Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2002 - 03
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The Order Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 4 July 2003

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Friday 4 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.

FRIDAY 4th JULY

1
N   David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Chairman of the Administration Committee, if she will make a statement on the latest position regarding the latest time Royal Mail can collect Members' letters for delivery to constituents the following day.

(123812)

2
N   Mr Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the open standards compliance of the digital signing system used in the Government Gateway.

(123636)

3   Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department monitors the number of false alarms by intruder alarms in buildings which it occupies on the Government Estate.

(124155)

4   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps have been taken to deliver lasting improvements in public service delivery.

(124197)

5   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the growth rate of the economy in (a) England and (b) Liverpool was in 2001.

(124204)

6   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the (a) actual and (b) projected surplus is on the current budget; what the average surplus has been since 1999-2000; what the cyclically adjusted surplus is on the current budget; and what the public sector net debt is as a percentage of GDP from 2001 to 2008 (estimated).

(124207)

7   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the Government has done (a) to improve competition, (b) to promote enterprise, (c) to support science and innovation, (d) to raise UK skills and (e) to encourage investment in the last five years.

(124208)

8   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what impact the New Deal programmes have had on (a) helping the long-term unemployed achieve a successful return to work, (b) supporting disadvantaged groups and areas that suffer from low levels of unemployment and (c) ensuring that individuals are rewarded in employment.

(124209)

9   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he has taken to remove barriers to people taking up work in the UK.

(124210)

10   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the Government has done to help support impoverished families with children.

(124211)

11   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps the Government has taken to encourage investment in the stock of physical capital in industry.

(124216)

12   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent steps have been taken by the Government to remove obstacles to, and raise the levels of, enterprise and investment in the UK's most disadvantaged areas.

(124218)

13   Matthew Green (Ludlow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how the Financial Services Compensation Scheme is funded.

(123892)

14   Matthew Green (Ludlow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what meetings Treasury ministers have had with the Financial Services Authority in the last year.

(123893)

15   Matthew Green (Ludlow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how the Financial Services Authority is accountable to HM Treasury.

(123894)

16   Matthew Green (Ludlow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how much has been (a) recovered from the liquidators of financial advisers and (b) paid to investors under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme in each year since 1997.

(123895)

17   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he plans to revise the Department for Work and Pensions 2002 Spending Review Public Service Agreement target that 85 per cent. of customers should have their benefit paid into their bank accounts by 2005; and if he will make a statement.

(124015)

18   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what telephone hotlines and advice lines have been operated by his Department for people seeking advice about children's tax credits; what charges apply to each; and how many calls they have each taken.

(123896)

19   Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the impact on savings incomes of pensioners of the United Kingdom joining the euro.

(123858)

20   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what policies (a) initiated and (b) managed by his Department since 2001 have had an impact on Pendle; and if he will make a statement.

(124088)

21   Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on OFCOM's responsibilities in relation to independent production quotas.

(123826)

22   Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much is unallocated in the National Lottery Distribution Fund; and what steps she is taking to reduce this sum.

(123827)

23   Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what responsibilities her Department undertakes in connection with British Overseas Territories.

(123899)

24   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what policies (a) initiated and (b) managed by her Department since 2001 have had an impact on Pendle; and if she will make a statement.

(124099)

25   Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the environmental costs and benefits of the London bid for the 2012 Olympic Games.

(123953)

26   Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what systems will be put in place by the Government to ensure that environmental considerations are fully incorporated into the design of the London bid for the Olympic Games.

(123954)

27
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what quantities of radioactive material he has held in each year from 1997, broken down by (a) high level, (b) intermediate level and (c) low level material.

(123817)

28   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Government of the Republic of Ireland about the dismantling of security installations in Northern Ireland.

(124139)

29   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civilians have been recruited to Ministry of Defence posts in Northern Ireland in each year since 1997.

(124140)

30
N   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 30th June, Official Report, column 35W, what the value was of each order; how many man hours were required for the completion of each contract; and in which yards the work was carried out in each case.

(123741)

31   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answers of 25th June, Official Report, column 885W, and 30th June, Official Report, column 46W, if he will name the ships to be fitted with the ordered Sonar 2087 systems; what his plans are for those which are not; and if he will make a statement.

(124149)

32   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps have been taken to discourage the use of illegal drugs at Deepcut barracks since 1995.

(124174)

33   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cases of drug overdoses have been recorded at Deepcut barracks since 1995; how many arrests have been made relating to the use or supply of illegal drugs since 1995; how many random drug tests have been made, and what results they have shown, in each year since 1995; what investigations the police has conducted into the use of illegal drugs at Deepcut barracks; what conclusions they have drawn; and if he will make a statement.

(124175)

34
N   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when first deliveries of the Eurofighter Typhoon will be made to the Royal Air Force.

(123570)

35
N   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on service personnel getting priority NHS treatment; what budget is available for private treatment for service personnel; and whether all service personnel are eligible for prompt medical treatment.

(123571)

36
N   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are on NHS waiting lists; how many have had to pay for their own treatment; and if he will make a statement.

(123572)

37
N   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which units will make up 19 Mechanised Brigade as it is deployed to Operation Telic 2; and when deployments will commence.

(123573)

38
N   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 9th June, Official Report, column 649W, on Armed Forces personnel, what percentage of (a) Naval Service, (b) Army and (c) Royal Air Force personnel are immediately available for operational duties.

(123659)

39   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the criteria that must be met by training organisations seeking preferred supplier status to the Resettlement Training Centre at Aldershot; and which independent assessor awards that status.

(123861)

40   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was of running the Resettlement Training Centre at Aldershot in 2002-03; what the value was of the contract awarded to (a) Couts and (b) Career Transition Partnership (CTP) in that year; and what percentage of training courses are provided by (a) CTP and (b) preferred suppliers.

(123862)

41
N   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the results of the inquiry into the Al Majar Al-Kabir incident will be published; and if he will make a statement.

(123420)

42   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when Sapper Philip Eden was found dead at Carver Barracks, Wimbish on 22 June; when the gun log records that a rifle was issued to him; at what time he went on duty; when the scene of the incident was secured; when he was pronounced dead; when the police were called to investigate; how many shots were fired; what steps were taken to conduct forensic examination of the weapon; when the next of kin were notified; and if he will make a statement.

(123902)

43   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Department's legal costs have been in the case of Mr Shaun Rusling; if he will make a statement on the reasons advanced for appealing the findings of the Pension Appeals Tribunal; and what his policy is subsequent to the ruling of the High Court on 13th June.

(123941)

44   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will make a statement on progress in implementing the recommendations of the recent tri-service audit of initial training.

(123942)

45   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated cost will be for (a) his Department and (b) each of the three services to implement the recommendations of the recent tri-service audit of initial training.

(123943)

46   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when all the recommendations of the recent tri-service audit of initial training will be implemented.

(123944)

47   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what funding has been allocated to implement the findings of the tri-service audit of initial training.

(123945)

48   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average cost is of (a) phase one and (b) phase two training per recruit for each of the three services and the Royal Marines.

(123946)

49   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what improvements are being implemented to improve recreational facilities in each of the three services.

(123947)

50   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the average supervisory ratios of staff to trainees in initial training establishments for each of the three services.

(123948)

51   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures have been put in place to ensure that those selected for instructional duties in each of the three services are temperamentally suitable.

(123949)

52   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many trainees have been (a) killed and (b) injured in the last 10 years; and in each case what the type of training being undertaken and the cause of injury or death was.

(123950)

53   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what percentage of recruits dropped out of initial training in each of the last 10 years.

(123951)

54   Diana Organ (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it is his policy that members of the armed services are responsible for payment of repairs to buildings, following a burst water tank, when they are the key holder of Ministry of Defence housing.

(123904)

55   Diana Organ (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the army is not required to comply with (a) deductions from earnings requests and (b) maintenance payment requests from the Child Support Agency; and for what reasons the Child Support Agency cannot make deductions from earnings orders against army personnel.

(123929)

56   Diana Organ (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many deductions from earnings requests to the army for child maintenance payments were not agreed to in each year since 2001.

(123930)

57   Diana Organ (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to change the requirements on armed forces personnel in respect of (a) child maintenance payments and (b) Child Support Agency orders; and if he will make a statement.

(123932)

58   Diana Organ (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what factors underlie the length of time taken between the deduction of maintenance payments from service personnel's wages and its subsequent payment to separated partners.

(123934)

59   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what policies (a) initiated and (b) managed by his Department since 2001 have had an impact on Pendle; and if he will make a statement.

(124089)

60   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd June, Official Report, column 535W, on regiment vacancies, if he will reinstate the Third Battalion of the Royal Anglian Regiment.

(124221)

61   Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what refurbishment works have been undertaken during the last six years at the Ministry of Defence buildings in Whitehall; and if he will list the (a) works and (b) contractors.

(123859)

62   Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reporting procedures were in place during refurbishment works on Ministry of Defence buildings in Whitehall for contractors coming across surveillance devices.

(123860)

63   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with United Nations representatives regarding the use of UN troops in Iraq; and what proposals he has to involve the UN in the maintenance of law and order in Iraq.

(123837)

64   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Military Policemen are deployed in Iraq; what their role is; and if he will make a statement on what protection is afforded to them whilst carrying out their tasks.

(123838)

65   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made regarding the restoration of law and order in Iraq; what area of Iraq UK troops are responsible for; and how many civil disturbances have occurred since the end of the war.

(123839)

66   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British troops have been deployed to the Congo; what their role is; and if he will make a statement on the progress of joint operations with other allied troops.

(124048)

67   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to increase troop levels in the Congo; who is in overall command of allied troops in the region; and when the troops currently deployed were last involved in active operations.

(124049)

68   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Typhoon aircraft will be procured; when they will all have come into service; what their combat role will be; and how this has changed since they were first designed.

(124050)

69   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what RAF and RN combat aircraft have a primary (a) reconnaissance, (b) air defence and (c) ground attack role; and what proportion of these aircraft can carry smart armaments.

(124051)

70   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Royal Navy vessels were involved in the (a) Iraq, (b) Afghanistan, (c) Saif Sareea II, (d) Sierra Leone and (e) Kosovo operations; and what primary role they played.

(124059)

71   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Royal Naval vessels have been brought into service since 2000; how many of them have engaged in active deployments; and what capability they brought to the operation.

(124060)

72   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Royal Navy vessels have been decommissioned since 2000; and what measures are in place to ensure there is no loss in level of capabilities as a result.

(124061)

73   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what upgrades have been made to Royal Navy (a) surface ships and (b) submarines since 2000; and how these have improved their capability.

(124062)

74   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on (a) the role of the Royal Navy since 2000 and how it has changed since 1997 and (b) the progress made in achieving the aims of the Strategic Defence Review.

(124063)

75   Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the availability of social housing.

(123824)

76
N   Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he will finish his analysis of the responses to his consultation paper, Review of the Planning Enforcement System in England; and when he plans to make an announcement on what action he is going to take as a result of the consultation process.

(123742)

77   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his Department is doing to promote the wider use and provision of allotments.

(124120)

78   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what statistics he collates on usage of allotment sites.

(124121)

79   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent assessment his Department has made of the age range of those who occupy allotment plots.

(124122)

80   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many allotment plots there were in each year since 1973.

(124123)

81   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps the Government has taken to regenerate the UK's towns and cities.

(124199)

82
N   Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what arrangements are in place to control rent increases charged by housing associations.

(123574)

83   Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what methodology his Department used to calculate the figure of 50,000 people represented by replies to the soundings exercise into the level of interest in each English region in holding a referendum about whether to establish an elected regional assembly.

(124176)

84   Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many responses from each region his Department received to the soundings exercise on the level of interest in each English region in holding a referendum about an elected regional assembly by (a) 3rd March, (b) 16th May and (c) 12th June.

(124177)

85   Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which Government department will have responsibility for any future elected regional assembly; and what his policy is on the accountability of future elected regional assemblies to Government departments.

(124178)

86   Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether additional funding will be given to regions which vote in favour of an elected regional assembly as compared to those regions which reject the option of an elected regional assembly.

(124179)

87   Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what level of turnout at a referendum on whether to create a regional assembly would constitute the derisorily low turnout, to which the Right honourable Member for Greenwich and Woolwich has referred.

(124180)

88   Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans his Department has to take a lease of 5 St Phillip's Place, Birmingham; and for what purpose his Department proposes to use the building.

(124181)

89   Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what percentage of the electorate voting in favour of an elected regional assembly it is his policy to consider as sufficient to justify the creation of an elected regional assembly.

(124184)

90
N   Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of houses built in rural areas in the South East in each year since 1992 were affordable housing.

(123576)

91
N   Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the change in the amount raised from council tax for each county council and unitary authority between 2000-01 and that expected in 2003-04.

(123743)

92   Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on progress with the review of (a) the temporary status of allotments and (b) the 30 year limit relating to allotments.

(123833)

93   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the (a) estimated and (b) outturn costs were of each reorganisation of the local government structure since 1980.

(124067)

94   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what policies (a) initiated and (b) managed by his Department since 2001 have had an impact on Pendle; and if he will make a statement.

(124091)

95   Phil Sawford (Kettering): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many responses have been received by the Government Office East Midlands on the Revised Regional Planning Guidance for the East Midlands from (a) local authorities, (b) health authorities, (c) honourable Members, (d) parish town councils, (e) members of the public, (f) businesses and (g) others.

(123926)

96   Phil Sawford (Kettering): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which (a) organisations and (b) consultants are carrying out the Growth Area Assessments in respect of the Milton Keynes and South Midland Study; and what the costs of these assessments are.

(123973)

97   Phil Sawford (Kettering): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when the three regional planning bodies will complete their growth area assessments in respect of the Milton Keynes and South Midland Study; and when the sub-regional spatial strategy will be published for public consultation.

(123974)

98
N   David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions he has had to assess the effect of competition in building control upon the standard of surveying of new buildings; and if he will make a statement.

(123217)

99   Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action the Government is taking to improve (a) the quality of research and (b) access to high quality research in universities in Yorkshire and Humberside.

(124148)

100   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funding was received by each medical school in each year since 1997.

(124077)

101   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the impact on medical schools of the allocation of funding for places according to (a) the location of applicants' schools and (b) the achievement of three Cs or less at A level; how many such applicants have been admitted to medical school; and how much funding has been distributed to medical schools on this basis.

(124078)

102   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many applications there were for each place at medical schools in the last year for which statistics are available; and what the average A level points score was of the successful candidates.

(124170)

103   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of the (a) male and (b) female workforce in (i) London and (ii) Sefton have degree-level qualifications.

(124107)

104   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) men and (b) women in (i) the UK and (ii) Sefton lack basic (1) reading, (2) writing and (3) mathematics skills.

(124137)

105   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students are being taught at universities in Liverpool; how many graduates were produced in each of the last five years; and what the drop out rate was as a percentage of total numbers admitted on an annual basis for the last five years.

(124213)

106   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many 5 and 5* rated research departments there are in universities in Liverpool .

(124214)

107   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action the Government has taken to improve skills in the UK through better education for young people and greater training opportunities for those in the workforce.

(124215)

108   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of the workforce in the UK have at least level 2 skills; and how many adults lack basic literacy and numeracy skills.

(124217)

109   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage marks were required to pass GCSE Mathematics at each grade from A*-G in each year from 1985 to 2000; and if he will make a statement.

(123952)

110   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of students gained five A*-C grades (a) excluding and (b) including GNVQ results in each year between 1995 and 2002; and if he will make a statement.

(123963)

111   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the Level 4 pass mark was for the Key Stage Two tests in (a) English and (b) Mathematics in each year from 1997 to 2002; and if he will make a statement.

(123964)

112   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the level 4 pass mark for key stage three tests in (a) English and (b) mathematics was in each year since 1997.

(124156)

113   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd June, Official Report, column 555W, on specialist schools, if he will list average point scores for each of the four specialisations.

(124171)

114   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 2nd July, Official Report, columns 295-6W, on staff costs, what the average A/AS level score for pupils attending (a) sixth form colleges and (b) secondary school sixth forms in England in each year since 1995 was; and if he will make a statement on the statistical significance of divergences between the averages.

(124220)

115   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what his latest estimate is of the number of teacher redundancy notices that have been issued in (a) Chesham and Amersham and (b) Buckinghamshire in 2003.

(123913)

116   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much extra money his Department has provided to schools in (a) Chesham and Amersham and (b) Buckinghamshire to help ameliorate the effects of this year's school funding problems.

(123914)

117   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of people in (a) Chesham and Amersham and (b) Buckinghamshire completing a vocational training course have obtained employment within three months in the last three years.

(123915)

118   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools in Chesham and Amersham were involved in the Growing Schools Programme in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03.

(123916)

119   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much funding for Millennium Volunteer projects was allocated to Chesham and Amersham in (a) 2001-02, (b) 2002-03 and (c) 2003-04; and how much funding he proposes to allocate to Chesham and Amersham in 2004-05.

(123917)

120   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance he has issued regarding the distribution of funding for Millennium Volunteer projects in Chesham and Amersham.

(123918)

121   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of graduates on primary school PGCE courses in 2002-03 have secured full time permanent employment; and how many full time vacancies for qualified teachers there are in Chesham and Amersham.

(123919)

122   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools in Chesham and Amersham have undergone an OFSTED inspection within the last 12 months.

(123920)

123   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether he will make the initiative announced on 17th June on improving access to affordable and quality childcare available to parents in Chesham and Amersham; and if he will make a statement.

(123921)

124   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers are working in schools in Chesham and Amersham; how many have qualified teacher status; what the status is of the remainder; and what their distribution is by (a) primary and (b) secondary sectors.

(123922)

125
N   Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what has been the total money spent on the Connexions service in each year since it was established; and how many people under the age of 19 have received advice from the service in each of those years.

(123568)

126   Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was made available to (a) North East Lincolnshire and (b) North Lincolnshire Education Authority via the standards fund in each year since 1997.

(124162)

127   Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the schools in (a) North Lincolnshire and (b) North East Lincolnshire which are running a deficit budget; and how much each deficit is.

(124163)

128   Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people resident in (a) West Derbyshire and (b) Derbyshire are (i) further and (ii) higher education students.

(124012)

129   Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what responsibilities his Department undertakes in connection with British Overseas Territories.

(123897)

130   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what policies (a) initiated and (b) managed by his Department since 2001 have had an impact on Pendle; and if he will make a statement.

(124096)

131
N   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the cost was of producing and publishing the (a) primary school performance tables of achievements in Key Stage 2 tests, (b) secondary school performance tables of achievements in Key Stage 3 tests, (c) secondary school performance tables of achievements in GCSE examinations and vocational qualifications, (d) school and college performance tables of achievements in A/AS examinations and vocational qualifications, (e) pilot tables testing the calculation and presentation of a Key Stage 2-GCSE/GNVQ value added measure and (f) pilot tables testing the reporting of achievements in all approved qualifications at age 16 in each year from 1997 to 2001.

(123507)

132
N   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students have accepted places at the National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth this summer; what the budget is of this programme for 2003; and how much of this budget has come from (a) government funding, (b) Warwick University, (c) business and (d) donations.

(123508)

133
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the underspend was of her Department in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03, broken down by budget head; and what percentage of the total budget this represented.

(123814)

134
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the load factor was in each year from 1999, of each power station without flue gas desulphurisation equipment fitted; and on what date a BATNEEC application to allow the loading to exceed forty per cent. was (a) submitted, (b) agreed and (c) rejected in each applicable case.

(123815)

135
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Municipal Waste Management Statistics 2001-02 will be published.

(123816)

136   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what system is in place to enable the assessment of the impact on the environment from the interaction of pesticides individually approved for use.

(123830)

137   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to assess the health impacts of mercury emissions into the environment (a) generally and (b) from crematoria; and if she will make a statement.

(124047)

138   Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate the Government has made of the change in CO2 emissions arising from Royal Mail's decision to move mail from rail to road.

(124150)

139   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to tackle climate change and improve air quality.

(124198)

140   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to protect Britain's countryside and natural resources.

(124200)

141   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to improve waste management.

(124201)

142   Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Environment Agency's policy is towards (a) supporting open-cast coal planning applications and (b) supporting open-cast coal planning applications on green-belt land.

(124068)

143   Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Environment Agency's policy is towards supporting open-cast coal planning applications on land which they own that is designated as green-belt land.

(124069)

144   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of how much of the budget for the planned reform of the Common Agricultural Policy contributes to (a) trade distorting and (b) non-trade distorting initiatives.

(123961)

145   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of how reform of the Common Agricultural Policy will affect agricultural producers in the developing world.

(123962)

146   Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cattle were slaughtered because of bovine TB in each year since 1997 in (a) West Derbyshire and (b) Derbyshire.

(124011)

147   Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people are employed by her Department in (a) West Derbyshire and (b) Derbyshire.

(124013)

148   Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what responsibilities her Department undertakes in connection with British Overseas Territories.

(123901)

149   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what policies (a) initiated and (b) managed by her Department since 2001 have had an impact on Pendle; and if she will make a statement.

(124097)

150   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received from the ceramics industry concerning the Water Bill; and if she will make a statement.

(124193)

151   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Environment Agency in respect of water abstraction guidance.

(124195)

152   Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the prospects for an all-inclusive ceasefire in Burundi.

(124005)

153   Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department will be taking to support the newly-created transitional national government in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and if he will make a statement.

(124006)

154   Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the prospect for free and fair elections in Rwanda.

(124007)

155   Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the leaders of the (a) Democratic Republic of Congo, (b) Rwanda and (c) Uganda on preventing the supplying, training and arming of rebel groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

(124008)

156   Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department will give to proposals for a regional peace conference in the African Great Lakes area.

(124009)

157   Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received regarding the conflict in the east and north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

(124010)

158
N   Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what evidence the Government has collated that Chechen fighters were involved in action against (a) US and (b) British forces in (i) Iraq and (ii) Afghanistan.

(122750)

159   Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to initiate and assist international peacekeeping efforts in North East Uganda.

(123855)

160   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 16th June, Official Report, column 46-7W, on visas (Syria), how many (a) applications from students and (b) entry clearance applications to (i) visit the UK and (ii) settle in the UK were approved in each year.

(123903)

161   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on (a) the security and political situation in Kenya and (b) the implications of that situation for UK visitors to Kenya.

(124138)

162   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action the UK Government is taking to promote human rights in Iraq.

(124110)

163   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the UK Government is taking to ensure that those responsible for human rights abuses under the previous regime in Iraq will be brought to justice.

(124111)

164   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action the UK Government is taking to ensure implementation of the UN General Assembly Resolution 57/232 on deployment of human rights monitors.

(124112)

165   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the six provinces of Afghanistan for which the UK has responsibility for provincial reconstruction.

(123965)

166   Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to co-ordinate the government resourced projects aimed at supporting the reform process in Indonesia with the timber projects being undertaken by governments in (a) the EU and (b) outside the EU.

(124166)

167   Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of British support projects for the reform process in Indonesia; and what action he plans to take to improve their effectiveness.

(124167)

168   Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the support being given to aid the process of reform that the Indonesian Government is undertaking.

(124168)

169   Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to discuss with the Government of Indonesia support projects from the (a) judiciary and (b) the armed services aimed at aiding the process of reform underway in Indonesia.

(124169)

170   Mrs Jackie Lawrence (Preseli, Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what actions are being taken to determine the future of British citizens detained at Guantanamo Bay.

(123938)

171   Mrs Jackie Lawrence (Preseli, Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British citizens detained at Guantanamo Bay were classed as juveniles at the time of detention.

(123940)

172   Alice Mahon (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the policy of constructive engagement with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea that led to the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Republic of Korea.

(123836)

173   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what policies (a) initiated and (b) managed by his Department since 2001 have had an impact on Pendle; and if he will make a statement.

(124094)

174   Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the use of UK arms exports to Indonesia.

(123939)

175
N   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 Burmese military junta against the Karen, Karenni and Shan people.

(123730)

176   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which British registered companies have been awarded contracts to work on the Plan Puebla-Panama development in Mexico.

(124001)

177   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he next plans to visit the entry clearance operation in Islamabad to review its work.

(123856)

178   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the incorporation of the Fundamental Charter for Human Rights into the European Constitution.

(123857)

179   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Ba'ath Party officials have been arrested by allied forces in Iraq; and what assessment has been made of the role of such officials still at large as leaders of Saddam loyalist resistance in Iraq.

(124029)

180   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his discussions on the future government of Iraq; and whether former Ba'ath Party officials will be involved in them.

(124030)

181   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what process is in place to enable the assessment of interactions between food additives individually approved for use in food products.

(123831)

182
N   Andy Burnham (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what percentage of (a) new and (b) follow-on outpatient appointments were cancelled at (i) Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust, (ii) Royal Bolton Hospitals, (iii) Salford Royal Hospitals and (iv) Warrington Hospital in each year since 1999.

(123660)

183   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to ensure that (a) specialist care is available for endometriosis and (b) patient counsellors are available in (i) gynaecology wards and (ii) general practices.

(124187)

184   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to provide further funding to enable research into endometriosis to progress.

(124188)

185   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to produce a public information campaign to raise awareness of endometriosis.

(124189)

186   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to issue guidelines to health professionals to ensure early diagnosis of endometriosis.

(124190)

187   Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to hold a referendum before new schemes for fluoridation of the public water supply are implemented.

(124192)

188   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people suffered head injuries in (a) the UK and (b) Sefton in each year from 1993 to 2003.

(124101)

189   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of people in (a) the UK and (b) Sefton who have suffered brain injury in the past 10 years have recovered completely.

(124102)

190   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women have taken an emergency contraception pill in the last year.

(124105)

191
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on IT procurement policy for the NHS.

(123504)

192
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on IT procurement policy in (a) the south-west region and (b) the Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Strategic Health Authority area.

(123505)

193
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what role Integrated Line Records Services will play within future IT procurement policy.

(123506)

194   Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the new (a) GP and (b) dental contracts will include provision for compulsory clinical negligence indemnity; and if he will make a statement.

(124028)

195   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are waiting in hospitals in (a) Chesham and Amersham and (b) Buckinghamshire for placements in care homes.

(123906)

196   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many beds were available in care homes in (a) Chesham and Amersham and (b) Buckinghamshire in each year since 1st January 1996.

(123907)

197   Jane Griffiths (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress the National Treatment Agency has made towards its target of recruiting 3,000 practitioners to the drug treatment workforce.

(124074)

198   Jane Griffiths (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the waiting time targets for (a) in-patient detoxification, (b) community prescribing by specialist, (c) community prescribing by GP, (d) structured counselling, (e) structured day care and (f) residential rehabilitation have been met.

(124076)

199   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of registered nurses were aged (a) 20-30, (b) 30-40, (c) 40-50, (d) 50-60 and (e) over 60, in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.

(123927)

200   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department met their target in the NHS plan of ensuring that 90 per cent. of the NHS estate was health and safety compliant by March 2002; what percentage of the estate did not comply with health and safety regulations in March 2002; and what new deadlines have been set on health and safety in the NHS estate.

(123928)

201   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department met their target in the NHS Plan to eliminate the fire safety backlog in the NHS Estate by March 2003.

(124004)

202
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to receive the National Audit Office report into the NHS property and inventures sale; and if he will place a copy in the Library.

(123635)

203   Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what responsibilities his Department undertakes in connection with British Overseas Territories.

(123900)

204   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what policies (a) initiated and (b) managed by his Department since 2001 have had an impact on Pendle; and if he will make a statement.

(124095)

205   Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff are employed in his Department to promote sports participation, as part of his public health role.

(123909)

206   Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much is spent by his Department to promote the public health benefits of participation in sport and physical exercise.

(123910)

207   Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to tackle obesity levels through increasing participation in sport and physical activity; and if he will make a statement.

(123911)

208   Phil Sawford (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, following the introduction of the weighted capitation formula from 1st April, how many primary care trusts in England and Wales are receiving funding of (a) more and (b) less than 100 per cent.; and what action he is taking to ensure that those receiving less than 100 per cent. will receive their full funding allocation in future years.

(123905)

209   Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people who presented to treatment services for drugs and alcohol problems in the last 12 months had mental health problems.

(123935)

210   Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms are (a) in place and (b) planned to identify the extent to which those with drugs or alcohol problems also suffer mental health problems.

(123936)

211   Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to introduce national standards for training in the use of medical devices.

(124173)

212   Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he intends to make it his policy to consult industry and to produce a list of those nutrients and nutrient sources which are legally available in food supplements but which are not listed as acceptable for such use in the Schedules to the proposed Food Supplements (England) Regulations 2003; and if he will publish such a list in the Official Report.

(124157)

213   Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dossiers are being prepared by the food supplements industry for submission to the EU Scientific Committee for Food in relation to nutrients and nutrient sources which are legally available in food supplements, but which are not listed as acceptable for such use in the Schedules to the proposed Food Supplements (England) Regulations 2003.

(124158)

214   Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for animal testing of nutrients and nutrient sources of the requirements of the Food Supplements Directive that dossiers must be submitted for consideration by the European Scientific Committee for Food in relation to nutrients and nutrient sources which are legally available in food supplements, but which are not listed as acceptable for such use in the Schedules to the proposed Food Supplements (England) Regulations 2003.

(124159)

215   Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what date food supplement products will be required to be removed from the market if they contain nutrients and nutrient sources which are not listed as acceptable for such use in the Schedules to the proposed Food Supplements (England) Regulations 2003.

(124160)

216   Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for (a) specialist manufacturers, (b) specialist retailers and (c) consumer choice of the requirement to remove from the market nutrients and nutrient sources which are not listed as acceptable for such use in the Schedules to the proposed Food Supplements (England) Regulations 2003.

(124161)

217   Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Government will make it its policy to oppose legislation that seeks to legalise euthanasia; and if he will make a statement.

(124182)

218   Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on the Patient (Assisted Dying) Bill.

(124183)

219   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd June, Official Report, column 667W, on flight attendants, for what reasons flight attendants are not required to obtain a Criminal Records Bureau check; and what plans his Department has to require flight attendants to have such checks.

(124027)

220   Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, why failed asylum seekers' National Asylum Support Service support is terminated before their removal to country of origin.

(124052)

221   Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures his Department has taken to widen the NIA grants available to destitute asylum seekers in order to ease removal procedures.

(124056)

222   Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to reinstate embarkation controls at UK borders in order to facilitate the assessment of members of failed asylum seekers who remain in the country.

(124064)

223   Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will grant failed asylum seekers a temporary status in the UK to enable them to receive support before they are removed.

(124065)

224   Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children of asylum seekers were being held in custody at each removal centre on 1st July 2003; and if he intends to end the practice.

(124066)

225   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many probation officers are working within the Greater London area.

(123968)

226   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding is being provided in 2003-04 for each of the prisons within the Greater London area for the provision of education services for inmates.

(123969)

227   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many naturalisation applications his Department is dealing with.

(123972)

228   Ross Cranston (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fixed penalty notices were issued in each police authority area for offences in connection with fireworks in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

(124113)

229   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many knife attacks were reported in (a) the UK and (b) Sefton in each of the past 10 years; and how many of these attacks were fatal.

(124108)

230   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were killed by a firearm in (a) the UK and (b) Sefton in each of the past 10 years.

(124109)

231   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prison officers from Great Britain have been seconded to work in the prison service in Northern Ireland in each year since 2000.

(124143)

232   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the percentage change has been in the prison population in England and Wales in each year since 1997.

(124144)

233   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued since their introduction.

(124145)

234   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners have been transferred from prisons in Great Britain to prisons in Northern Ireland in each year since 1997.

(124146)

235   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applicants have been removed from Northern Ireland in each year since 2002.

(124147)

236
N   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he will take to ensure that information Capita gain from accessing the Police National Computer is confined within the Capita organisation itself and is not related to persons or bodies other than those who have made an authorised application to Capita.

(123658)

237
N   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what compensation was paid by the Post Office to the UK Passport Service for passports lost in the post in each of the last five years.

(123510)

238
N   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance is issued to post offices to ensure the secure handling of passports en route from UK Passport Service offices to applicants.

(123511)

239
N   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he is taking to minimise the risk of passports being stolen in the post.

(123512)

240
N   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passports were reported lost in transit by private postal and courier companies in each of the last five years.

(123513)

241   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost has been of the policing of the Peace Watch demonstration at Gate 10, RAF Fairford; what proportion of this cost was paid for from the Gloucestershire Constabulary budget; how many (a) demonstrators and (b) police were present on each day of the demonstration; and who authorised the notices warning of the authorisation of deadly force to be placed on fences at RAF Fairford.

(124194)

242
N   Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work permits were issued in each of the last three years, broken down by country of application.

(123502)

243
N   Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Home Office staff were in post dealing with work permit applications on 1st June (a) 2000, (b) 2001, (c) 2002 and (d) 2003.

(123503)

244   Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who will be responsible for affording protection in the proposed regional protection areas for asylum seekers; what the basis of contributions to the cost of running the zones will be; what the estimated per capita cost is of doing so; who will undertake the initial decisions; what provision will be made for asylum seekers to obtain disinterested legal advice and representation; what appeal mechanism will apply for those who are refused refugee status; what provision will be made for humanitarian and secondary protection outside the provisions of the 1951 Convention and according to which country's criteria; and what the basis will be of allocating to EU countries those who have been granted refugee status and humanitarian and secondary protection.

(124114)

245   Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information is given by British officials operating in France under juxtaposed controls to (a) undocumented and (b) inadequately documented persons who wish to claim asylum in the UK; what access they are given to independent legal advice; what monitoring is undertaken as to how many who are refused entry by British officials then claim asylum in France; and in what circumstances British officials will admit such persons to the asylum process in the UK.

(124115)

246   Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will assess the impact of the implementation of section 55 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 on his policy of dispersing asylum seekers throughout the UK; how many asylum seekers have been dispersed since section 55 was implemented; when he will publish his revised guidelines on the implementation of section 55; and if he will make a statement.

(124116)

247   Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what efforts are made to prepare a local population for the reception of dispersed asylum seekers in their area prior to arrival of the asylum seekers; and what guidance is given by his Department on this.

(124117)

248   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what policies (a) initiated and (b) managed by his Department since 2001 have had an impact on Pendle; and if he will make a statement.

(124093)

249   Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what enquiries he has made of local estate agents at Lee-on-the-Solent concerning the impact on house prices of the announcement that the Daedalus site was being considered as a possible location for an accommodation centre for asylum seekers.

(124079)

250   Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there were in the London Borough of Barnet in 1997; and how many there are now.

(123891)

251   Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Department has taken to assess the efficacy of privatisation conditionalities attached to debt relief programmes.

(124151)

252   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the Department's assessment of the effectiveness of the principle of regional cumulation of goods in promoting (a) economic co-operation and (b) trade integration in the Middle East.

(124172)

253
N   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with the Defence Secretary regarding the role of provincial reconstruction teams for Afghanistan.

(123661)

254
N   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the health situation in Monrovia, Liberia.

(123662)

255
N   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation and recent actions by the Lord's Resistance Army in Teso, Uganda.

(123731)

256
N   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many street children there are in Central America, broken down by country; and how many street children there are in each country.

(123740)

257   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list the schemes funded by the Department which have allocated financial resources to internal policing since 1997; and how much has been allocated in each case.

(124002)

258   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate the Department has made of the number of Iraqis who did not receive their June rations.

(124003)

259   Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost has been to the public purse of the Saville Inquiry broken down by (a) legal fees, (b) accommodation, (c) transportation, (d) provision of IT equipment and (e) hiring of halls.

(123998)

260   Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, against how many people successful prosecutions have been taken for the non payment of television licence fees in the past five years.

(123999)

261   Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on his plans to establish the review of the Belfast Agreement scheduled to take place shortly.

(124000)

262   Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many vehicles on the roads of Northern Ireland are estimated not to have road tax paid on them; and what assessment he has made of how this figure compares on a pro-rata basis with the other nations and regions of the United Kingdom.

(124185)

263   Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what action has been taken to reduce the number of vehicles being driven on Northern Ireland's roads without road tax; and how many prosecutions have resulted in the past 12 months as a result of enforcement action.

(124186)

264   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost is of the press offices of each department in Northern Ireland.

(123956)

265   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the physical condition of accommodation of schools in North Belfast.

(123957)

266   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the accessing by terrorist organisations of medical records at the Royal Group of Hospitals.

(124142)

267
N   Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the Jubilee Medal awarded to fire officers will be presented; and whether all officers and their families will be invited to attend the ceremony.

(123501)

268   Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the work and operation of the Strategic Investment Body and the Reinvestment and Reform Initiative.

(123955)

269   Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps are being taken to address the underspending of government departments through more co-ordinated financial planning; and if he will make a statement.

(123958)

270   Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what reform plans have been produced by each government department; what assessment he has made of those plans; what departments have not produced such plans; and if he will make a statement.

(123959)

271   Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he will publish the complete needs and effectiveness evaluations in respect of departmental budgetary matters.

(123960)

272   Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the increased levels of spending in Health and Education which were agreed by the Northern Ireland Executive prior to suspension have been provided for in the Draft Budget (NI) Order.

(123966)

273   Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he will take to ensure increased levels of financial support for students from disadvantaged backgrounds; and if he will make a statement.

(123967)

274   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total length broken down by classification of road is in each council area in Northern Ireland.

(123925)

275   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the President of the Council, at what time the House has risen on each day from Monday to Thursday since 7th January.

(123890)

276   Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Prime Minister, what plans he has to ensure that political opinion in Northern Ireland is proportionately represented in the House of Lords.

(123997)

277   Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will use the occasion of the meeting he has convened for 10th July on the subject of Colombia to raise the human rights record of that country.

(123854)

278   Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his statement of 18th June, Official Report, column 357, on changes to Government departments, in what way an Independent Judicial Appointments Commission forms part of the agreed settlement in Northern Ireland.

(123832)

279   Alice Mahon (Halifax): To ask the Prime Minister, what plans he has to visit the Republic of Korea.

(123835)

280
N   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many special advisers were employed in the Scotland Office on 11th June.

(123575)

281   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Solicitor General, how many cases were referred to the Crown Prosecution Service by the Thames Valley Police in each of the last three years; what percentage of referred cases were dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service; and what percentage of referred cases resulted in a criminal conviction.

(123912)

282
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many, and what percentage of, power stations are fitted with flue gas desulphurisation equipment.

(123813)

283   Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations she has received about the proposed replacement of signs on post boxes with ones that do not indicate whether the last collection from each post box has happened; and if she will make it her policy to convey those representations to the Royal Mail.

(124057)

284   Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what she estimates the cost will be of the replacement by the Royal Mail of the information signs on post boxes brought about by the requirements of the Discrimination Disability Act 1995.

(124058)

285   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action she is taking to reduce the price of new motor vehicles.

(123970)

286   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to create more regional science councils.

(124118)

287   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the work of the North West Science Council; and what steps she is taking to ensure that the research taking place within the region's universities contributes to the Regional Development Agency's economic strategy.

(124119)

288   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the business start-up rates were in (a) Merseyside, (b) the North West and (c) the UK in 2001-02; and how many survived for a year.

(124205)

289   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 3rd June, Official Report, column 329W, on the Everything but Arms agreement, if she will assess the impact of the Everything but Arms agreement on trade exports to the United Kingdom by non-least developed countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

(124219)

290   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what changes the Post Office has made to the number of collections from post boxes each day in the past two years.

(124191)

291
N   Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she expects to publish draft legislation on audit and company law reforms.

(123569)

292   Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many meetings have been held between her Department and the Treasury since the publication of the Energy White Paper in February to discuss fiscal instruments to improve energy efficiency.

(123975)

293   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what policies (a) initiated and (b) managed by her Department since 2001 have had an impact on Pendle; and if she will make a statement.

(124098)

294   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents took place on UK motorways during the hours of darkness in each year since 1997.

(124072)

295   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact which raising the motorway speed limit to 80 miles per hour would have on (a) the number of road accidents and (b) the number of deaths caused by road accidents.

(124075)

296   Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate the Government has made of (a) how many people might be fined under the proposed offence of using a hand-held mobile phone while driving, (b) how many people would contest the fines and (c) the revenue to be raised through fines in the first year of operation.

(123829)

297   Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the road safety implications of increasing motorway speed limits.

(123834)

298   Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to encourage enterprises to use rail freight.

(124153)

299   Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial support from the Government is available to assist enterprises shift their goods from road to rail transport.

(124154)

300   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by how much the passenger numbers to Liverpool John Lennon Airport have changed in the past five years.

(124212)

301   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Strategic Rail Authority about services between London and Chesham and Amersham; and if he will make a statement.

(123923)

302   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve public transport links between London and Chesham and Amersham.

(123924)

303
N   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passports sent to the DVLA as proof of identity in driving licence applications were reported lost (a) en route to the DVLA and (b) in the offices of the DVLA, in each year since 1997.

(123509)

304   Mr Terry Lewis (Worsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total public subsidy has been to the railways in each financial year from 1987-88 to 2002-03.

(123828)

305   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total cost was of the consultation exercise on airports policy.

(123863)

306   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what policies (a) initiated and (b) managed by his Department since 2001 have had an impact on Pendle; and if he will make a statement.

(124090)

307
N   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when he will give evidence to the Richard Commission.

(123418)

308
N   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he gave evidence to the Bain Inquiry into current working practices in the fire service; and if he will make a statement.

(123419)

309   Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister for Women, what recent assessment she has made of women's rights in Iraq.

(123825)

310   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the output per hour worked was in (a) the UK, (b) Germany, (c) France, (d) United States and (e) Japan in each of the past 10 years.

(124106)

311   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the impact of the (a) minimum income guarantee and (b) pension credit on pensioner poverty.

(124196)

312   Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what strategies exist for the Child Support Agency to ensure that those who are self-employed can be compelled to pay maintenance for their children; and if he will make a statement.

(124025)

313   Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what review and evaluation strategies his Department uses to monitor the work of the Child Support Agency in ensuring that those who refuse to pay maintenance for their children are made to do so.

(124026)

314   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many customers (a) will and (b) will not be paid by direct payment if the Department meets its public service agreement target to pay 85 per cent. of customers via bank accounts by 2005; and if he will make a statement.

(124014)

315   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his target is for the (a) number and (b) proportion of customers receiving benefits by direct payment by 31st December 2005.

(124016)

316   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether customers who have more than one carer or a number of irregular carers will be able to nominate more than one such person to collect their benefit from the Post Office, following the transfer to direct payment; and if he will make a statement.

(124017)

317   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the exceptions service being designed for those customers who will not be transferring to direct payment; and when he expects to make available the criteria by which customers will qualify for the service.

(124018)

318   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been contacted following a failure to respond to an invitation to transfer to direct payment; and of those, what proportion responded to this further contact.

(124019)

319   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average number of days wait is before an unemployed person's initial appointment with a jobcentre advisor; what research his Department has conducted into the particular problems faced in waiting for appointments by agency workers who become unemployed for short periods of time on a regular basis; and if he will make a statement.

(124020)

320   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the measures in place in respect of (a) jobseekers allowance, (b) housing benefit and (c) other benefits to meet the needs of agency workers who are regularly unemployed for short periods of time.

(124021)

321   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) estimated current level of funding of occupational pensions schemes and (b) proportion of schemes in deficit is, with the aggregate size of those deficits, is using (i) the present basis for minimum funding requirement and (ii) that which operated in May 1997.

(124022)

322   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what changes have been made to the basis for minimum funding requirement since May 1997; and what effect the changes have had on the demonstrated level of funding of a typical pension scheme.

(124023)

323   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when persons whose jobseekers allowance claims are refused are informed of the reasons for the refusal of their claim; and if he will make a statement on the appeal procedures applicable in such cases.

(124024)

324   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 16th May, Official Report, column 440W, and 20th May, Official Report, column 753W, what method of payment his Department plans to use to pay the 15 per cent. of customers that may not be being paid by direct payment by the end of 2005, following the completion of the phasing out of order books by that date; and if he will make a statement.

(124100)

325   Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh & Berwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of working age (a) adults, (b) men and (c) women in each region of the UK are contributing to (i) occupational and (ii) personal pensions.

(123937)

326   Diana Organ (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many liability orders were placed on members of the armed forces by the Child Support Agency in each month since July 2002.

(123931)

327   Diana Organ (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the application of child support regulations to armed forces personnel.

(123933)

328   Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what responsibilities his Department undertakes in connection with British Overseas Territories.

(123898)

329   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what policies (a) initiated and (b) managed by his Department since 2001 had an impact on Pendle; and if he will make a statement.

(124087)

330
N   David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the role competition can play in health and safety regulatory functions other than building control; and if he will make a statement.

(123218)

331   Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, if he will make a statement on the use of all-postal ballot schemes in elections taking place in 2004.

(124070)

332   Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, what plans the Government has to introduce legislation allowing the use of election pilot schemes in the proposed combined elections in June 2004; and if he will make a statement.

(124071)

333   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, how many letters his Department has received from the general public, giving their views on the appointment of people's peers.

(123971)

334   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, what percentage of fines were unpaid in (a) magistrates' courts and (b) Crown courts in (i) Chesham and Amersham and (ii) Buckinghamshire in 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(123908)

335   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, what policies (a) initiated and (b) managed by his Department and its predecessor since 2001 have had an impact on Pendle; and if he will make a statement.

(124092)

336   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures he is taking to tackle the illegal use of quad bikes on footpaths and roads in Northern Ireland.

[Transferred] (124141)

337   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in (a) the UK and (b) Sefton died from a head injury in the past 10 years.

[Transferred] (124103)

338   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many women under (a) 16 and (b) 20 years have given birth in each of the last 10 years in (i) the UK and (ii) Sefton.

[Transferred] (124104)

339   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many families with severely (a) disabled and (b) learning disabled children have received family support in each year since 1997, broken down by social services authority; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (124164)

340   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the net expenditure of each social services authority in England on family support services for severely (a) disabled and (b) learning disabled children was in each year since 1997; what the total was for all authorities in each of those years; what the percentage change in real terms was in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (124165)

341   Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects the Government's review of the European Court of Justice's decision on golden shares to be completed.

[Transferred] (124152)

342   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, how much money was raised from fines for speeding caught on speed cameras, in each year since 1997.

[Transferred] (124073)

343   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the unemployment rate was in Merseyside for (a) 2000, (b) 2001, (c) 2002 and (d) 2003 to date.

[Transferred] (124202)

344   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many jobs have been created in Merseyside in the last five years.

[Transferred] (124203)

345   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the unemployment rate was in each year from 1997 to 2003 in (a) England and (b) Sefton.

[Transferred] (124206)

346   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assistance is given to old age pensioners moving from their house to a sheltered home; and what proposals he has to ensure that older people are able to remain in their own houses if they wish.

[Transferred] (124053)

347   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many state-run old people's homes there are in England; what funding they receive; and what contributions pensioners are expected to make.

[Transferred] (124054)

348   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proposals he has to improve the level of care in old people's homes; and what measures have been taken since 2001.

[Transferred] (124055)