness of contracts that the Ministry of Defence and its agencies have with outside contractors for the maintenance of Ministry of Defence (a) equipment, (b) civil establishments, (c) military establishments and (d) IT equipment.

(121249)

31   Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how often audits are made of maintenance programmes (a) involving Ministry of Defence agencies and (b) with outside contractors.

(121250)

32   Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many refurbishment programmes undertaken by the Ministry of Defence and its agencies are over-running; what extra costs have been incurred by these over-runs; and how many of these programmes involve outside contractors.

(121251)

33   Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many contracts the Ministry of Defence and its agencies have with outside contractors for the maintenance of Ministry of Defence equipment.

(121252)

34   Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many contracts the Ministry of Defence and its agencies have with outside contractors for the maintenance of Ministry of Defence (a) IT equipment and (b) establishments.

(121253)

35   Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on his Department's role in the Defence Systems and Equipment International Exhibition being held in Docklands in September.

(120998)

36
N   Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the objectives are of Government policy towards NATO.

(120501)

37   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 13th June, Official Report, column 114W, on RAF manoeuvres, whether it is his policy to allow RAF aircraft to fly low over South East Essex on a regular basis.

(121053)

38
N   Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the outcome of the appeal in the case of Mr Shaun Rusling, and its implications for other service personnel suffering illnesses due to mobilisation for or action in the 1991 Gulf War.

(120495)

39   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans there are to create a fully armed Iraqi Army; who will control it; what role a British Army training team will have; and whether other countries have requested a team for the training of their military.

(121090)

40   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British Army training teams are employed abroad training the foreign military forces; where they are located; and how many personnel are employed for this purpose.

(121091)

41   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many foreign military forces have been trained by British Army training teams; if he will make a statement on the training teams' effectiveness; and if he plans to increase the numbers of teams.

(121092)

42   Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the average house price was in (a) London, (b) the South East, (c) the South West and (d) the South of England in each financial year since 1995-96.

(121209)

43   Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the average council tax was in (a) London, (b) the South East, (c) the South West and (d) the South of England in each financial year since 1995-96.

(121210)

44   Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what definition of the term empty property his Department uses.

(121211)

45   Valerie Davey (Bristol West): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the Government's policy is on ring-fenced funding for local government.

(121107)

46   Valerie Davey (Bristol West): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what target he has for reducing the amount of local government funding which is ring-fenced.

(121108)

47
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has for further regulation of household boilers; and if he will (a) encourage and (b) require annual maintenance checks, including a search for sources of carbon monoxide.

(120926)

48   Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many candidates stood for election in the recent local parish and town council election; and how many candidates stood in the 1999 election.

(121054)

49
N   Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will place copies of the responses to his consultation on Tenancy Monies: probity and protection in the Library.

(120774)

50   Phil Sawford (Kettering): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with local authority employees regarding their proposals to change the terms and conditions of local authority employer which would (a) abolish part 3 of the National Single Status agreement and (b) stop unsocial hours payments.

(121052)

51   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what agreements have been reached with Castle Point Borough Council over the last two years on the reduction of homelessness in the Borough; and what (a) targets have been set and (b) funds have been made available.

(120930)

52   Claire Ward (Watford): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress he has made on the introduction of a seller's pack.

(121056)

53   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the (a) funding, (b) staffing and (c) activities of the National Disability Team established to promote good practice in relation to disabled students.

(120957)

54   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action is taken in the event of a student dropping out from a course of higher education (a) during and (b) at the end of an academic year to recover costs for the institution involved in respect of (i) uncollected private tuition fees and (ii) transfers from the Higher Education Funding Council in respect of the education of that student.

(120958)

55   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment has been made of the reasons why local authorities make reciprocal arrangements to pay for (a) nursery and (b) childcare facilities.

(121264)

56   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will assess the effectiveness of (a) competence-led curricula and (b) separate-subject curricula.

(121258)

57   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much his Department is spending on the current television advertising campaign for teacher recruitment.

(120999)

58   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will publish the risk assessment of the procurement process for new schools introduced by Building Schools for the Future.

(121000)

59   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether the Minister for Higher Education will be introducing new Public Service Agreements.

(121001)

60   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether the Minister for Children will be setting new Public Service Agreements.

(121002)

61   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether the Minister for Children will change existing Department for Education and Skills Public Service Agreements.

(121003)

62
N   Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what he estimates the annual cost of Young Voices will be.

(120532)

63
N   Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 12th June to the honourable Member for Altrincham and Sale West, what individual public relations campaigns his Department undertook in 2002-03 with a cost of more than £100,000; and what the actual cost was of each of those campaigns.

(120593)

64   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what additional resources he has made available to local education authorities to prevent the loss of (a) teaching and (b) non-teaching staff as a result of this year's budget settlement to schools.

(120968)

65   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many additional students he estimates will gain a Level 3 qualification in each of the years 2003-04 to 2009-10.

(120969)

66   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the local education authorities that have not passported 100 per cent. of allocated resources to schools for 2003-04 and have failed to give him an explanation for withholding resources that he deems adequate.

(120970)

67
N   Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding programmes are operated by her Department to support voluntary organisations working with young people; and what the level of support has been in each of the last three years.

(120534)

68   Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the cost-effectiveness of the new proposals for fallen stock collection compared with traditional methods of disposal, with particular reference to disposal of carcasses through locally based incineration.

(120950)

69   Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Government has to incorporate existing local operators of fallen stock disposal facilities in the new scheme.

(120951)

70   Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, where the facilities for collection and disposal of carcasses under the fallen stock scheme devised in response to the EU Animals By-product Regulations are based.

(121081)

71   Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what legal action her Department has taken in the last four years against those who import bushmeat into the United Kingdom.

(121061)

72   Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action her Department is taking to reduce the trade in bushmeat.

(121062)

73
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to (a) limit the distances that stock can travel without rest periods and (b) prevent animals from staying overnight at livestock markets; and if she will make a statement.

(120535)

74
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Rural Payments Agency and British Cattle Movement Service claims remain outstanding; what steps are being taken to clear these claims up; and if she will make a statement.

(120536)

75
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to prohibit the use of biofuels on set-aside land; and if she will make a statement.

(120537)

76
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the regulations governing use of pesticides.

(120538)

77
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the higher rates of modulation on larger farms; and if she will make a statement.

(120539)

78   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for International Development on controlling the commercial exploitation of bushmeat.

(121080)

79
N   Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the British embassy in Oman formally requested a complete set of the travel ban documentation that applies in the case of a constituent, Mr Jonathan Brown.

(120680)

80
N   Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the British Embassy in Oman have taken to ensure that the Omani authorities regularise the visa status of a constituent, Mr Jonathan Brown; and what steps the Embassy is taking to secure his return to the UK.

(120681)

81   Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the European Convention (a) concluded its deliberations and (b) delivered its report on the proposed European Constitution; and to whom.

(121103)

82   Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what legal authority the Convention relied for the preparation of the proposed European Constitution.

(121104)

83   Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Covention has (a) voted for and (b) formally agreed to a final text in the proposed European Constitution; and if he will make a statement.

(121105)

84   Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the outcome was of the General Affairs and External Relations Council held on 16th June; what the Government's stance was on the issues discussed, including its voting record; and if he will make a statement.

(121203)

85   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many times the UK has exercised its veto in the EU Council of Ministers in each year since 1997.

(121102)

86   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many decisions in the EU Council of Ministers have been taken by qualified majority voting in the past two years; and in how many cases the UK was in a minority.

(121161)

87   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the US Government about fund-raising activities in the USA carried out (a) by and (b) on behalf of proscribed organisations in Northern Ireland.

(121164)

88   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the security risk to UK subjects (a) resident in Kenya and (b) travelling to Kenya.

(121165)

89   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received on Zimbabwe Government pensioners in the United Kingdom not receiving their pensions; and if he will make a statement.

(121206)

90   Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many ministers there were in his Department in each year since 1996.

(120997)

91
N   Mr John MacDougall (Central Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy that new discussions between Government and the Spanish Government regarding Gibraltar will include the Gibraltar Government as an equal presence.

(120636)

92
N   Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the objectives are of Government policy towards North Korea.

(120500)

93
N   Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the objectives of Government policy are towards Afghanistan.

(120502)

94
N   Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage co-operation between Gulf Co-operation Council countries and (a) the UK and (b) the EU.

(120503)

95
N   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 China.

(120504)

96   Mr George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK overseas embassies and consulates are using pottery products manufactured in the UK.

(121096)

97   Mr George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the policy is of his Department regarding the use of goods and products manufactured in the UK by overseas embassies and consulates.

(121097)

98   Tony Worthington (Clydebank & Milngavie): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what procedures are in place whereby the legality of Resolution 1422 of the UN Security Council may be judicially determined.

(121055)

99   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions have taken place with European colleagues regarding organ trafficking (a) across Europe and (b) on a global level; and what proposals there are to tackle this practice.

(121094)

100   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of infections with the bacteria Acinetobacter there were in the NHS in each year since 1997.

(120960)

101   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the NHS in 2002-03 of treating illnesses that were a result of substandard housing.

(121106)

102   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children were diagnosed in (a) England, (b) each region and (c) each LEA as being clinically obese in each of the last 10 years.

(121063)

103   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of (a) men and (b) women were classified as (i) obese and (ii) overweight in each year since 1980.

(121064)

104   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment has been made of the risks from Seroxat to adults suffering from depression.

(121263)

105
N   Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts with regard to the setting of maximum permitted levels for nutrients in food supplements; and if he will make a statement.

(120764)

106
N   Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the maximum permitted levels for nutrients in food supplements as stated in Article 5 of the Food Supplements Directive are set on the basis of safety; and if he will make a statement.

(120765)

107
N   Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the recommended daily consumption of vitamin B6; and how many adverse reactions to vitamin B6 have been reported since 1997.

(120768)

108
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in England in each of the last three financial years have been recovering from the effects of a stroke; and of these, how many are (a) three years, (b) five years and (c) six years past the date of their stroke.

(120677)

109
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the NHS was in each of the last two financial years of treating (a) hypertension, (b) varicose veins, (c) cataracts and (d) muscular degeneration.

(120679)

110   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will publish the Government's strategic plan on combating alcoholism.

(121260)

111   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with regard to clause 62 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill, what he intends by a reasonable time.

(121174)

112   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he expects the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection to give notice where it intends to enter and inspect premises under clause 62 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill.

(121175)

113   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria he has set for the right of entry to be considered necessary or expedient under clause 63 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill.

(121176)

114   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if personal records inspected under the right of entry will be covered by the Data Protection Act 1998 under clause 63 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill; and if the person for whom the records are held will have the right to be informed that their records have been inspected and that copies have been taken which will be removed from the premises.

(121177)

115   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will put in place safeguards to ensure that vital equipment is not removed without prior agreement under clause 63(1)(b) of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill.

(121178)

116   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether a person working at the premises will have the right to refuse to be interviewed under clause 63(1)(c)(i) of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill.

(121179)

117   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will put in place safeguards to ensure (a) that only records relevant to an inspection are inspected and (b) that an individual's right to privacy is protected under clause 63 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill.

(121180)

118   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the maximum fine payable is under Clause 63(5) of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill.

(121181)

119   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection will give notice where it requires a person to provide it with information, records and other items under Clause 64 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill; where a person is required to provide it with information and records, if these will be protected under the Data Protection Act 1998; and if he will put in place safeguards in such cases to ensure (a) that only records relevant to an investigation are requested and (b) that an individual's right to privacy is protected.

(121182)

120   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the maximum fine payable is under Clause 64 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill.

(121183)

121   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who is responsible for deciding what constitutes a prescribed person under Clause 65(1) of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill.

(121184)

122   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in what circumstances he would expect the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection to consider an explanation necessary under Clause 65(1) of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill.

(121185)

123   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he will expect the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection to lay down the prescription required for such times and places as an explanation may be required under Clause 65(2) of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill.

(121187)

124   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the maximum fine payable is under Clause 65(3) of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill.

(121188)

125   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether, under Clause 60(1) of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill, there is to be a scale of fees for different cases or classes of case that the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection will charge in respect of its reviewing and investigating functions.

(121189)

126   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what, under Clause 60 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill, will be the specified factors that will determine a fee by the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection.

(121190)

127   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether, under Clause 60 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill, the National Assembly for Wales will be able to charge a fee for its reviewing and investigating functions in the case of a cross-border Strategic Health Authority.

(121191)

128   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who, under Clause 60 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill, will appoint the independent person or panel who will be able to review the amount charged by the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection in respect of fees for its reviewing and investigating functions; and what their terms of reference will be.

(121192)

129   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection will require a notice period to be given to make available for inspection a report published by it under Clause 61 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill.

(121193)

130   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether, under Clause 61 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill, there will be a scale of fees for providing (a) a copy of a report published by the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection and (b) other information relevant to the discharge of the Commission's functions.

(121194)

131   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the information the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection will require a person or body to provide to enable it to determine its fee under Clause 60 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill.

(121195)

132   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recruitment targets have been set since 1997 for the professions allied to medicine; what the baselines for these targets are; when the deadlines are due; and if he will publish the information in the technical notes relating to the targets.

(120959)

133   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 13th May, Official Report, column 234W, on Target Funding Allocations, if he will list the additional allocation in 2003-04 for each primary care trust; and if he will estimate the time to reach the target for each primary care trust.

(121007)

134   Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many ministers there were in his Department in each year since 1996.

(120996)

135   Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which of the publications listed on page 92 and discussed on pages 85 to 89 of the report, Safe Upper Levels for Vitamins and Minerals, by the expert group on vitamins and minerals, published in May, led the group to the safe upper level for vitamin B6 of 10 mg a day for a 60 kg adult.

(120929)

136   Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Bolton South East, dated 24th March, to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State on the Food Supplements Directive.

(121173)

137
N   Mr Jon Owen Jones (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his oral Answer of 3rd June, Official Report, column 20, to the honourable Member for Bridgend and his written Answer of 17th June, ref 117280, whether the two sets of figures for the number of Welsh patients treated in English hospitals in 2000-01 and 2001-02 were compiled on the same basis; and if he will make a statement.

(120642)

138
N   Mr Jon Owen Jones (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the trend in the number of Welsh patients treated in English hospitals over the last five years.

(120643)

139   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will collect comparative treatment rates for hepatitis C from health services of the developed world; and if he will make a statement.

(121225)

140   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will undertake a study of best practice in (a) screening for and (b) treating hepatitis C within the developed world.

(121226)

141   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what requests for information, advice or assistance on best practice with regard to treatment of hepatitis C he has made to countries with higher rates of treatment of hepatitis C.

(121227)

142   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of patients suffering from florid hepatitis C are treated under National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidelines.

(121228)

143   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he will take to reduce nosocomial transmission of hepatitis C.

(121229)

144   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will undertake a study in other European countries of the outcomes of drug treatment regimes which rely mainly upon opioid substitution treatment with buprenorphine.

(121230)

145   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what requests for information, advice or assistance he has made to countries where best practice for the treatment of opioid dependency relies on buprenorphine rather than heroin or methadone.

(121231)

146   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many visits have been made to France by Department of Health (a) officials and (b) ministers to look at drug treatment regimes in the last five years.

(121232)

147
N   Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will undertake a view of the recommendations put forward in the Report by the Expert Group on Vitamins and Minerals on the EU Food Supplements Directive following representations made to him by trade associations; and if he will make a statement.

(120767)

148   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of hospital acquired infections have been reported in the last 12 months for which records are available, broken down by hospital.

(121087)

149
N   Mr David Tredinnick (Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the chemical sources of vitamins and minerals permitted for sale on the UK market but which are omitted from the list of nutrients permitted for use in food supplements under the provisions of Annex 2 of the Food Supplements Directive.

(120637)

150
N   Mr David Tredinnick (Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he plans to take to secure the addition to the schedules to the Food Supplements (England) Regulations prior to July 2005 of each nutrient or nutrient source permitted for sale on the UK market but omitted from the list of nutrients permitted for use in food supplements under the provisions of the Regulations.

(120638)

151
N   Mr David Tredinnick (Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list those minerals which are permitted for sale on the UK market but which are omitted from the list of nutrients permitted for use in food supplements under the provisions of Annex 1 of the Food Supplements Directive.

(120639)

152
N   Mr David Tredinnick (Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans (a) his Department and (b) the Food Standards Agency have to meet the European Commission and the European Food Safety Authority to discuss the concerns of UK industry on the omission from Annex 1 and Annex 2 of the Food Supplements Directive of nutrients permitted for use in the UK.

(120640)

153
N   Mr David Tredinnick (Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent meetings Ministers in his Department have had with representatives of the Health Food Manufacturers Association to discuss the Food Supplements Directive; what issues were discussed at the meetings; and what action he intends to take as a result.

(120641)

154   Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which food supplements which are safe will be removed from the market in 2005.

(121254)

155   Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have died as a result of (a) boron, (b) sulphur and (c) silicon poisoning from food supplements in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; and what his reasons are for proposing that boron be prohibited for use in such supplements from July 2005.

(121255)

156   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many drug rehabilitation centres there were in (a) 1997 and(b) 2002; what funding they received; and what measures have been taken since 1997 to improve drug rehabilitation rates.

(121128)

157   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff are employed in drug rehabilitation centres, how much they are paid; what percentage of staff are ex-drug addicts; and if he will make a statement on the role played by advice of ex-drug addicts.

(121129)

158   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assistance is available to non-publicly run drug rehab centres; what coordination there is with other drug rehabilitation centres; and what assessment has been made of the success rate of non-government run centres.

(121130)

159   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures have been taken since 1997 to increase the numbers of people with donor cards; and if he will make a statement on the role of donors within the NHS.

(121131)

160   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to make organ donation compulsory; and what assessment has been made as to whether this would affect organ trafficking.

(121132)

161   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what procedures are in place for medical staff to follow when approaching relatives of the recently deceased to request permission to use organs.

(121133)

162   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proposals he has to make organ donation easier; and whether there are circumstances where organs may be taken from the recently deceased without the permission of relatives.

(121134)

163   Mr Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Livescan terminals used to access the National Automated Fingerprint Identification System are deployed, broken down by Police Authority.

(121118)

164
N   Mr Joe Benton (Bootle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total value is of the contract between the Home Office and Logica CMG to provide payroll bureau services for Home Office pay and pensions service; how much has been paid by the Home Office to CMG and Logica CMG to date under the payroll bureau services contract; how much has been paid by the Home Office to consultants for work undertaken for the Home Office Pay and Pensions Services in each year since April 2000; and how much has been paid by the Home Office to Employment Agencies for work undertaken within the Home Office Pay and Pensions Service in each year since April 2000.

(120540)

165   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 7th May, Official Report, column 751W, on death certification, what progress has been made on the consideration of the review into death certification.

(121079)

166   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have applied for asylum in Northern Ireland in each year since 1997.

(121158)

167   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time is for the processing of applications for asylum made in Northern Ireland.

(121159)

168   Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many ministers there were in his Department in each year since 1996.

(120994)

169   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what requests for information the Charity Commission has made of Mr Robert Winter of Wendover, Bucks, in respect of the activities of (a) Solutions RMC Ltd, (b) Breast Cancer Research Scotland and (c) Breast Cancer Relief.

(121199)

170   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will request the Charity Commission to conduct an investigation into the affairs of Breast Cancer Relief in Manchester.

(121201)

171   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on writing to honourable Members to inform them of errors in replies to Parliamentary questions.

(121172)

172   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visits have been made by Home Office (a) officials and (b) Ministers to France to look at drug treatment regimes in the last five years.

(121224)

173   Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter and email dated 16th April and 23rd April from Andrew H. Coveney of CP Pharmaceuticals, Wrexham.

(120955)

174   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what protocols there are for GP intervention in the treatment of his or her patient whilst that patient is under a Drug Treatment and Testing Order.

(121059)

175   Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to change the police disciplinary regulations; and if he will make a statement.

(121093)

176   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-semitic incidents were recorded in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement on the trend over the last year.

(120937)

177   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what sanctions are available to prevent people from (a) receiving, (b) downloading and (c) storing materials (i) on the internet and (ii) from satellite TV which are likely to incite racial hatred; and if he will make a statement.

(120938)

178   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action can be taken against companies which make available material likely to incite race-hatred on satellite TV in the UK; and if he will make a statement.

(120939)

179
N   Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the National Asylum Support Service is funding accommodation at The Coniston Hotel, Sittingbourne; and if he will make a statement.

(120683)

180   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much the Government has given (a) directly and (b) indirectly to educational projects and programmes in Kenya in each year since 1997.

(121160)

181   Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many ministers there were in the Department for International Development in each year since 1996.

(120995)

182
N   Mr John MacDougall (Central Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funds were made available through the Department and its predecessors for aid, expressed as a percentage of GDP, in each of the last 30 years.

(120635)

183   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the Northern Ireland strategy for the further education sector will be published.

(120940)

184   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many children attend Northern Ireland's Irish medium schools; how many attended in each of the last five years; and what the estimated number of children expected to attend is for each of the next ten years, including annual percentage changes.

(120941)

185   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many teachers are expected to be employed in (a) primary and (b) post-primary schools in Northern Ireland in each of the next 10 years, including annual percentage changes in each school sector.

(120942)

186   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the services available through the PPI managed Education and Library Board computer system; and why files greater than 1.44 Mb cannot be accessed through this system.

(120943)

187   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the recommendations from the WS Atkins Flooding Assessment Report covering areas of Carrickfergus and Newtownabbey will be published.

(120944)

188   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what respite care facilities are available to support children with disabilities within the East Antrim constituency.

(120945)

189   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what reason parents are not represented on the Costello working group on post-primary education; and if he will make a statement.

(120946)

190   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will introduce a computer database system to combat car tax fraud in Northern Ireland.

(120947)

191   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the basis of the decision to invite the Northern Ireland Youth Forum to conduct an external study as part of the review into post-primary education in Northern Ireland; and whether the Youth Council was involved in the review.

(120948)

192   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many children are expected to attend (a) primary and (b) post-primary schools in Northern Ireland for each of the next 10 years, including annual percentage changes in each school sector.

(120949)

193   Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to ensure that the Health Service in Northern Ireland has sufficient resources to meet demand at each of the acute hospitals in Northern Ireland.

(121057)

194   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the involvement of proscribed organisations in illegal fuel smuggling in Northern Ireland.

(121156)

195   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which of the proposals contained in the Joint Declaration published in May (a) have been implemented and (b) are in the process of being implemented; and if he will list them.

(121157)

196   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much fraud has been detected in EU programmes and initiatives in Northern Ireland in each year since 1997.

(121163)

197   Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many ministers there were in his Department in each year since 1996.

(120991)

198
N   Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which health and personal social services trusts in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years have settled cases against them under the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 without going before a Fair Employment Tribunal; how many such settlements involved the Labour Relations Agency; what the total cost was to each health trust of such settlements in each year; and what the legal costs involved were.

(120122)

199
N   Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which of the cases taken against health and social services trusts under the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 involved settlements; how many involved the use of the Health and Personal Social Services Superannuation Scheme; and what the total cost was to the scheme for each trust involved for each year in question.

(120123)

200
N   Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, under which regulations governing the Health and Personal Social Services Superannuation Scheme the practice of using premature retirement under the Scheme to settle Fair Employment Tribunal cases is permitted.

(120124)

201   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what costs have been incurred by the (a) Equality Commission for Northern Ireland and (b) Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission in each of the last five years.

(120971)

202   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many acute hospital beds there were in Northern Ireland on 1st January (a) 1983, (b) 1993, (c) 2002 and (d) 2003.

(120972)

203   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the impact of the Force Order issued by the Police Service of Northern Ireland on 25th March on access to police exercise facilities for retired police officers.

(120973)

204   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, who has responsibility for day to day security management at police exercise facilities across Northern Ireland; and whether retired police officers will have to be vetted in order to gain access to such facilities.

(120974)

205   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what action the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland has taken with regard to retired police officers having access to police exercise facilities in Northern Ireland.

(120975)

206   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on why retired police officers in Northern Ireland have no access to police exercise facilities in Northern Ireland; and if he will take action to remedy this.

(120976)

207   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what costs have been incurred by the Department of (a) Health, Social Services and Public Safety and (b) Education as a result of their Irish language policy in each of the last five years.

(120977)

208   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) applicants and (b) successful applicants joined the Police Service of Northern Ireland and RUC in the last five years, broken down by (a) religious denomination, (b) gender and (c) whether they were full or part-time members of the police reserve.

(120978)

209   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what means have been used in recruiting police officers to facilitate the membership of the Police Service of Northern Ireland being representative of the province's population.

(120979)

210   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many acute hospital beds he estimates there will be in Northern Ireland if the proposals in the recent ministerial announcement on developing better services are implemented.

(120980)

211   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many trained general practitioners have provided locum cover in primary care in the past 12 months in Northern Ireland.

(120981)

212   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, under what circumstances the organs of deceased individuals on the UK organ donor register are prevented from being given to other patients.

(120982)

213   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his Answer of 9th June, Official Report, column 698W, on GPs, how many vacancies exist among the permanent general practice posts; and how many have required locum cover for more than six weeks in the past 12 months.

(121008)

214   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his Answer of 9th June, Official Report, column 700W, on residential care, if he will make a statement on the number of (a) nursing home and (b) residential care places for the elderly in Northern Ireland.

(121009)

215   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his Answer of 9th June, Official Report, column 699W, on hospital appointments, how many (a) outpatient attendances, (b) accident and emergency assessments and (c) inpatient admissions there were at hospitals in Northern Ireland during the first quarter of 2002.

(121010)

216   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his Answer of 9th June, Official Report, column 700W, on hospital procedures, if he will estimate the cost to the National Health Service of the inpatient admissions of residents of the Republic of Ireland.

(121011)

217   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many electoral identity cards have been issued; how many applications for electoral identity cards have been received which are being processed; and how many applications have been rejected.

(121082)

218   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many senior citizens over the age of 65 in Northern Ireland have taken up the opportunity to hold concessionary travel passes, broken down by parliamentary constituency.

(121083)

219   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the use of fluoride in the water supply in Northern Ireland; and what plans he has to extend such use.

(121084)

220   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent by his Department on promoting (a) the Irish language and (b) the Ulster Scots language in the last 12 months for which records are available.

(121085)

221   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cases of hospital acquired infections have been reported in the last 12 months for which records are available, broken down by hospital.

(121086)

222   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what changes have been made to the policy on the use of the Irish language in (a) the Department of Health and (b) the Department of Education in Northern Ireland since suspension of the devolved Assembly.

(121088)

223   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many meetings of the (a) British-Irish Council and (b) North-South Ministerial Council have taken place since they were established; and what additional meetings of each have taken place in other sectoral formats.

(121089)

224   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures have been taken since 1997 to tackle (a) organised crime, (b) smuggling and (c) drug crime.

(121135)

225   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of links between organised crime and the funding of terrorist groups; and if he will make a statement.

(121136)

226   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proposals he has to (a) tackle gun running and (b) strengthen border controls; and what discussions he has had on this with representatives from Ireland.

(121137)

227   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many weapons have been handed in by (a) the IRA and (b) other terrorist groups since the Good Friday Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the progress of disarming of all terrorist groups.

(121138)

228   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many terrorist prisoners have been released since the Good Friday Agreement; and how many have since been re-arrested.

(121170)

229   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Prime Minister, which department will be responsible for the implementation of children's trusts.

(120952)

230
N   Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Prime Minister, what assessment has been made of the function of the two vehicles suspected of being biological weapons laboratories that were discovered in Iraq.

(120497)

231   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the creche facilities made available by his office to the children of his office's staff.

(121114)

232   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether the Department was consulted on the implications for embassies abroad of the transfer of the Friends of Scotland initiative to the Scottish Executive.

(121143)

233   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he last discussed the promotion of Scottish direct international flights with the Department for Transport.

(121144)

234   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement on the role of (a) the Secretary of State and (b) the Scottish Executive in developing trade links for Scottish business.

(121145)

235   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he had with the Scottish Executive prior to transferring the Friends of Scotland initiative to the Scottish Executive.

(121146)

236   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the total cost has been of Friends of Scotland.

(121147)

237   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many special advisers are employed in the Scotland Office, within the Department of Constitutional Affairs.

(121148)

238   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he will take to represent Scottish national interest in the Air Transport consultation.

(121149)

239   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when the Secretary of State next intends to visit the Scottish Parliament.

(121150)

240   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what revised guidelines have been issued in respect of Scottish Executive use of Dover House.

(121151)

241   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what is the projected staff complement of the Scotland Office within the Department for Constitutional Affairs.

(121152)

242   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether the Scotland Office is a Department of State.

(121153)

243   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, on which Cabinet sub-committees Scotland will be represented by (a) the Secretary of State and (b) the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State.

(121154)

244   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what his policy is towards promotion of direct international flights from Scotland's airports.

(121155)

245   Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many ministers there were in the Scottish Office and Scotland Office in each year since 1996.

(120986)

246
N   Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what advice he offered on the designation of officials in his Department in (a) correspondence and (b) communications issued on Friday 13th June.

(120676)

247   Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask the Solicitor General, how many ministers there were in the Attorney General's Department in each year since 1996.

(120993)

248   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Solicitor General, if she will make a statement on the creche facilities made available by the Department to the children of the Department's staff.

(121115)

249   Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment her Department has made of the percentage of staff employed by the Department for Trade and Industry who (a) are able to cope with the demands of their jobs, (b) have a say about the way they do their work, (c) receive adequate information and support from their colleagues and superiors, (d) understand their role and responsibilities, (e) are not subject to unacceptable behaviour such as bullying and (f) are happy that they are involved in decision-making on changes.

(121268)

250
N   Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 3rd June, Official Report, column 326W, on the electronics industry, if she will make a statement on how the £100 million per annum to improve the skills base for electronics is to be spent.

(120928)

251
N   Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what funding programmes are operated by her Department to support voluntary organisations working with young people; and what the level of support has been in each of the last three years.

(120533)

252   Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many ministers there were in her Department in each year since 1996.

(120988)

253   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the cre(r)che facilities she makes available to the children of her Department's staff.

(121116)

254   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether in the last 24 months the Minister of State for Energy and Construction has received invitations to visit facilities which extract energy from municipal waste; how many meetings the minister has had in (a) 2001, (b) 2002 and (c) 2003 with companies which operate waste management facilities extracting energy from waste; and how many times in each of these years the minister met the trade association responsible for waste management.

(121196)

255   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what cost benefit analyses her Department has undertaken to identify the net effect on total (a) employment and (b) economic activity in the United Kingdom of compliance with the Landfill Directive; and what the main conclusions of such analyses were.

(121212)

256   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on Early Day Motion 1390.

(120934)

257   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much money has been paid out in compensation in each year since the introduction of conditional fee arrangements.

(120964)

258   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to prevent manufacturers from inhibiting recycling of computer parts, with particular reference to ink and toner cartridges.

(120965)

259   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to re-classify ink and toner printer cartridges as printer parts.

(120966)

260   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action she proposes to take to support the EU Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive concerning the recycling of computer parts, including ink and toner cartridges; and if she will make a statement.

(120967)

261   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many arms export licences for armoured vehicles, aircraft and naval vessels have been granted by the Department since 2001; and what their value was.

(121139)

262   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, in what circumstances the end-use of UK arms exports would be unacceptable and result in the refusal of an export licence.

(121141)

263   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action can be taken by the Department against the purchasers of UK arms exports if the arms are used in undesirable circumstances.

(121142)

264
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what statutory powers provide for the exemption of private ambulances from elements of (a) the Highway Code and (b) road traffic regulations.

(120927)

265   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list for each year since 1997 the figures for (a) reliability and (b) punctuality of train journeys between (i) Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton and (ii) Wolverhampton and London.

(121110)

266   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average annual number of passengers travelling by train between (a) Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton and (b) Wolverhampton and London was in the last three years.

(121111)

267   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the cost to business in the last 12 months of congestion on the M6 motorway around Birmingham.

(121112)

268   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost was of a (a) standard and (b) first class train fare between Shrewsbury and London in each year since 1997.

(121113)

269   Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to report on the results of the Consultation on his Department's document Introducing A More Structured Approach to Learning to Drive; and if he will make a statement.

(121074)

270   Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many submissions he received responding to his Department's consultation document Introducing a More Structured Approach to Learning to Drive; how many of those submissions included reference to advanced learning focused on driving safely on motorways; and if he will make a statement.

(121075)

271   Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received regarding the inclusion of motorway driving lessons in a revised approach to learning to drive; and if he will make a statement.

(121076)

272   Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many drivers involved in motorway traffic accidents in the last five years (a) have not taken a motorway driving lesson and (b) have taken a motorway driving lesson since passing their driving test; and if he will make a statement.

(121077)

273   Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 16th June, Official Report, column 21W, on number plate cloning, on how many occasions during the last 12 months Driver Vehicle Licensing Authority Intelligence Officers passed information on cloned number plates to the police.

(121261)

274   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many unmanned level crossings have been closed to public access in each of the last five years.

(121005)

275   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with Network Rail since its formation on public access across unmanned level crossings over the rail network.

(121006)

276   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions have taken place with Royal Mail regarding use of rail to transport mail; and what plans he has to encourage the use of trains for this purpose.

(121095)

277   Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many ministers there were in the Welsh Office and Office of the Secretary of State for Wales in each year since 1996.

(120985)

278   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans the Government has to take forward the National Audit Office's recommendation of a strategy for older people; and if he will make a statement.

(120953)

279   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to continue funding the Age Positive Campaign; and what assessment he has made of its budget requirements for each of the next three years.

(120954)

280   Ross Cranston (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 13th February, Official Report, column 962-3W, on health and safety, whether he has received the report from the Health and Safety Commission; and if he will make a statement.

(121171)

281
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people he estimates will lose (a) passported benefits, (b) income support and (c) council tax benefits as a result of the introduction of tax credits.

(120496)

282   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list, for each constituency in Wiltshire (a) the numbers of pensioners aged 80 and over in receipt of state pensions and (b) the total number in receipt of state pensions; and what percentage of the total number pensioners aged 80 and over represent.

(120983)

283   Andy King (Rugby & Kenilworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, who the members are of the technical committee advising the Department on the next steps following the publication of 'Preliminary conclusions—measuring child poverty'.

(121213)

284   Andy King (Rugby & Kenilworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many unemployed single adults received disability living allowance owing to mental illness in each year from 1992 to 2002.

(121214)

285   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 9th June, Official Report, column 703W, on poverty definition, whether the new general definition of poverty will be announced rather than the specific measurement of child poverty.

(121262)

286   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the factors influencing unemployment levels over the last three months; and if he will make a statement.

(120931)

287   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on Early Day Motion 1389.

(120935)

288   Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to Working and Saving for Retirement: Action on Occupational Pensions, if his plans to ease the indexation requirements will apply to an individual's accrued rights prior to the implementation of his reforms.

(121119)

289   Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to Working and Saving for Retirement: Action on Occupational Pensions, if it is his intention to allow firms to protect part of an individual's pension contribution at 5 per cent. and the rest at 2.5 per cent.

(121120)

290   Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's target is for the number of individuals who will be receiving pension credit by (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05, (c) 2005-06 and (d) 2006-07.

(121122)

291   Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals are estimated to be eligible for pension credit in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05, (c) 2005-06 and (d) 2006-07.

(121121)

292   Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his plans are to reform the Social Fund.

(121123)

293   Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if it is his policy to link the basic state pension to the retail price index for the remainder of this Parliament.

(121124)

294   Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to pages 25-6 of Working and Saving for Retirement: Action on Occupational Pensions, if it is his intention to propose legislation to require the selection of Member Nominated Trustees to be fair and open.

(121125)

295   Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will write to men aged 60-64 as part of his campaign to inform them of possible entitlement to the pension credit.

(121126)

296   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the additional £100 paid to pensioner households that include someone aged over 80 years will be paid separately from the existing winter fuel payment.

(121215)

297   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals have been given financial help to purchase a car through the Adviser Discretion Fund.

(121218)

298   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the scheme to remove driving licences from people who fail to pay child support has cost, including initial start-up costs.

(121220)

299   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of New Deal for Young People participants found work on (a) the Gateway and (b) the Extended Gateway, in each year since 1997.

(121221)

300   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of starts on each of the New Deal for Young People options have led to sustained unsubsidised employment.

(121222)

301   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there will be a formal consultation process on the details of the proposed Exceptions Service for people who are unable or unwilling to have their benefits paid directly into a bank account.

(121223)

302   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Skipton and Ripon, of 20th May, Official Report, columns 749-50W, on Incapacity Benefits, how many people claimed both incapacity benefit and income support in each year since 1995.

(121256)

303   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Chesterfield, Official Report, column 925W, on the New Deal for Young People, how many people on the education and training option of the New Deal for Young People have gained a qualification in each of the last five years.

(121257)

304   Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, whether the Lord Chancellor issues criteria for decisions on the awarding of legal aid in civil cases.

(121060)

305   Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, how many ministers were working in the Privy Council Office in each year since 1996.

(120990)

306   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, if he will make a statement on the cre(r)che facilities available to the children of his Department's staff.

(121117)

307   Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, what progress has been made by CAFCASS in Wales in tackling the waiting list for guardian ad litem cases.

(120956)

308   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, what powers the Lord Chancellor has in relation to the granting of legal aid support in civil actions.

(120932)

309   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, in what circumstances a court can deny payment of legal aid in civil actions where a legal aid certificate has previously been granted.

(120933)

310
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many NHS patients died last year as a result of consuming licensed medicines.

[Transferred] (120678)

311   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how much fraud has been detected in EU programmes and initiatives in the UK in each year since 1997.

[Transferred] (121162)

312   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been extradited from the Irish Republic to the UK in each year since 1997; and how many related to terrorist offences.

[Transferred] (121166)

313   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which countries do not have reciprocal extradition arrangements with the UK.

[Transferred] (121167)

314   Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the 24-hour national helpline for victims of domestic violence will be available in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on its operations.

[Transferred] (121259)

315   Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of (a) the number of workers suffering from stress and (b) the resultant financial cost.

[Transferred] (121265)

316   Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what regulatory impact assessment his Department has made of the Health and Safety Executive's new code of conduct on stress at work.

[Transferred] (121266)

317   Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to business of compliance with the Health and Safety Executive's code of conduct to combat stress in (a) financial terms and (b) lost man hours.

[Transferred] (121267)

318   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what measures are in place to monitor the end-use of UK arms exports; and what proposals he has to improve these.

[Transferred] (121140)

319   Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people were exposed to nitrogen dioxide in excess of European Union limits at (a) Heathrow, (b) Gatwick, (c) Stansted, (d) Manchester and (e) Luton airports, in each of the last five years.

[Transferred] (121248)