Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2002 - 03
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The Order Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 3 July 2003

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Thursday 3 July 2003, of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

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

THURSDAY 3rd JULY

1   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when the contract for regulating the Landfill Tax Credit scheme was last awarded to ENTRUST; whether the contract was awarded by (a) tender and (b) open competition; how the contract was advertised; and when the current contract expired.

(123618)

2   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what measures are in place to ensure that the operations of ENTRUST (a) provide value for money and (b) remain within ENTRUST's remit.

(123619)

3   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer to whom the directors of ENTRUST report at annual general meetings of ENTRUST; and if he will make a statement.

(123620)

4   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer to whom the assets of ENTRUST revert in the event of ENTRUST ceasing to trade.

(123621)

5   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on ENTRUST's obligations to the Government, with specific reference to how (a) the meeting of these obligations is financed and (b) value for money is secured.

(123623)

6   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what guidelines (a) his Department and (b) HM Customs and Excise has issued regarding the appointment of directors to the Board of Directors of ENTRUST.

(123624)

7   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what guidelines his Department has issued regarding the appointment of directors to the Board of Directors of the Financial Services Authority.

(123625)

8   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many directors of the Board of the Financial Services Authority have (a) past and (b) current experience of working in the financial services industry; and if he will list them.

(123626)

9   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many directors of the Board of ENTRUST have (a) past and (b) current experience of working for landfill operators; and if he will list them.

(123627)

10   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the directors of ENTRUST and their occupations.

(123628)

11   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the directors of the Financial Services Authority and their occupations.

(123629)

12   Jane Griffiths (Reading East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will extend the baby element of the child tax credit to each baby under a year old from a multiple birth; and if he will make a statement.

(123674)

13
N   Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what he estimates the effect on current receipts would have been in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05, (c) 2005-06, (d) 2006-07 and (e) 2007-08 if the income tax system had been changed such that (i) the basic rate limit for 2003-04 had been set at £45,385, increasing thereafter in accordance with the normal indexation procedure, (ii) the higher rate of income tax applicable to taxable income above a basic rate limit of £45,385 in 2003-04 and an indexed level thereafter had been set at 50 per cent. in 2003-04 and all subsequent years and (iii) a 60 per cent marginal rate of income tax had been applied to annual income above £100,000 in 2003-04, with this threshold being indexed in accordance with the normal procedure thereafter; and if he will set out the assumptions concerning changes to economic behaviour, including (A) hours worked by people in different income brackets, (B) changes in consumption levels and (C) decisions on country location taken by companies and individuals that inform this calculation.

(123358)

14
N   Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the effect of introducing a 60 per cent. marginal rate of income tax on annual income above £100,000 on (a) GDP and (b) current receipts after (i) one year, (ii) five years and (iii) 10 years; and if he will set out the assumptions on which the calculation is based.

(123359)

15   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his policy to publish the Penrose report on Equitable Life in full as soon as it is received.

(123808)

16
N   Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many employees are aged (a) 16 and (b) 17.

(122879)

17
N   Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what provision has been made by the Inland Revenue to deal with (a) changes in payments and (b) written and telephone queries in respect of child tax credit for term-time workers during the summer months.

(122880)

18   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the tax rises he has introduced since 1997.

(123554)

19   Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contracts Sigma Aerospace Ltd has with the RAF to service Hercules engines; and what plans there are to move this work (a) to and (b) from RAF Lyneham.

(123650)

20
N   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many United Kingdom service personnel are deployed in Colombia; and what the equivalent figure was in each of the past five years.

(123449)

21
N   Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) armed services personnel, (b) other non-Iraqi personnel and (c) Iraqi personnel are involved in maintaining peace and law and order in Iraq; in which areas these personnel operate; and if he will list (i) violent incidents in which they have been involved, (ii) fatalities and (iii) casualties since 23rd April.

(122473)

22   Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the pension trough affecting personnel retiring between 1976 and 1978; and what estimate his Department has made of the cost of correcting the anomaly.

(123586)

23   Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how he intends to ensure that the operation of Watchkeeper unmanned aerial vehicles in UK airspace complies with Civil Aviation Authority requirements.

(123605)

24   Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF personnel have been members of the Watchkeeper Integrated Projet Team, and in what capacities.

(123606)

25   Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans that (a) manned and (b) unmanned aircraft will be part of the Watchkeeper programme; what the Civil Aviation Authority's requirements are in terms of the qualifications required for the operation of these vehicles in UK (i) controlled and (ii) uncontrolled airspace; and what the flying qualifications are, including total flying hours, aircraft type ratings and instrument ratings of each member of the Integrated Project Team managing this project.

(123607)

26   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Challenger II tanks are operated by each armoured regiment; and what reserve is held (a) centrally and (b) by regiments.

(123546)

27   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Government's policy is on the MRAV programme; and what variants of the type he intends to procure.

(123547)

28   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much money has been paid to UK forces personnel who have served on Operation Telic in respect of Local Overseas Allowance and Longer Separated Service Allowance payments.

(123548)

29   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many flying hours were flown in total by Phoenix unmanned aerial vehicles in Iraq.

(123549)

30   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements his Department has in place with civilian airlines to provide emergency airlift.

(123550)

31   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether under the proposed Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft PFI (a) the contractor and (b) his Department will be responsible for war damage.

(123551)

32   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which RAF units remain in the Gulf region in support of Operation Telic; and what plans he has (a) to deploy further units and (b) to replace those in theatre.

(123651)

33   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which ships remain in the Gulf region in support of Operation Telic; and what plans he has (a) to deploy further units and (b) to replace those in theatre.

(123652)

34   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications for Premature Voluntary Release have been received by each service since 1st January.

(123653)

35   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many FV430 series armoured vehicles are operational with the Army; and what the (a) oldest and (b) youngest FV430 vehicle in service is.

(123654)

36
N   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether all troops in the Gulf are fully equipped with desert clothing; and if he will make a statement.

(122977)

37
N   Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his timetable is for the issuing of the newly-awarded Suez Canal Zone medal to veterans.

(123360)

38
N   Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to issue to veterans the newly-awarded Suez Canal Zone medal prior to Remembrance Day 2003.

(123361)

39
N   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what quantity of (a) arms and (b) munitions have been sold to interests in the Republic of Congo in the last three years; and if he will make a statement.

(123417)

40   Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow, Govan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on (a) Territorial Army personnel in Iraq and (b) the expected numbers stationed there over the next six months.

(123479)

41   Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow, Govan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on his discussions on the aircraft carrier contract with BAe Systems and Thales.

(123481)

42   Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the purpose is of the new tritium plant being built at the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston.

(123486)

43   Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how the Department plans to secure tritium supplies after production ceases at Chapelcross.

(123487)

44   Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future of nuclear deterrence policy, with special reference to Rolls Royce Marine Power Operations Limited's decommissioning from 2013.

(123488)

45   Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 11th June, Official Report, column 915W, on scientific exchanges, if he will list the United States departments and establishments that were visited by AWE personnel.

(123589)

46   Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether, pursuant to his Answer of 11th June, Official Report, column 915W, on scientific exchanges, if he will list the United States departments and establishments from which visitors to AWE have come.

(123590)

47   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member for Central Fife of 30th June, Official Report, column 41W, on Iraq, if he will (a) examine reports of Iraqi deaths from eyewitness correspondents embedded with the military in the invasion of Iraq, (b) request the Coalition provisional authority to make a survey of deaths reported in hospitals in Iraq, from 19th March to 1st May, arising from military conflict and (c) make the estimating of Iraqi military deaths part of the aim of interrogation of Iraqi military commanders in custody.

(123762)

48   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for the City of York, of 23rd June, Official Report, column 698W, on missile defence, if he will list the names and qualifications of the relevant scientific and medical authorities; and if he will place in the Library copies of the documents on which his comments on potential risk from phased-array radar emissions are based.

(123819)

49   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will ensure that the medals for service in the Canal Zone, now awarded to Suez veterans, will be issued within six months.

(123631)

50   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British special force troops remain in Afghanistan.

(123594)

51   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the contraction, spread and treatment of (a) severe diarrhoea and (b) cholera amongst the troops in Iraq.

(123595)

52   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the status of the Defence Medical Services.

(123596)

53   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to improve prevention of the spread of disease among troops in battle.

(123598)

54   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what action he has taken to prevent the spread of disease among troops in the Gulf.

(123599)

55   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to withdraw troops from Afghanistan.

(123630)

56   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans the Government has to allow owners and tenants of do-it-yourself shared ownership schemes to gain right to buy discounts when purchasing the full share of their home.

(123471)

57   Martin Linton (Battersea): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the impact on the Battersea constituency of his Department's housing and planning policies and actions since April 2001.

(123669)

58   Martin Linton (Battersea): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many affordable homes have been built in Battersea since 1997.

(123672)

59   Valerie Davey (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the performance of the Connexions service as a universal advice service for all young people.

(123693)

60   Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many vacancies there are for (a) primary and (b) secondary school teachers in the Somerset LEA.

(123581)

61   Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people resident in (a) Taunton constituency and (b) Somerset are (i) further and (ii) higher education students.

(123582)

62   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of the average capped GCSE/GNVQ point scores was obtained by (a) GSCE results and (b) GNVQ results by pupils in (i) sports colleges, (ii) technology colleges, (iii) languages colleges and (iv) arts colleges in each year between 1995 and 2002.

(123587)

63   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of the average capped GCSE/GNVQ point scores was obtained by (a) GCSE results and (b) GNVQ results by pupils in (i) grammar schools, (ii) secondary modern schools, (iii) non-specialist comprehensives and (iv) specialist comprehensives in each year between 1995 and 2002.

(123591)

64
N   Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what arrangements are in place for monitoring standards in childcare centres.

(123285)

65   Martin Linton (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the effect of the national literacy strategy on literacy skills amongst primary school children in Battesea.

(123670)

66
N   Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers have taken part in courses to raise awareness of young carers since 1999.

(123340)

67   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what he is doing to improve the education and information available to teenagers in state funded schools with regard to (a) sexually transmitted diseases, (b) alcohol, (c) drugs and (d) smoking cigarettes.

(123593)

68
N   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many university students in England studied as (a) full-time and (b) part-time in each year from 1996-97 to 2002-03.

(123067)

69
N   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what his Department's estimate is of the income from bursaries that he has calculated with his proposals for university income after 2005-06.

(123068)

70
N   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people have gross earnings of £2,000 per week or more; and what proportion of those with gross earnings of £2,000 per week or more have a Level 4 qualification or higher.

(123069)

71
N   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the oral Answer of the Prime Minister to the honourable Member for Poole, of 25th June, Official Report, column 1047, how many of the additional 25,000 teachers have qualified teacher status; what status the remaining teachers have; and what their distribution is by (a) primary and (b) secondary sectors.

(123152)

72
N   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 25th November, Official Report, column 93W, on school standards, what progress has been made on the survey of the extent to which targets for educating excluded pupils are met; and when the results will be published.

(123281)

73
N   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of people earning £800 or more per week have level 4 qualifications.

(123357)

74   Mr Harold Best (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Government has for further reform of the Common Agricultural Policy.

(123686)

75   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cattle were slaughtered owing to bovine TB in each year since 1997 (a) in Shrewsbury and Atcham and (b) in Shropshire.

(123694)

76   Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will investigate the reports she has received that ospreys have been shot and their nest site destroyed in the area surrounding the River Eden in North Cumbria; and if she will make a statement.

(123561)

77
N   Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the antibiotics to which marker genes used in the production of genetically modified crops convey resistance, and the veterinary uses of antibiotics.

(123450)

78   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the outcome of the recent Ospar meeting in Germany; and what the implications are of decisions taken for Sellafield.

(123667)

79   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how she estimates the UK's contribution to the CAP will be affected by the accession of 10 new EU members.

(123752)

80   Mr Harold Best (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his recent visit to Iran.

(123684)

81   Mr Harold Best (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he held with the Afghan authorities about reconstruction on his recent visit to Afghanistan.

(123685)

82   Mr Harold Best (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the situation in Zimbabwe on the rest of southern Africa.

(123687)

83   Mr Harold Best (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has held with President Mbeki about measures to restore democracy and prosperity to Zimbabwe.

(123688)

84   Mr Harold Best (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many mass grave sites have been discovered in Iraq since the start of the recent conflict; and what steps are being taken by the occupying powers to (a) protect and secure the sites, (b) identify the victims and (c) bring criminal charges against the perpetrators.

(123689)

85   Mr Harold Best (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on information gathered by the Department's forensic team in Iraq about Iraqi citizens who have disappeared; and what assistance his Department is seeking from human rights organisations in uncovering the fate of such people.

(123690)

86   Mr Harold Best (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance the Government will provide for the families of Iraqi citizens who disappeared in Iraq seeking a return of their confiscated property and assets in Iraq.

(123691)

87   Mr Harold Best (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will meet the Committee for the Release of Hostages and Detainees in Iraq to discuss the fate of the disappeared in Iraq.

(123692)

88   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 26th June, Official Report, column 936W, on GCHQ, whether any computers are missing.

(123616)

89
N   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions have been held with United States officials concerning their contacts with paramilitary groups in Colombia; and if he will make a statement.

(123447)

90   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Morocco concerning the case of the journalist, Ali Lmrabet, who has recently been imprisoned.

(123461)

91   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the dissolution of the Sahara Section of the Forum for Truth and Justice as a result of a judgement by the Laayoune Court of First Instance; and how many members of the Sahara Section of the Forum for Truth and Justice are in prison.

(123462)

92   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Morocco concerning recent court judgements affecting the peoples of the Western Sahara.

(123463)

93   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what investigation he has made of the conditions in which British prisoners in Pakistan are being held.

(123464)

94   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which British overseas territories have not complied with the judgements of the European Court of Human Rights on criminalisation of sexual activity between men; and what action he will take to ensure compliance.

(123500)

95
N   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether any government has failed in its obligations to provide information it holds to the International Atomic Energy Agency about Saddam Hussein's regime's attempts to obtain uranium for Africa in the last five years.

(123451)

96   Alice Mahon (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what agreement was reached in the recent discussions in Madrid between the UK and 10 other countries regarding the possible interdiction of ships and planes from North Korea and other countries; whether the agreement has been published; and if he will place a copy in the Library.

(123677)

97   Alice Mahon (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what further discussion between the UK and other countries regarding the possible interdiction of ships and planes from North Korea is planned to take place in Canberra in July; and what proposals the UK intends to bring to this meeting.

(123678)

98   Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons he has proposed the closure of the British Embassy in Nicaragua.

(123560)

99   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with representatives of the Government of Botswana on the forced removal of tribal peoples from their homelands in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve; and if he will make a statement.

(123809)

100   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what issues will be raised by the UK delegation to the UN First Biennial Meeting of States on the Implementation of the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons; who will be representing the UK; and if he will make a statement.

(123811)

101   Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place a copy of the UK's speech to the IAEA Board of Governors meeting of June 2003 in the Library.

(123492)

102   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his memorandum to the Foreign Affairs Committee of 16th June, which documents were examined which were found to be forgeries; which documents on Iraq's alleged uranium procurement are under consideration; and if he will make a statement on the procedure being used to distinguish between genuine and forged documents.

(123655)

103   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Indian Government on the destruction of the national habitat for tigers in Rajastan for the mining of minerals to make talcum powder.

(123668)

104   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the proposals from the executive of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association on partnerships for global peace and prosperity.

(123758)

105   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the reliability of the information contained in the UNMOVIC working document, Unresolved Disarmament Issues, Iraq's Proscribed Weapons Programme, issued on 6th March.

(123759)

106   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what documentation will be needed for the export of goods originating in occupied Cyprus, from Famagusta port.[R]

(123634)

107   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what measures the Government is taking to ensure that humanitarian organisations have access to the Occupied Territories of Palestine.

(123637)

108   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the Government of Pakistan on the impact of Shari'a law on Pakistani Christians in the North West Frontier Province.

(123638)

109   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the Government of Pakistan on the imprisonment of Pakistani Christians charged with blasphemy.

(123639)

110
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission an independent assessment of how the NHS uses (a) criteria and (b) procedures for determining eligibility for continuing care.

(123300)

111   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many day hospitals there are in each London borough; and how many have (a) been merged and (b) closed since 1997.

(123764)

112   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in each primary care trust aged (a) 0 to 15 years, (b) 16 to 59 and (c) 60 and over have been prescribed Ritalin in each of the last five years.

(123766)

113
N   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many mixed-sex wards in NHS hospitals there were in each of the last three years; what plans he has to eliminate mixed-sex wards; and what timetable he has established to achieve this goal.

(120687)

114
N   Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to launch a dedicated National Service Framework for sexual health; and if he will make a statement.

(123452)

115
N   Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to ensure that access to high-quality sexual health services and drugs is (a) made a priority and (b) resourced as part of the new General Practitioner's contract.

(123453)

116
N   Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money has been saved each year by the National Health Service as a result of the Selected List of NHS Drugs Scheme.

(123454)

117
N   Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to amend the NHS Act 1977; and if he will make a statement.

(123455)

118   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his plans are for the future inspection of pathology laboratories.

(123753)

119   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the birthrate plus survey.

(123473)

120   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the ratio of midwives in post to the total number of births was in 2002 in each NHS maternity unit.

(123474)

121   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the findings of the maternity and neonatal workforces group.

(123475)

122   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of midwife units were not able to provide one-to-one midwifery care to all women in labour in each year since 1990.

(123476)

123   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the percentage was of Caesarean deliveries in each NHS maternity unit in 2001.

(123477)

124   Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the re-engagement of retired employees at Ashworth Special Hospital to vacant posts at the establishment.

(123555)

125   Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on employees of Ashworth Special Hospital and the statutory retirement age; and if he will make a statement.

(123556)

126   Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list each staff vacancy in Ashworth Special Hospital, indicating how long each post has been vacant.

(123557)

127   Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, why (a) sodium and calcium ascorbate, and (b) sodium, potassium and calcium hydroxide have been included on the positive list in Annex II of the EU Food Supplements Directive; and why magnesium ascorbate has not been included.

(123562)

128   Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many substances he has succeeded in adding to the positive list of Annex II to the EU Food Supplements Directive.

(123563)

129   Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 24th June, Official Report, column 720W, on food supplements, what representations he has received from BioCare since 1st January.

(123622)

130   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 30th June, ref 121295, if he will list the scientific evidence on which the Answer is based; and if he will make a statement on the procedures developed by the World Health Organisation.

(123494)

131   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Food Standards Agency's strategy for ensuring food safety through the testing of food samples at public analyst laboratories.

(123609)

132   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the numbers of (a) tests of food samples and (b) public analyst laboratories.

(123610)

133   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the results of the Dental Workforce Review.

(123611)

134   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what preparations he is making for the commissioning of dental services by primary care trusts, with particular reference to the support and training to be provided to primary cary trusts; and what estimate he has made of the levels of funding that primary care trusts will receive to fund local NHS dentistry services.

(123612)

135   Martin Linton (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the impact on the Battersea constituency of his Department's health policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.

(123709)

136
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 8th May, Official Report, column 866W, on baby vaccines, if he will publish the responses to the letters of 1st April from the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency to UK vaccine marketing authorisation holders asking for an update on progress in reducing or removing thiomersal from vaccines.

(123459)

137
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will answer the questions from the honourable Member for East Worthing and Shoreham, ref 116459 tabled on 22nd May, refs (a) 114052, (b) 114085, (c) 114056, (d) 114033, (e) 114001, (f) 114048, (g) 114060, (h) 114003, (i) 114019, (j) 114002, (k) 114050, (l) 114065, (m) 114164, (n) 114084, (o) 114012, (p) 114062, (q) 114054, (r) 114058, (s) 114002, (t) 114049, (u) 114063, (v) 114163, (w) 114055, (x) 114059, (y) 114051, (z) 110461, (aa) 114053, (bb) 114090, (cc) 114057, (dd) 114061, (ee) 114053, (ff) 114090, (gg) 114057 tabled on 13th May, and refs (i) 116467 and (ii) 116468 tabled on 3rd June.

(123460)

138   Mr George Mudie (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many intensive care beds for burns there are in each region; and what the occupancy rates were in the past two years.

(123559)

139   Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow, Govan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on needle exchange schemes for drug addicts.

(123480)

140
N   Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received from women about mixed sex wards.

(123243)

141   Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the implications of the Food Supplements Directive for the availability of food supplements.

(123617)

142   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he has taken with respect to the discovery in March that chief executives of some hospitals had altered waiting list figures.

(123601)

143   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors left the NHS last year.

(123602)

144   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the standard waiting period is before being able to use NHS funds to seek medical treatment abroad.

(123603)

145   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) paper based, (b) phone based and (c) e-based applications for (i) standard and (ii) enhanced Criminal Records Bureau checks were received in each month up until 1st July 2003.

(123763)

146   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent meetings have been held between his Department and the Department of Health to examine issues surrounding ADD/ADHD in Young Offenders Institutions.

(123765)

147   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department has taken to assess the implications of behavioural difficulties of attention deficit disorder/attention deficit hyperactivity disorder of young people in Young Offenders Institutions.

(123767)

148   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been housed in each of the London local authorities in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.

(123484)

149   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vacancies for police officers there are within the Metropolitan Police Force; and if he will make a statement.

(123485)

150   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reception centres there are in England and Wales to which asylum seekers are sent.

(123566)

151   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his most recent estimate is of the average time it takes to process asylum applications for (a) initial decisions and (b) final decisions.

(123567)

152   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his most recent estimate is of the number of days on average it takes to (a) process a new passport application by post and (b) renew a passport by post; and if he will make a statement.

(123580)

153   Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there are per head of population in each of the basic command units that make up the Avon and Somerset constabulary area.

(123583)

154   Matthew Green (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many intra-company transfer work permits were granted in each month in (a) 2002 and (b) 2003 to date.

(123466)

155
N   Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is indicated by related adminstration cost receipts in Table 5, page 173 of the Home Office Annual Departmental Report 2003.

(123354)

156
N   Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the policy areas covered by each of the activities listed in Table 5, page 173 of the Home Office Annual Departmental Report 2003.

(123356)

157   Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants for asylum were granted permission to work in 2002.

(123775)

158   Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the occupations were for which in-country work permits were issued in 2002, broken down by (a) number, (b) percentage share of the total number of work permits issued and (c) country of origin of recipients.

(123777)

159   Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the primary occupations were for those to whom work permits were granted out of country to enter the UK in 2002, broken down by (a) number, (b) percentage share of the total number of work permits issued and (c) country of origin of recipients.

(123778)

160   Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many out of country work permits have been granted in the first six months of 2003; and what (a) the primary occupations were for which such permits were issued and (b) the country of origin of recipients.

(123779)

161   Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many in-country work permits have been granted in the first six months of 2003; and what (a) the occupations were for which such permits were issued and (b) the country of origin of recipients.

(123780)

162   Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work permits were granted in 2002 for unskilled occupations.

(123781)

163   Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work permits were granted in the first six months of 2003 for unskilled occupations.

(123782)

164
N   Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of the money being invested in new refuge accommodation over the next three years will be made available in Northern Ireland for those fleeing domestic violence.

(123457)

165   Mr Jon Owen Jones (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason Gurdwaras and Sikh organisations in Wales have (a) been excluded from the review of the Government's Interface with Faith Communities and (b) not been included in the mapping exercise.

(123608)

166   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress is being made in the internal police investigation into the conduct of Detective Chief Superintendent Ellie Baker.

(123695)

167   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list (a) the name, (b) rank and (c) length of time for which they have been involved in the investigation of each officer involved in the internal police investigation of Detective Chief Superintendent Ellie Baker.

(123696)

168   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether compensation will be paid to Detective Chief Superintendent Ellie Baker for the criminal investigation into her conduct.

(123697)

169   Mr George Mudie (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers are referred to (a) Leeds, (b) Bradford and (c) Wakefield; and what the intended maximum numbers are for each of those areas.

(123558)

170
N   Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what restrictions are placed on manufacturers' sales of sporting firearms from mainland United Kingdom to Northern Ireland.

(123235)

171   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether, under the new extradition treaty with the United States, a US legal team will be required to give evidence to a British court; and whether these extradition arrangements are reciprocal.

(123754)

172   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures are in place to ensure that foreign legal teams have sufficient evidence to apply for the extradition of a British citizen.

(123755)

173   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the human rights implications of proposals to allow extradition proceedings to occur without evidence submitted to a British court from the prosecuting foreign legal team.

(123756)

174   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what extradition arrangements exist between the EU member states and the United States; and what plans there are to change them.

(123757)

175   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 9th April, Official Report, column 303W, on Iraq, whether aid will be charged to Iraqi sources of funds; whether Treasury funds have been allocated to the Department to carry out humanitarian obligations under the Geneva Convention, the Hague Regulations and the UN Resolution following the passing of United Nations Resolution 1483; and if she will make a statement.

(123545)

176   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment the Department has made of the (a) humanitarian, (b) economic and (c) cultural impact of forced removals of tribal groups from their tribal homelands in Botswana; and if he will make a statement.

(123810)

177   Christine Russell (City of Chester): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what efforts his Department is making towards increasing the number of births attended by skilled attendants in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, excluding India and China.

(123552)

178   Christine Russell (City of Chester): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made in conjunction with the World Health Organisation to determine the most successful and cost-effective safe motherhood package for the developing world.

(123553)

179   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance the Department is giving to Greenpeace for its scheme to exchange clean water containers for barrels contaminated with uranium yellow cake in Iraq.

(123666)

180   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department has provided funding to the provincial reconstruction teams for Afghanistan.

(123640)

181   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to encourage business participation in New Partnership for Africa's Development.

(123641)

182   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether UK food aid to Zimbabwe is distributed by Zimbabwean Government organisations.

(123642)

183   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy towards genetically modified food aid by (a) the United Kingdom and (b) other donors.

(123643)

184   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what actions his Department has taken to persuade countries to accept genetically modified food aid from donor countries.

(123644)

185   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many senior appointments have been made since 1997 of international secondments to post-conflict reconstruction work; and, of this number, how many appointments were women.

(123645)

186   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions his Department has had with the governments of Sub-Saharan Africa regarding the need for agricultural institutions to respond to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

(123646)

187   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the contribution which can be expected from the (a) international private sector and (b) domestic private sectors towards the costs of delivering the millennium development goals on water and sanitation in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

(123648)

188   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many Burmese displaced people are (a) in refugee camps in Burma, (b) in refugee camps in neighbouring countries and (c) hiding in the jungle in Burma.

(123723)

189   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the abduction of children by the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda; and what steps his Department is taking to prevent this from happening.

(123724)

190   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many internally displaced people there are in Northern Uganda; and how much aid his Department is giving to help them.

(123725)

191   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many street children there are in South America; in which South American countries they are located; and how many street children there are in each country.

(123726)

192   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid his Department gives to tackle the problem of street children.

(123727)

193   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid his Department gives to tackle the problem of street children in South America; who this money is given to; and what the money is spent on.

(123728)

194   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member for Bridgend of 22nd May, Official Report, column 972W, on Central America, when his Department has had discussions with the Government of Nicaragua concerning violence and social exclusion in Central America; what the content of these discussions was, with particular reference to street children; and what the outcome was of these discussions.

(123729)

195   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid his Department gives to tackle the problem of street children in Central America; who this money is given to; and what the money is spent on.

(123732)

196   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many street children there are in Asia; in which Asian countries they are located; and how many street children there are in each country.

(123733)

197   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid his Department gives to tackle the problem of street children in Asia; who this money is given to; and what the money is spent on.

(123734)

198   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which projects his Department supports in the Philippines working with street children.

(123735)

199   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many street children there are in Africa; in which African countries they are located; and how many street children there are in each country.

(123736)

200   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid his Department gives to tackle the problem of street children in Africa; who this money is given to; and what the money is spent on.

(123737)

201   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many street children there are in Russia; in which Russian republics they are; and how many street children there are in each republic.

(123738)

202   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid his Department gives to tackle the problem of street children in Russia; who this money is given to; and what the money is spent on.

(123739)

203   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what action the Government has taken to respond to the humanitarian aid crisis in Zimbabwe.

(123600)

204
N   David Burnside (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost is of retaining the consultants PricewaterhouseCoopers by the Northern Ireland Police Board; and how many independent assessors have been appointed by PricewaterhouseCoopers in their work for the Police Board in establishing District Police Partnerships.

(123362)

205   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been employed in the fishing industry in Northern Ireland in each year since 1997.

(123798)

206   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much money from EU funds has been allocated to Northern Ireland's fishing industry in each year since 1997.

(123799)

207   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the remit is of the Cultural Diversity Branch; how many staff are employed in it; and what the total costs of the branch have been in each year since it was set up.

(123800)

208   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what (a) programmes and (b) projects have been supported by the Cultural Diversity Branch in each year since it was set up.

(123801)

209   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been allocated in each year since 1997 to the (a) controlled, (b) maintained, (c) integrated and (d) Irish Language sectors of education in the Belfast Education and Library Board area in each year since 1997.

(123802)

210   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what funding has been allocated to educate young people in (a) North Belfast and (b) Northern Ireland against the dangers of drug use in each year since 1997.

(123803)

211   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many scheduled operations were deferred in the last two years at the Belfast Royal Hospital for sick children.

(123804)

212   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list (a) the names of these serving on each of the North-South bodies set up under the Belfast Agreement, (b) the terms and conditions of their appointments and (c) the rates of pay and allowances for each person.

(123805)

213   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many nurses have been recruited in Northern Ireland in each year since 1997.

(123806)

214   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many contractors had money withheld by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive in each year since 1997 because of poor or sub-standard work.

(123807)

215
N   Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the costs of the Saville Inquiry as of 30th June, broken down by legal fees paid to individual barristers acting for (a) the Ministry of Defence and (b) families of the victims.

(123456)

216
N   Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he intends to introduce legislation establishing the independent Ceasefire Monitoring Body; and if he will make a statement.

(123458)

217   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the policy is on the RUC GC Association and Welfare Associations meeting in police property across Northern Ireland; and if he will ensure that these facilities remain open to them as long as they are required.

(123465)

218   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take steps (a) to ensure that the South Eastern Education and Library Board carries out a suitable scheme of upgrading and securing the Movilla High School recreation area in Newtownards and (b) to encourage a partnership approach with Ards Borough Council in developing the site.

(123467)

219   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the long-term future of the East Down Institute of Further and Higher Education centre in Kircubbin.

(123468)

220   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the value of angling to the Northern Ireland economy; how many tourists participated in angling in Northern Ireland in each of the past five years; and what his latest estimate is of how many Northern Ireland residents participate in angling in Northern Ireland.

(123469)

221   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what (a) salary and (b) associated expenses the new criminal justice oversight commissioner will receive.

(123698)

222   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been notified by the police in the past two years that private information about them had been found in the possession of republicans; and what the associated costs of upgrading their personal security was.

(123699)

223   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many jobs were created by inward investment in Northern Ireland in each of the last two financial years.

(123700)

224   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans there are to attract further inward investment projects to East Belfast.

(123701)

225   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, who the members of the Committee set up to prepare Northern Ireland for potential entry into the euro-zone are.

(123702)

226   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many times a Minister from the Irish Republic has visited Northern Ireland in each of the past five years.

(123705)

227   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, under what terms the borrowing facility under the Reinvestment and Reform Initiative can be accessed; what constitutes revenues in Northern Ireland for the purposes of accessing borrowing; and whether movement towards convergence must occur between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.

(123706)

228   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been spent on traffic calming measures in each district council area to date.

(123707)

229   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding was allocated to each education and library board for special needs (a) units and (b) schools for the financial year 2002-03.

(123708)

230   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what applications were made this financial year for traffic calming schemes; and what schemes are to be implemented in this financial year.

(123710)

231   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many appeals relating to planning applications in the Castlereagh Borough Council area were received by the Planning Appeals Commission in the past three years; and of these how many were (a) successful and (b) refused.

(123711)

232   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many telecommunication masts have been erected within Northern Ireland in the last 10 years, broken down by council area; and how many acts of vandalism upon masts have been perpetrated during that period.

(123712)

233   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost of maintaining the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission was in each of the last three financial years.

(123713)

234   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many police officers there were at each rank in Northern Ireland in each of the last six years.

(123714)

235   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the running costs of the Northern Ireland Office were in each of the past five years.

(123715)

236   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans the Government has to introduce an alternative to the 11+ examinations.

(123716)

237   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost of (a) establishing and (b) operating the review of public administration in Northern Ireland has been.

(123717)

238   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people suffer from autism in Northern Ireland.

(123718)

239   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent research has been conducted on the MMR vaccine.

(123719)

240   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost of legal representation at the Bloody Sunday tribunal inquiry has been.

(123720)

241   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the financial cost of cancelling elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly has been.

(123721)

242   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the (a) role and (b) remit for the new Criminal Justice Oversight Commissioner in Northern Ireland is.

(123722)

243   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the strategy for the regeneration of town centres.

(123783)

244   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures are in place to protect staff and passengers from physical attack on public transport.

(123784)

245   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people received disability living allowance and related benefits as a result of rheumatoid arthritis in the last three financial years.

(123785)

246   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many public bodies operated in Northern Ireland in the last year for which figures are available.

(123786)

247   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people on each of the public bodies in Northern Ireland are members of the (a) DUP, (b) UUP, (c) SF, (d) AP and (e) SDLP.

(123787)

248   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what grants were paid to voluntary and community bodies in the financial years (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03; and how many were over £100,000.

(123788)

249   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost has been of translating documents in the Departments of health, agriculture and education from English into Irish.

(123789)

250   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was paid to victims through funds made available by the Assembly of Northern Ireland in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03.

(123790)

251   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many children were excluded from school in 2001-02.

(123791)

252   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the outcome was of the Classroom 2000 project; and what targets have been set for the project.

(123792)

253   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the level of capital expenditure on schools was in the last two financial years.

(123793)

254   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many successful gap funding applications there have been in each constituency in Northern Ireland.

(123794)

255   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average level of staff absenteeism was in each of the Northern Ireland departments in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03.

(123795)

256   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much gap funding has been awarded, broken down by district council area; and what the purpose of each award was.

(123796)

257   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) academics and (b) other staff were employed by (i) the Queens University of Belfast and (ii) the University of Ulster, broken down by gender, within the salary bands (A) less than £20,000, (B) £20,000 to £29,999, (C) £30,000 to £39,999, (D) £40,000 to £49,999, (E) £50,000 to £59,999, (F) £60,000 and above in the last five financial years.

(123797)

258   Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Prime Minister, when he last discussed with the US Administration the force levels required (a) to provide internal security in Iraq and (b) to allow British and American forces to provide for their own protection; and if he will make a statement.

(123682)

259   Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Prime Minister, when he last discussed with the US Administration the duration of the mission of British and US forces in the occupation of Iraq; and if he will make a statement.

(123683)

260   Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he has made proposals to the US administration for the United Nations to assume greater responsibilities for the reconstruction and internal security of Iraq and for the creation of a new Iraqi government and representative political institutions.

(123751)

261   Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his statement of 18th March, Official Report, column 764, if he will publish the translation which he used of the remarks by President Chirac on which he based his statement that France said that it would veto a second resolution, whatever the circumstances.

(123820)

262
N   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has held with United Kingdom companies concerning their investment strategies in Colombia; and what their participation will be in the forthcoming London conference on Colombia.

(123445)

263
N   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Prime Minister, what advice he has (a) sought and (b) received from human rights groups concerning Colombia in respect of the London meeting on aid and support to Colombia on 9th July; and if he will make a statement.

(123446)

264   Alice Mahon (Halifax): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on his forthcoming visit to the People's Republic of China.

(123676)

265   Alice Mahon (Halifax): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will use his forthcoming visit to the People's Republic of China (PRC) to express support for the Beijing talks mechanism for a peaceful solution to the North Korea nuclear issue involving the USA, North Korea and the PRC.

(123679)

266   Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her policy is on supersonic aviation.

(123544)

267   Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations she has received on the operation of the law relating to flexible working hours, with special reference to claims against employers on procedural grounds where the flexible working hours contract has been granted.

(123564)

268
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to extend employment protection rights in respect of unfair dismissal to people over 65.

(123299)

269
N   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the applications for export licences for (a) armaments and (b) dual use equipment made by United Kingdom companies for export to Colombia in each of the past three years; and how many licences were (i) granted and (ii) refused.

(123448)

270   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what additional measures she intends to provide for consumer protection work.

(123497)

271   Jane Griffiths (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures her Department is taking to ensure the training of heating engineers and gas fitters to facilitate a higher take-up of condensing boilers.

(123673)

272   Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what legislative changes she proposes to ensure that (a) models, (b) actors and (c) entertainers are not at risk from rogue (i) entertainment, (ii) theatrical and (iii) modelling agents.

(123588)

273
N   Mr Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to introduce legislation on employee rights to information and consultation.

(123236)

274   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what funding will be made available for the provision of broadband infrastructure for rural villages.

(123482)

275   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) start ups of new businesses and (b) businesses going into receivership there were in each of the last three years in (i) England and Wales and (ii) North Yorkshire.

(123483)

276   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she was first informed that the Royal Mail would terminate their contract for deliveries of mail by rail with EWS from April 2004.[R]

(123772)

277   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations she has received on the transfer of Royal Mail deliveries from rail to road; and what model has been used for Royal Mail deliveries in its transfer.[R]

(123773)

278   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the impact of the Working Time Directive on delivery of mail by road from April 2004.

(123822)

279   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures her Department is planning to stimulate and develop new and effective markets in energy saving services.

(123681)

280   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many requests for information on the Office for Civil Nuclear Security were received from the media between April 2002 and March 2003; how many requests were refused; what the reasons for refusal were in each case; and if she will make a statement.

(123656)

281   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the second annual report from the Director of the Office of Civil Nuclear Security was published; and what steps have been taken to publicise its release.

(123665)

282   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the two security breaches at nuclear sites referred to at paragraph 53 of the annual report of the Director of Civil Nuclear Security on the State of Security in the Civil Nuclear Industry and the Effectiveness of Security Regulation, April 2002-March 2003.

(123760)

283
N   Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the cost to employers of introducing the minimum wage to (a) 17 year olds and (b) 16 and 17 year olds at (i) the youth rate and (ii) the adult rate; and if she will make a statement.

(122875)

284
N   David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what reasons have been given to former coal miners by IRISC for the denial of claims received from Moss Solicitors of Loughborough for compensation payments for (a) chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder and (b) vibration white finger for the period (i) April 2000 to April 2001, (ii) April 2001 to April 2002 and (iii) April 2002 to April 2003.

(123215)

285   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the liquidators of BCCI envisage distributing the global fund balance; and how much the balance is.

(123495)

286   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the weekly costs of the BCCI liquidation are; and what reduction in the level of weekly costs of the global liquidation is envisaged.

(123496)

287   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 10th June, Official Report, column 736-7W, on disabled parking permits, when he will take forward the recommendations received on the Blue Badge Scheme; and what enforcement measures he proposes to take.

(123818)

288   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the procedures for determining (a) the cause of and (b) responsibility for the Potters Bar crash; and if he will make a statement.

(123657)

289   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to announce with the Health and Safety Commission a decision on whether to hold a public inquiry into the Potters Bar Rail Crash.

(123472)

290   Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 19th June to the honourable Member for Sutton and Cheam, Official Report, column 336W, on railways, how many times each rail franchise holder has asked to exceed the prescribed maximum journey times; how many times these requests have been (a) approved and (b) denied; and if he will list the approvals granted.

(123470)

291   Jane Griffiths (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect on greenhouse gas emissions of predicted growth in air traffic; and if he will make a statement.

(123675)

292   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many coastal local authorities (a) do not have and (b) have oil spill contingency plans that have not been updated since the publication of the National Contingency Plan for dealing with pollution incidents.

(123613)

293   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to give coastal local authorities a statutory responsibility to prepare and maintain oil spill contingency plans.

(123614)

294   Martin Linton (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the impact on the Battersea constituency of his Department's transport policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.

(123671)

295   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the level of compensation required by Network Rail to reimburse EWS for the loss of contract after March 2004.[R]

(123768)

296   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what impact the payment of compensation to EWS will have on (a) the Strategic Rail Authority's budget and (b) the Ten Year Transport Plan for rail and road targets.[R]

(123769)

297   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how the move from rail to road by Royal Mail deliveries will affect the targets in the Ten Year Transport Plan; and if he will make a statement.[R]

(123770)

298   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he was first informed that the Royal Mail would be terminating their contract for deliveries of mail by rail by EWS from April 2004; and what estimate he has made of the impact of transferring the delivery of mail from road to rail on (a) the number of road miles driven, (b) the length of journey times required and (c) the number of lorry journeys made.[R]

(123771)

299   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received on the delivering of Royal Mail post by road rather than rail after March 2004; and what estimate he has made of the likely impact of switching Royal Mail deliveries from rail to road.

(123821)

300   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many representations he has received (a) for and (b) against the Cliffe airport option as part of the consultation on the future development of air transport in the South East.

(123632)

301   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in what circumstances he will consider representations on the future of airport capacity in the South East after the consultation deadline of 30th June.

(123633)

302   Pete Wishart (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library a copy of his recent letter to Mr John Home Robertson MSP, referred to in column 1209 of the Scottish Parliament Official Report of 26th June, regarding his plans to introduce legislation to allow the establishment of safety zones around UK offshore windfarms.

(123761)

303   Pete Wishart (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will introduce legislation establish safety zones around UK offshore windfarms and make it a criminal offence for unauthorised vehicles to operate or anchor within them.

(123823)

304   Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the effect of amendments agreed in the European Parliament on Occupation Pensions; and whether these amendments impose (a) obligations and (b) restrictions on the use of tax-free lump sum payments.

(123649)

305   Ross Cranston (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 1st July, ref 121171, when he expects to receive the report from the Health and Safety Commission.

(123680)

306   Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate his Department's expenditure on winter fuel payments over the last five years; and what money was made available for investment in programmes to achieve affordable warmth over the same period.

(123490)

307   Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost of extending the winter fuel payment to the poorest and most vulnerable households who qualify for cold weather payments; and whether his Department plans such a measure.

(123491)

308   Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to transform the winter fuel payments into a universal benefit; and if he will make a statement.

(123493)

309
N   Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance he has issued to programmes financed by the European Social Fund which are seeking funding for 2006 and subsequent years.

(122876)

310
N   Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to be informed of a decision from the European Union on the timescale for release of the Performance Reserve of the European Social Fund; how much he expects will be released; and if he will make a statement.

(122877)

311
N   Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the benefits to the UK of the European Social Fund in terms of (a) GDP, (b) employment, (c) skill development, (d) the employment of women and (e) information and communications technologies over the current programme period; and if he will make a statement.

(122878)

312   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of teenage mothers are dependent on benefit; and what proportion this represents of the benefit budget.

(123592)

313   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, what action the Lord Chancellor will take on the compliance of (a) the Isle of Man, (b) Guernsey and (c) Jersey with the recent judgements of the European Court of Human Rights on criminalisation of sexual activity between men.

(123499)

314   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, what percentage of UK citizens who live abroad participated in the last general election.

(123597)

315
N   Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has had on the effect on regional economies of government proposals to create a number of 6* departments in universities; and if she will make a statement.

[Question Unstarred] (123223)

316
N   Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to raise the audit threshold for services from £1 million turnover.

[Transferred] (123341)

317   Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to expand the scheme of assistance available to purchasers of electric-petrol hybrid vehicles to include those leasing such vehicles.

[Transferred] (123584)

318   Mr Boris Johnson (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers from Chechnya have been removed.

[Transferred] (123478)

319   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the estimated cost to public finances of the smuggling of (a) beer, (b) spirits and (c) cigarettes into the United Kingdom was in each of the last three years.

[Transferred] (123565)

320   Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people were granted visas in (a) 2002 and (b) the first six months of 2003 to enter the UK without restriction on seeking employment.

[Transferred] (123774)

321   Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people were granted entry into the UK in each of the last six years under the highly skilled migrant programme.

[Transferred] (123776)

322   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the work Trading Standards officers do to enforce regulations relating to the under-age sales of (a) alcohol, (b) fireworks, (c) spray paint, (d) air guns, (e) solvents, (f) cigarettes and (g) unclassified videos.

[Transferred] (123615)

323   Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will reply to the letter dated 22nd May from the honourable Member for Banff and Buchan, Home Office ref PO 9133/3.

[Transferred] (123585)

324   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of human rights abuses committed by the Chinese against the Tibetan people.

[Transferred] (123647)

325   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many troops are stationed in Northern Ireland; and what plans there are to change the number of troops stationed in Northern Ireland.

[Transferred] (123703)

326   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the army bases operational in Northern Ireland, broken down by council area.

[Transferred] (123704)

327   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on the compulsory registration of gas fitters according to the Corgi Standard; and how many complaints his Department has received in the last year over the action of unregistered gas fitters.

[Transferred] (123498)

328   Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what role she expects micro CHP to play up to 2010 in achieving the planned carbon savings.

[Transferred] (123489)