Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2002 - 03
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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 23 June 2003

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Monday 23 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.

MONDAY 23rd JUNE

1
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his oral Answer of 17th June, Official Report, column 210, when the guidance was introduced that the composition of the bench should broadly reflect the voting pattern of the area, as evidenced by the last two general elections.

(121098)

2
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list for each bench in the Duchy of Lancaster (a) the political balance of the bench and (b) the voting pattern for the area.

(121099)

3   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent representations he has received on the implications for local government finance of the Civil Contingencies Bill.

(121351)

4   Jon Cruddas (Dagenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the 10 fastest growing occupations were (a) in the UK and (b) in each of the English regions between 2000 and 2003 using Labour Force Survey Standard Occupational Classification 2000 by way of minor group and unit group level of analysis.

(121428)

5   Jon Cruddas (Dagenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the 10 fastest growing occupations were (a) in the UK and (b) in each of the English regions between (i) 1992 and 1997 and (ii) 1997 and 1999 using Labour Force Survey Standard Occupational Classification 1990 by way of minor group and unit group level of analysis.

(121429)

6   Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will review (a) the procedures for transferring entitlement to child benefit to a surviving patient on the death of the parent with care and (b) the case of Mr Roger Grey, a constuent.

(121447)

7   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the accruals adjustment on taxes for each year since 1996-97 or the earliest year for which data is available, whichever is the later, with reference to the accruals adjustments on taxes figures in Table C8 of the 2003 Budget, HC 500.

(121324)

8   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the reasons for the projected rise in accruals adjustments on taxes between 2002-03 and 2003-04, with reference to the accruals adjustments on taxes figures in Table C8 of the 2003 Budget, HC 500; and if he will make a statement.

(121325)

9   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the accruals adjustments on taxes figures in Table C8 of the 2003 Budget, HC 500, if he will list for each tax for which the accrued receipts (a) differed from the cash receipts in 2001-02, (b) are estimated to have differed from the cash receipts in 2002-03 and (c) or are projected to differ from the cash receipts in 2003-04, the difference between the cash receipts and the accrued receipts for (i) 2001-02, (ii) 2002-03 and (iii) 2003-04.

(121326)

10   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to (a) the tax credits figures in the third row of Table C8 of the 2003 Budget, HC 500, (b) the tax credits figures in the thirty-third row of Table C8 of the 2003 Budget, HC 500, (c) the social security benefits figures in the fifth row of Table C11 of the 2003 Budget, HC 500 and (d) the tax credits figures in the sixth row of Table C11 of the 2003 Budget, HC 500, if he will list the types of tax credit, benefits payment and other components which comprise the quoted figures; for each type of tax credit, benefit payment and other component, whether, according to the accounting methods employed in the 2003 Budget, they are classified as negative tax revenues, Government spending or a combination of the two; and for each tax credit, benefit payment and other component, what amount of tax was refunded and Government spending was incurred in each year since 2001-02 to the latest year for which figures are projected.

(121327)

11   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the events he plans to attend as part of the Government's euro roadshow.

(121392)

12   Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the Answer of 30th April, Official Report, column 371-2W, on benefits uprating, if he will make a statement on the role intended for RPIX in the uprating of the basic state pension.

(121552)

13   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the reasons for the treatment of RAF Logistic Support Services as a conventional management grouping for financial year 1999-2000; and why no accounts direction was given.

(121494)

14   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 19th May from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Naveed Mahmid Zakaria.

(121432)

15
N   Jim Knight (South Dorset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the proposed changes to the national scheme to refund national museums and galleries the VAT they incur on purchases when they allow free admissions to the public, originally noted in Budget 2001, HC279, paragraph 5.97 and 5.98.

(121065)

16
N   Jim Knight (South Dorset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what implications the recent judgement of the European Court of Justice in the case Customs v the Zoological Society of London (Case C-267/00) has for the way zoos, museums and similar bodies are required to account for VAT on their admission charges; and whether Customs has issued guidance on this issue.

(121066)

17   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what research he has commissioned into the link between the growth in house prices and consumption in countries in the eurozone.

(121526)

18   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what meetings he plans to attend with other EU finance ministers at which the interpretation of the Stability and Growth Pact will be discussed.

(121538)

19   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will bring forward proposals to enhance the accountability of the regulator powers for amending value added tax rates.

(121539)

20   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions he intends to have with (a) the European Commission and (b) ECOFIN concerning changes to European law to permit more substantial VAT rates.

(121548)

21   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what measures he would put in place following following a decision to implement a discretionary fiscal policy to stabilise the economy to prevent the ratchet effect on wages and prices described in the Treasury document Fiscal Stabilisation and EMU.

(121549)

22   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he would take following a decision to implement a discretionary fiscal policy to stabilise the economy as discussed in the Treasury publication Fiscal Stabilisation and EMU, to reconcile conflicting demands of fiscal sustainability and macroeconomic stability, as described in paragraph 4.23 of the document.

(121550)

23   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent discussions his Department has had with mortgage lenders regarding the market share of variable rate mortgages in the UK.

(121551)

24   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what measures he would take, following a decision to implement a discretionary fiscal policy to stabilise the economy to ensure that departmental expenditure reinforces policy regarding taxation, in order to maintain macroeconomic stability, as discussed in the Treasury document Fiscal stabilisation and EMU.

(121555)

25   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the rise in the tax burden necessary to offset inflationary pressures which would otherwise result in (a) a half per cent. rise in inflation, (b) a one per cent. rise inflation, (c) a one and a half per cent. rise in inflation and (d) a two per cent. rise in inflation, assuming that a decision to implement a discretionary fiscal policy was taken, as described in the Treasury document Fiscal stabilisation and EMU, and assuming a neutral monetary policy.

(121556)

26   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his statement of 9th June, Official Report, column 411, on Economic and Monetary Union, what estimate he has made of how long it would take to enable supply to balance demand in the housing market in the event of the introduction of simpler planning guidance, the speeding up of decisions, reserve powers to call in applications and binding local plans.

(121418)

27   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his statement of 9th June, Official Report, column 411, on economic and monetary union, what discussions he has had with the Deputy Prime Minister concerning his intention to build on and extend the reforms already announced in respect of planning and supply in the housing market.

(121436)

28   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the required increase in housing supply in order to balance supply and demand; what discussions he has had with the Deputy Prime Minister on this subject; and whether the estimates he has made of the required increase in housing supply take into account the protection of (a) rural areas, (b) the countryside and (c) greenbelt land.

(121437)

29   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what study he has made of the likely economic effect on the leasehold property market and occupational business leases of the changes to stamp duty proposed by the Finance Bill 2003.

(121438)

30   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions he has had with the Small Business Service about the impact of stamp duty on future business start-ups.

(121439)

31   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent representations he has received from the Small Business Service on his proposal to impose stamp duty on commercial leases.

(121440)

32   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the impact of changing the measurement used for the Monetary Policy Committee's inflation target on (a) the effectiveness of future monetary policy and (b) the credibility of monetary policy.

(121441)

33   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the changes in the rate of Stamp Duty which would be necessary, were the UK economy to operate under interest rates as set by the European Central Bank, to offset the interest rate sensitivity of the UK housing market.

(121442)

34   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what powers he has to alter the rate of stamp duty without parliamentary approval.

(121443)

35   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to influence the lending and borrowing decisions of (a) mortgage lenders and (b) borrowers in order to increase the proportion of mortgages with fixed rates.

(121444)

36   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the total additional revenue that will be raised from the proposals to increase the charge to lease duty contained in Section 56 and Schedule 5 of the Finance Bill.

(121446)

37
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on recent increases of security at ports and airports to counter illegal imports of meat.

(121270)

38
N   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his Answer of 14th April, Official Report, column 542W, on tax credits, how many (a) tax credit application forms have been sent out and (b) completed application forms have been received, in each month since February.

(121276)

39   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many lottery awards, and of what total value, were allocated to projects (a) in the UK and (b) in the City of Edinburgh local authority area in each year since 1997.

(121300)

40   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the events she plans to attend as part of the Government's euro roadshow.

(121400)

41   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what requests for information about the lottery activites and (a) Solutions RMC Ltd, (b) Breast Cancer Relief and (c) Breast Cancer Research Scotland the gaming board has made of Mr Robert Winter of Wendover, Buckinghamshire.

(121416)

42   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of income was spent on administration by the National Endowment for Service, Technology and the Arts in the last financial year.

(121337)

43   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment has been made of the returns generated by projects funded by the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts.

(121338)

44   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what projects the Commission for Architecture in the Built Environment has been involved with in West Wiltshire.

(121340)

45   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many copies of 'Pride of Place' have been sold; and what (a) was spent on and (b) income was received from 'Pride of Place.'

(121417)

46   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on (a) the performance-related targets her Department has set for the Commission for the Built Environment and (b) the performance against those targets for the most recent year for which data is available.

(121424)

47   Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the divisions between regions for Sport England funding (a) were between 2001 and 2003 and (b) will be between 2004 and 2006; and if she will make a statement.

(121305)

48   Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what factors underlay the decision to remove projects from Sport England for 2003-04; and if she will make a statement.

(121306)

49   Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funds were available to Sport England in (a) 2001, (b) 2002 and (c) 2003; and if she will make a statement.

(121307)

50   Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has made to ministerial colleagues in the (a) Treasury and (b) Office of the Deputy Prime Minister on rate relief for sports clubs; and if she will make a statement.

(121406)

51   Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to promote increased participation in volleyball in schools and sports clubs.

(121407)

52   Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made on the establishment of the English Institute of Sport.

(121408)

53   Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to promote greater co-operation between the sports administrators of the four home nations.

(121409)

54   Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made on the establishment of Regional Sports Boards; and if she will make a statement.

(121410)

55   Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the membership of Regional Sports Board.

(121411)

56   Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the nature of the recent Rugby Union Summit meeting.

(121412)

57   Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of the bookmakers industry regarding the future regulatory treatment of fixed odds betting machines; and if she will make a statement.

(121290)

58
N   Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was spent on printing departmental notepaper and publicity material showing (a) Lord McIntosh as Minister responsible for broadcasting, (b) the honourable Member for Sheffield Central as Minister responsible for sport and tourism and (c) the Right honourable Member for Birmingham, Yardley as Minister responsible for arts and film.

(121186)

59
N   Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been spent on reprinting departmental notepaper and publicity material following ministerial changes since 12th June.

(121241)

60
N   Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was spent on providing departmental notepaper and publicity material showing Lord McIntosh as the Minister responsible for tourism, film and broadcasting.

(121242)

61
N   Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential overlap between European future research programmes on global security and UK national defence programmes; and if he will make a statement.

(120505)

62
N   Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many interviews with Iraqi personnel thought to have information about weapons of mass destruction have been conducted by Coalition forces; and if he will make a statement.

(119591)

63
N   Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many samples of suspected chemical and biological agents have been (a) found and (b) confirmed by Coalition forces in Iraq; and if he will make a statement.

(119592)

64
N   Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the occasions on which his Department has held discussions with US officials about nuclear weapons during the last two years; and what aspects of nuclear weaponry were discussed on each occasion.

(119593)

65   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the dates and circumstances of civilian deaths in (a) Basra and (b) Umm Qasr since 20th March which have involved British military personnel.

(121537)

66   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the events he plans to attend as part of the Government's euro roadshow.

(121403)

67   Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many urgent operational requirements in excess of £500,000 his Department has approved (a) since 27th January and (b) since 1st November 2002; and what the total value is of such requirements in connection with operations in Iraq.

(121452)

68
N   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Memorandum of Understanding on missile defence signed between the US and United Kingdom on 12th June.

(121274)

69   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library (a) the Defence Clothing and Textiles Agency Annual Report and Accounts for financial years 1999-2000 and 2000-01, (b) the Joint Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre Annual Report and Accounts for financial year 1999-2000 and (c) the RAF Signals Engineering Establishment Annual Report and Accounts for financial year 1997-98.

(121493)

70   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the (a) Army Training and Recruiting Agency Secondary Healthcare Initiative, (b) Waiting List Initiative and (c) Rapid Treatment Initiative.

(121309)

71   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) armed forces personnel, broken down by (i) service and (ii) rank, and (b) civilian staff, broken down by grade, are working on drafting the new tri-service Bill; and under whose command, and at what location, the work is progressing.

(121296)

72   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the detailed qualification criteria for the General Service Medal for those who served in the Suez Canal Zone 1951-54 to be (a) formulated and (b) made public; whether broad qualification criteria will be made public beforehand; and if he will make a statement.

(121308)

73
N   Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement proposals to reduce the battalion strength of (a) the Royal Irish Regiment and (b) the Royal Anglians.

(120644)

74
N   Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Woking of 21st May, regarding Mr Paul Connolly, a Gulf War veteran.

(121067)

75
N   Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how large the task force is which is looking for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq broken down by (a) scientists, (b) army personnel and (c) others; and if she will list the job categories of those in (c) above.

(121013)

76   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which units have been subjected to compulsory drugs testing since January 2002; and how many personnel tested positive in each unit, broken down by substance.

(121331)

77   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many convictions there were for drug-related offences among armed forces personnel in the latest year for which data is available.

(121332)

78   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of each of the armed forces tested positive for the use of controlled substances in the latest year for which data is available (a) as a proportion of those tested and (b) by substance.

(121333)

79   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cases of infections (a) broken down by diagnosis and (b) as a proportion of population at risk there were among service personnel deployed in the Gulf in 2003.

(121335)

80   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures have been taken to ensure that healthcare funding in the armed forces does not fall in relation to that available under the NHS.[R]

(121450)

81   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on progress to update married quarters in Warminster.

(131334)

82   Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow, Govan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British armed forces personnel are stationed in Iraq from (a) regular and (b) reserve forces.

(121304)

83   Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many sites in Iraq suspected of links to possible covert weapons of mass destruction programmes have been searched by (a) the Iraq Survey Group and (b) other Coalition personnel; and how many identified suspect sites have yet to be searched.

(121289)

84   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what special assistance is given to (a) service and (b) ex-service personnel who are facing financial difficulties; and if he will make a statement.

(121520)

85   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to encourage ex-service personnel to rejoin the armed forces; and if he will make a statement on the value of ex-service personnel to the armed forces.

(121521)

86   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what help is given to ex-service personnel who have difficulty in returning to civilian life; and if he will make a statement on his assessment of the emotional changes that can result.

(121522)

87   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what consultations his Department has had with the Department of Health concerning the adequacy of existing planning guidance in respect of new care home developments.

(121489)

88   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the events he plans to attend as part of the Government's euro roadshow.

(121393)

89   Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what support he received from respondents to the soundings exercise from or about Cornwall and Scilly (a) in favour of a south West Assembly and (b) in favour of a Cornish Assembly.

(121485)

90   Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, in what circumstances and at what stage he plans to review the boundaries of the current Government-defined regions for the purpose of future discussions about directly elected Regional Assemblies.

(121486)

91   Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, with reference to each consultation his Department has had on Government policy to create regional assemblies, how many responses from or about Cornwall and Scilly he has received (a) in total, (b) which support the option of a referendum on a Cornish Assembly, (c) which support a proposition for a Cornish Assembly, (d) which support the option of having a referendum on a South West Assembly, (e) which support a South West Assembly, (f) which oppose any referendum and (g) which oppose the creation of any directly planned assembly.

(121487)

92
N   Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many affordable houses have been built in each year since 1997 in the Romsey constituency; if he will list each development and the cost; and if he will make a statement on plans for the future.

(120439)

93   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on trends in homelessness among young people (a) in the South West, (b) in Wiltshire and (c) in West Wiltshire.

(121330)

94   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what funding the Commission for the Built Environment receives from the Department.

(121339)

95   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on plans his Department have to tighten planning controls on mobile phone masts in built-up areas.

(121341)

96   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the impact of regulations on the building industry on balancing demand and supply in the housing market; and what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry regarding regulation of the building industry.

(121445)

97   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what is the estimated cost is of (a) setting up and (b) the annual running cost of a regional Assembly in the North West.

(121472)

98   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the costs of running an elected regional assembly will come out of the existing regional budget.

(121473)

99
N   Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many planning appeals affecting travellers have been allowed in each year from 1997.

(121233)

100
N   Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of illegal traveller encampments.

(121234)

101
N   Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, under what circumstances travellers can be granted planning permission when it would be denied to non-travellers.

(121235)

102   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the events he plans to attend as part of the Government's euro roadshow.

(121389)

103   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 12th June, Official Report, column 1022W, when he will place in the Library a copy of the Go Karts video of the Early Literacy Support programme.

(121553)

104   Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average salary of a teacher in (a) Blackpool and (b) Lancashire was in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2003.

(121348)

105   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 19th May from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Annaliese Katherine Ginnaw.

(121433)

106
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what mechanisms the Minister for Children will establish between the services transferred to the Department for Education and Skills, and the relevant services remaining in the Department of Health, to ensure the development of a comprehensive Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service.

(121240)

107   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many taught Masters degrees (a) were awarded and (b) were enrolled for in each year since 1992.

(121329)

108
N   Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether schools in Leicestershire that use money from building budgets to maintain teachers in post will be required to repay that money.

(121012)

109   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools in England make forms of contraception available to pupils; what counselling is given; and what plans he has to abolish the practice of making contraception available.

(121511)

110   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what consultation takes place with parents of school children before deciding whether their schools will be allowed to make forms of contraception available to pupils.

(121512)

111   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of easy access to contraception in schools on sexual promiscuity in underage teenagers; and if he will make a statement.

(121513)

112   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures have been taken since 1997 to reduce cases of truancy from schools; and what plans he has to improve schools' links with local police to catch truanting children.

(121514)

113   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action may be taken against parents who knowingly allow and encourage their children to truant from school; and how many parents have had action taken against them since 1997.

(121515)

114   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures are in place to ensure that parents who are unable to control whether their children attend school do not have action taken against them.

(121516)

115   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to introduce random drug testing in schools; and what assessment has been made of levels of drug taking in schools, and its effects.

(121517)

116   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what punishment may be given to pupils found to have (a) dealt drugs and (b) taken drugs on school premises; and if he will make a statement on measures taken since 1997 to reduce drug abuse in schools.

(121518)

117   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what lessons on the dangers of drugs and drug taking are given to school pupils as a part of the curriculum; and what assessment he has made of the value this form of information.

(121519)

118
N   Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans there are (a) to mark and register Dartmoor ponies and (b) to prosecute owners of such ponies who neglect their herds; and if she will make a statement.

(120506)

119   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the events she plans to attend as part of the Government's euro roadshow.

(121387)

120   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of whether there is a need to test the safety of GM food in addition to the requirements of Regulation 258/97/EC.

(121293)

121   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of (a) trials and (b) research (i) in the UK, (ii) in the USA and (iii) elsewhere on the health and biochemical effects of consuming GM foods.

(121294)

122   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what evidence she has collated that consuming GM food is (a) safe and (b) unsafe; and if she will make a statement.

(121295)

123   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations she has received on the mid-term review of the Common Agricultural Policy.

(121350)

124
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how she estimates British agriculture is likely to benefit through Pillar 2 funding in the next 12 months.

(121269)

125
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 responsibility for security at ports and airports to counter illegal imports of meat.

(121271)

126   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action will be taken by the Environment Agency in respect of the air quality problems suffered in Castle Point over the last five months.

(121541)

127   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has for improved air quality monitoring for Castle Point and the surrounding areas.

(121542)

128   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency plans she has put in place to deal with future air quality problems in Castle Point and surrounding areas.

(121543)

129   Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Iraqis have been tried in proceedings initiated or authorised by the British occupation authorities for offences committed (a) before and (b) after the occupation of Iraq; and what legislative procedures have been used in these trials.

(121483)

130
N   Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will resolve the case ref GV 100/82635/SD; and when a decison will be taken to determine whether the honourable Member for West Chelmsford's constituent's partner's appeal has been successful.

(120401)

131   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Government of Uganda on the protection of people in the north and east of Uganda from rebel action.

(121540)

132   Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what offers have been received for the British Consulate in San Francisco; what the cost is of the proposed replacement including fees for advisers and realtors; and whether the newly purchased building is leasehold.

(121455)

133   Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the grades were of the civil servants, and what the total cost was of, the visits of two groups of civil servants to San Francisco to inspect the British Consulate, broken down by (a) travel, (b) subsistence and (c) other costs; how many other properties they inspected; and what length of time was taken for the two visits.

(121456)

134   Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what size the present consulate in San Francisco is in square feet; and what the size is of the replacement building.

(121554)

135
N   Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received about leading members of the Muslim Association of Britain having links with Hamas.

(121239)

136   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the events he plans to attend as part of the Government's euro roadshow.

(121402)

137   Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library a list of the organisations in EU applicant states which have been in receipt of Community funds in the past 12 months under the Information and Communications Strategy; what proportion of those bodies (a) favour and (b) oppose accession; and if he will make a statement.

(121467)

138   Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if his Department has, since 1997, raised objections to aspects of European Commission communications activities (a) in the UK and (b) in applicant states; and if he will make a statement.

(121468)

139   Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the documents received by his Department on the management of the European Commission's communications activities in EU applicant states over the past 12 months.

(121469)

140   Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the areas of decision-making by unanimity under the present European Community and Union Treaties which transfer to qualified majority voting in the Convention draft EU constitution, broken down by article of the draft constitution; what his policy is on the acceptability of each; and if he will make a statement.

(121470)

141   Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 5th June, Official Report, column 515W, on EU information campaigns, if he will deposit in the Library copies of (a) county profiles, (b) personality and political party or group assessments and (c) campaign strategies arising from the application of the Commission's Information and Communication Strategy for the EU; and if he will make a statement.

(121525)

142   Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of recent British policy on Burma, with particular regard to improving the Burmese human rights record.

(121354)

143   Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell & Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to support Taiwan's efforts to be granted observer status at the World Health Organisation.

(121322)

144   Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow, Govan): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent measures have been taken to support British citizens in Zimbabwe.

(121301)

145   Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK citizens employed as lorry drivers were arrested, detained and released in France where a judge has failed to authorise their continued detention in each year since 1997.

(121355)

146   Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK citizens employed as lorry drivers were released from France and then subsequently committed to be extradited in each year since 1997.

(121356)

147   Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with sub-Saharan African counterparts regarding the situation in (a) Zimbabwe and (b) the Great Lakes region.

(121288)

148   Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Zimbabwean nationals normally covered by the travel sanctions imposed by the EU have been granted dispensations to travel to the European Union since the imposing of sanctions; and on what grounds such dispensations were given.

(121323)

149   Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when pulmonary rehabilitation will be available to lung patients in all parts of the country.

(121448)

150   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many district general hospitals offer pulmonary rehabilitation services; and whether it is his policy to extend and fund the pulmonary rehabilitation services in all such hospitals.

(121282)

151   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the proportion of children and teenagers who smoke.

(121353)

152   Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to each health authority in order to implement the fluoridation of public drinking water.

(121459)

153   Mrs Janet Dean (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of nurses employed by the NHS who are from the black and ethnic minority community; and if he will list the percentage for each nursing grade.

(121312)

154   Mrs Janet Dean (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of NHS doctors who are from the black and ethnic minority community; and if he will list the percentage for (a) consultant and (b) non-consultant grades.

(121313)

155   Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent undertakings have been given to the Government of South Africa about the recruitment of health staff; how many South African health care companies have been asked to tender for private contracts for the provision of care to NHS patients; and what restrictions the British Government intend to impose on the South African staff working for such companies.

(121457)

156   Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the terms of the offer to tender for diagnostic treatment centres to private health companies will differ from those being offered to health care trusts for similar services; and what rate of return he expects to include in such contracts.

(121458)

157   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the events he plans to attend as part of the Government's euro roadshow.

(121390)

158   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take lead responsibility for the Government response to the Office of Fair Trading report on pharmacy contract limitation.

(121321)

159   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to make a progress report with regard to his response to the OFT's recommendations on pharmacy contract limitation.

(121349)

160
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will publish the responses to the consultation exercise on the Mental Health Bill.

(121236)

161
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the Mental Health Bill; and what impact the consultation exercise has had on the Bill's provisions.

(121237)

162
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the arrangements are for passing on community health council records to their successor bodies.

(121238)

163   Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding has been given to Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Trust since May 1997.

(121534)

164   Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on funding for care for the elderly living in Cleethorpes constituency.

(121536)

165
N   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints there have been about Prime Care in (a) 2002 and (b) 2003.

(121068)

166
N   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many deaths are estimated to have occurred whilst waiting for an on call doctor to arrive in (a) 2002 and (b) 2003; and how many of these involve Prime Care.

(121069)

167
N   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total value is of NHS contracts with Prime Care (a) in 2002 and (b) projected for 2003.

(121070)

168
N   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the minimum standards are for out of hours on call doctors (a) to speak by telephone to a patient and (b) to visit a patient at home.

(121071)

169
N   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many home visits there were out of hours by doctors in (a) 1973, (b) 1980, (c) 1990, (d) 2000 and (e) 2002.

(121072)

170   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the impact has been on the NHS to date of the compulsory mobilisation of reserve forces medical personnel for service in the Gulf.

(121336)

171   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS trusts have not conducted a practical exercise to test their major incident plan.

(121345)

172   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the dissemination of lessons learned from major incident exercises by the Health Protection Agency will be made public.

(121346)

173   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the involvement of the NHS with Civil Contingency Reaction Forces.

(121347)

174   Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received about funding for the Rainbows Children's Hospice; and if he will make a statement.

(121449)

175   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding was available for (a) capital and (b) running costs for neonatal intensive care services in the last two years; and what funding will be made available in the current year to enable the service to implement the recommendations of the neonatal intensive care services review.

(121546)

176   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what expenditure for (a) capital and (b) running costs (i) was available prior to the statement made in the Department's March 2003 report on Neonatal Intensive Care Services and (ii) was promised in that statement as purely additional sums.

(121547)

177   Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, from which (a) organisational bodies and (b) individuals he has recently received representations concerning the possibility of embryo selection through in-vitro fertilisation procedures.

(121357)

178   Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 18th June, Official Report, column 280W, what categories of statistics are held by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.

(121451)

179   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what areas of the UK receive water supplies which are fluoridated, broken down by (a) water authority and (b) the date fluoridation commenced.

(121425)

180   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information he has collated on the safety of fluoride in the human body.

(121426)

181   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines are given to dentists regarding fluoride mouthwashes.

(121427)

182   Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Nottingham North, dated 9th June, relating to the early release of the killer of Mrs Jean Freeman.

(121545)

183
N   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will publish a draft code of practice relating to the proposed use of the powers to disperse groups of people in the Anti-Social Behaviour Bill.

(121168)

184
N   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will publish additional guidance to accompany the Anti-Social Behaviour Bill.

(121169)

185
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 18th June, Official Report, column 265W, on passports, when the UK Passport Service last undertook such an exercise; and what the results were.

(121275)

186   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the events he plans to attend as part of the Government's euro roadshow.

(121401)

187   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 6th May from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mohmed Abushema.

(121431)

188   Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance his Department has issued to the police on their role in (a) education about and (b) enforcement of standards of road use.[R]

(121492)

189   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the number of anti-social behaviour orders issued in North Yorkshire in (a) 2000, (b) 2001 and (c) 2002.

(121352)

190   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what evidence is collected centrally to benchmark (a) health outcomes and (b) healthcare provision in the prison population against the population at large.

(121343)

191   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures have been put in place to ensure that prisoners receive prompt thrombolysis.

(121344)

192   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional responsibilities have been placed on police inspectors and chief inspectors by (a) legislation and (b) changes in policing methods since 1994.

(121320)

193   Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow, Govan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his Department's assessment is of the impact of closed circuit television cameras on crime.

(121303)

194   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on a European framework law to govern the prosecution of terrorism.

(121404)

195   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list the events the Secretary of State for International Development plans to attend as part of the Government's euro roadshow.

(121391)

196
N   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what reports he has received on whether (a) the military air traffic control system sold by BAe Systems to the Tanzanian Government is in use and (b) a civilian air traffic control system supplied subsequently to Tanzania is now in use.

(121015)

197   Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell & Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the efforts and contributions made by the Government in the reconstruction of Afghanistan.

(121298)

198   Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow, Govan): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made with the Department's support for tuberculosis (a) vaccination and (b) treatment in Pakistan.

(121302)

199   Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the Department's contributions to the negotiations surrounding the World Trade Organisation.

(121358)

200   Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many game fishing licences were issued by (a) the Foyle Fisheries Commission and Loughs Agency and (b) the Fisheries Conservancy Board for Northern Ireland in each of the last five years, broken down by (i) daily and (ii) weekly licences issued; and how many endorsements were issued for (A) the Foyle Fisheries Commission and Loughs Agency licences and (B) the Fisheries Conservancy Board area.

(121419)

201   Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) salmon, (b) grilse and (c) sea trout passed upstream through the trap on the River Bush at Bushmills in each month in each of the last five years and to the end of May.

(121420)

202   Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many salmon smolts he estimates were naturally produced by salmon and grilse in the River Bush and passed to the sea in each of the last five years; how many hatchery-produced smolts passed to the sea in each of those years; by what means each of these classes of smolts were marked; and what his estimate is of the (a) number and (b) percentage of returning adult fish from (i) naturally produced smolts and (ii) hatchery-produced smolts.

(121421)

203   Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when, and for what year, the last annual report of the Foyle Fisheries Commission was published; when the outstanding annual reports will be published; when the outstanding annual reports of the Loughs Agency relating to fisheries will be published; and what has been the reason for the delay in producing these reports.

(121422)

204   Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many permits to fish for migrating fish in each of the stretches of the River Bush under the control of his Department were issued in each month in each of the last five years and to the end of May 2003; how many fish were (a) caught, (b) killed and (c) released; and what sums have been received in respect of such permits in each month.

(121423)

205   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the events he plans to attend as part of the Government's euro roadshow.

(121399)

206   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the Invest NI contracts awarded to PricewaterhouseCoopers, giving the value of each.

(121530)

207   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of Invest NI's accountancy and consultancy contracts have been awarded to PricewaterhouseCoopers (a) in 2002-03 and (b) to date in 2003-04.

(121531)

208   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the five top earning providers from the individual learning accounts scheme in Northern Ireland, and the amount paid to each organisation.

(121532)

209   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost was of policing the Junior Orange parade in Portadown in (a) the morning and (b) the afternoon of Saturday 31st May; and how many personnel from (i) the Police Service of Northern Ireland, (ii) the Army and (iii) other agencies were involved in policing the event.

(121533)

210   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to increase the number of operating department practitioners in Northern Ireland.

(121315)

211   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many patients within the (a) Ulster Community and Hospitals Trust and (b) Causeway Trust catchment areas are awaiting occupational therapy assessment.

(121316)

212   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) individuals convicted of murder and (b) others have been released as a result of the 1998 Belfast Agreement early release scheme.

(121317)

213   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many prisoners released early through the 1998 Belfast Agreement early release scheme have subsequently been convicted of further offences.

(121318)

214   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on Early Day Motion 1382 (Neurosurgery in Northern Ireland).

(121405)

215   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the President of the Council, if he will make a statement on the location of the office of his Department following the reshuffle.

(121461)

216   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Prime Minister, which minister is the appointed minister under section 23 of the Care Standards Act 2000 in respect of children.

(121488)

217   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the events he plans to attend as part of the Government's euro roadshow.

(121394)

218   Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list those referenda (a) which have taken place and (b) which have been pledged since May 1997; if he will list (i) the votes in favour and (ii) the votes against, and calculate those figures as a percentage of eligible votes; and if he will make a statement on his policy towards identifying criteria for holding referenda.

(121466)

219   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Prime Minister, which Ministry in which Department is responsible for Justices of the Peace in Greater Manchester.

(121430)

220   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Prime Minister, what his estimate is of the total costs of the reorganisation of Government announced on 18th June, assuming all items are implemented as proposed.

(121482)

221   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the events he plans to attend as part of the Government's euro roadshow.

(121397)

222   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what his London office address is.

(121477)

223   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the estimated (a) administrative costs and (b) budget for the Scotland Office are for 2003-04; and how these have changed following the changes set out in the Prime Minister's statement of 18th June.

(121480)

224   Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, for what reason data gathered from the testing of gas meters that have been reported as faulty by consumers is not published.

(121299)

225   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the events she plans to attend as part of the Government's euro roadshow.

(121395)

226   Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment her Department has made of the consequences of dumping of goods by developed countries upon trade liberalisation in developing countries.

(121283)

227   Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that intellectual property laws in the UK do not inhibit access to drugs in developing countries, with particular reference to the treatment of HIV and AIDS.

(121319)

228   Mr Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on her plans for reform of the framework for company insolvency in cases where a service provider on a contingent fee basis has ceased trading because it is insolvent.

(121286)

229
N   Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the prospects for the remanufacture of laser and inkjet printer cartridges industry, with special reference to changes in European Law.

(121014)

230
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, to which African countries her Department has granted export licences for arms in the last six months.

(121272)

231
N   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 5th June, Official Report, column 538W, on veterinary medicines, what period will be allowed for public consultation; when it will commence; what methods of public consultation will be undertaken; and whether the consultation will be undertaken before the publication of the Government response to the Office of Fair Trading report.

(121004)

232   Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on Oftel's policy on special offers in the telecommunications market; and what mechanisms are in place to ensure repeated special offers do not distort the telecommunications market.

(121527)

233   Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether there is a statutory duty for Oftel to respond to formal complaints from alternative operators regarding uncompetitive practices from competitors; and what is the maximum time permitted for Oftel to deal with a complaint.

(121528)

234   Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, by what criteria Oftel decides to use (a) The Competition Act 1998 and (b) the Telecommunications Act 1984 when pursuing anti-competitive practices.

(121529)

235   Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many instances there were of vehicle excise duty evasion in (a) England and (b) London broken down by local authority, in each year since 1997.

(121523)

236   Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the cost of vehicle excise duty evasion in England, broken down by local authority, in each year since 1997.

(121524)

237
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the names and addresses of the members of each rail passengers' committee, stating in each case whether they were (a) elected, (b) nominated and (c) appointed, and by whom.

(121243)

238
N   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on major improvements to the incidence of slips and trips on the national rail network since 2001.

(121244)

239   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the events he plans to attend as part of the Government's euro roadshow.

(121398)

240   Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cars were clamped by the DVLA in the Ogmore constituency (a) in the week commencing 9th June, (b) in the month preceding 9th June and (c) in the previous year.

(121314)

241   Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on (a) the inclusion of powered two-wheelers in the development of an integrated transport policy and (b) the development of a national motorcycle strategy.[R]

(121490)

242   Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Home Secretary concerning the role of the police in enforcing standards of road use.[R]

(121491)

243   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the levels of overcrowding on trains have been in each year since 1992.

(121342)

244   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the events he plans to attend as part of the Government's euro roadshow.

(121396)

245   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what his London office address is.

(121476)

246   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the estimated (a) administrative costs and (b) budget for the Wales Office are for 2003-04; and how these have changed following the changes set out in the Prime Minister's statement of 18th June.

(121479)

247   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consultation took place with other government departments in devising housing advice services to older people within the Third Age Service.

(121544)

248
N   Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if it is his policy to make regular deductions from benefits payments of people in receipt of certain benefits (a) to repay debt and (b) to pay for current energy consumption.

(120594)

249
N   Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the (a) universal bank and (b) development funding for credit unions will be in place.

(120595)

250   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the total United Kingdom benefit and tax credit expenditure which forms the last line of Table 1: Benefit and Tax Credit expenditure by DWP objective (nominal terms) in the Benefit Expenditure Tables found at http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd4/expenditure.htm, if he will list the types of tax credit, benefits payment and other components which comprise the quoted figures; for each type of tax credit, benefit payment and other component, whether, according to the accounting methods employed in the 2003 Budget, they are classified as negative tax revenues, Government spending or a combination of the two; and for each tax credit, benefit payment and other component, what amount of tax was refunded and Government spending was incurred for each year since 2001-02 to the latest year for which figures are projected.

(121328)

251   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the events he plans to attend as part of the Government's euro roadshow.

(121388)

252
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether pensions and benefits can be paid directly into National Savings accounts.

(121273)

253   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the extent of delays in processing claims for means-tested benefits.

(121495)

254   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time for completion of a new claim for means-tested benefits is (a) at the Norwich Pension Service office, (b) at the Pension Service broken down by county and (c) across the UK.

(121496)

255   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many hours of staff absence there have been among Pension Service employees each month in the last two years.

(121497)

256   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time is for written correspondence relating to claims for means-tested benefits to be dealt with by (a) the Norwich Pension Service office and (b) Pension Service offices across the UK.

(121498)

257   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many telephone calls on average have been received per day by (a) the Norwich Pension Service office and (b) Pension Service offices across the UK in the last three months.

(121499)

258   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on levels of staff turnover in the Pension Service.

(121500)

259   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the incidence of stress-related illness among Pension Service staff.

(121501)

260   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what programmes have been implemented to train Jobcentre Plus staff for their new responsibilities in respect of working-age benefits; and if he will make a statement.

(121502)

261   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what advertising campaign his Department will implement to raise awareness of the pension credit.

(121310)

262   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria are used to select those pensioners to whom his Department plans to write about the introduction of pension credit before October.

(121311)

263   Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases were dealt with by the CSA in each of the last five years in Cleethorpes constituency.

(121535)

264
N   Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were (a) contracted out and (b) not contracted out of the state earnings-related pension scheme or the state second pension in each year since 1994-95.

(121245)

265
N   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will propose amendments to Section 50 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 to ensure that future pension up-ratings are at least in line with the Retail Prices Index.

(121246)

266
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, if he will list for each magistrates bench where his Department is responsible for appointments (a) the political balance of the bench and (b) the voting pattern for the area.

(121100)

267   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, when he intends to reply to the letter to the Lord Chancellor dated 15th May from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs Sheila Burns.

(121434)

268   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, when he intends to reply to the letter to the Lord Chancellor dated 12th May from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr A. Ali.

(121435)

269   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, how many officials, broken down by grade, are working on the draft of the new tri-service Bill which will replace the Army, Navy and Air Force Discipline Acts; and if he will make a statement.

(121297)

270   Mr Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, what assessment the Lord Chancellor has made of the need to review legal aid for personal injury claims where a provider of legal services on a contingent fee basis has gone out of business through insolvency.

(121285)

271   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, when the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council last met.

(121460)

272   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, how many civil servants formerly employed in the (a) Wales and (b) Scotland offices will transfer to his Department; and how many will not transfer.

(121474)

273   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, what the address is of the London office of (a) the Wales office, (b) the Scotland office and (c) the Department for Constitutional Affairs.

(121475)

274   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, what the budget is for his Department for (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2004-05.

(121478)

275   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, what his estimate is of the costs of (a) an Independent Appointments Commission for judges and (b) the (i) office and (ii) salary of Speaker of the House of Lords.

(121481)

276   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, what plans he has to bring forward supplementary estimates.

(121484)

277   Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking in concert with other Government departments to reduce agricultural barriers within the EU before the WTO Ministerial meeting in Cancun in September.

[Transferred] (121287)

278   Mr Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has had concerning payment of redundancy payments to employees of the Accident Group; and if she will make a statement.

[Transferred] (121284)

279   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether an English region voting for an elected assembly will be given more money to spend by central government as a result.

[Transferred] (121471)