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 11 July 2003

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Friday 11 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 11th JULY

1
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what tax treatment applies to private apartments within royal palaces.

(125328)

2
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make additional funds available to the Department for Work and Pensions to cover an increase in the number of Post Office Card Accounts opened above the Government's estimates; whether he plans that the cost of accounts above the estimate will be met from within the Department's existing expenditure plans; and if he will make a statement.

(125334)

3
N   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer on how many occasions in each of the last five years (a) firearms, (b) drugs and (c) other dangerous goods were intercepted at Royal Mail sorting offices in the London area.

(124942)

4   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer where a person is owed tax credit back-payments, what mechanism there is for paying it in one lump sum rather than in weekly instalments; and if he will make it his policy to ensure that all eligible claims are paid arrears in a lump sum.

(125478)

5   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his Answer of 26th June, Official Report, column 933W, on income tax, what factors underlay his conclusion that the information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

(125398)

6   Laura Moffatt (Crawley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress has been made since the new arrangements have been in place to intercept illegal importation of meats at ports.

(125624)

7   Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what major IT projects with a value in excess of £10,000 he authorised expenditure on in each of the last three financial years.

(125720)

8   Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how much he spent on IT licences in the last financial year.

(125776)

9   Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the percentage of total central government expenditure was represented by PFI and PPP annual payments in the financial years (a) 1992-93, (b) 1997-98 and (c) 2002-03.

(125498)

10   Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total central government expenditure was on PFI and PPP annual payments in the financial years, (a) 1992-93, (b) 1997-98 and (c) 2002-03.

(125499)

11   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer on how many occasions since January the tax credits computer system has stopped working.

(125404)

12   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the statistics on the Inland Revenue regarding approved pension schemes, available at http://www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk/stats/pensions/p

(125410)

13   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many calls have been made to the Tax Credit helpline in each month since it was first established; and how many of these calls have been answered.

(125413)

14   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many calls have been made to the MPs' tax credit hotline in each month since it was first established; and how many of these calls have been answered.

(125414)

15
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what definition applies to the terms (a) occupied and (b) unoccupied in respect of royal palaces.

(125330)

16
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what authorisation process is applied by the Department for the occupation of a royal palace.

(125331)

17   Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what major IT projects with a value in excess of £10,000 she authorised expenditure on in each of the last three financial years.

(125715)

18   Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the Department spent on IT (a) licences, (b) maintenance, (c) software and (d) hardware in the last financial year.

(125733)

19   Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the major sporting events hosted by the UK and funded by UK Sport in each year since 1996-97 to the provisional programme for 2003-04.

(125560)

20   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the accessibility of Drummore harbour to seacraft.

(125735)

21   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when Drummore harbour will next be dredged.

(125736)

22   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on United Kingdom support for a national Afghan army.

(125706)

23   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the United Kingdom Provincial Reconstruction Team in the Mazar-e-Sharif region of Afghanistan will liaise with Afghan military forces acting under direct authority of the Afghan Interim Administration.

(125707)

24   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the extent of the supply and use of illicit drugs at Deepcut barracks over the last five years; how many personnel were tested; how many tests proved positive; what disciplinary action resulted; and if he will make a statement.

(125559)

25   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on (a) the front line and (b) procurement in current prices in each year since 1999-2000; and what his plans are for each year until 2005-06.

(125589)

26   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his assessment is of the threat to UK forces from hostile submarine forces; and if he will make a statement.

(125591)

27   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his assessment is for the current requirements for naval anti-air warfare capabilities; and if he will make a statement.

(125592)

28   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what training was given to Army personnel deployed on Operation Telic in respect of use of the grenade launchers for SA80A2.

(125593)

29   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when front line units received grenade launchers for SA80A2 during Operation Telic.

(125594)

30   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when orders were placed for additional desert clothing which was required for Operation Telic.

(125595)

31   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether all UK service personnel have access to air conditioned accommodation in current deployments in Iraq and Kuwait.

(125596)

32   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many reservists are deployed in Iraq and Kuwait.

(125597)

33   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Joint Strike Fighter aircraft will be allocated to the (a) Fleet Air Arm and (b) RAF if the current requirement stands at 150 aircraft; and which squadrons will operate the aircraft.

(125598)

34   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what meetings he has had with French (a) ministers and (b) officials to discuss the CVF programme; whether the CVF contractors have been asked by his Department to prepare carrier designs smaller than 50,000 tonnes; and if he will make a statement.

(125599)

35   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to make an initial gate announcement on the Maritime Airborne Surveillance and Control programme.

(125600)

36   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the Tornado F3 aircraft will not be fitted with Helmet Mounted Sight capability for ASRAAM.

(125601)

37   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his assessment is of the capability improvement of ASRAAM over the AIM9M and AIM9L Sidewinder missiles.

(125602)

38   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason Tornado F3 have not received an AMRAAM datalink upgrade as part of the Capability Sustainment programme.

(125603)

39   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Jaguar GR3A has been wired for ASRAAM; and what plans he has for the Jaguar GR3A to be equipped with ASRAAM.

(125604)

40   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of the (a) Army, (b) Naval service and (c) RAF units, required to be rapidly available, are at (i) very high, (ii) high and (iii) medium states of readiness.

(125605)

41   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what deployment times are denoted by his Department's scaling of (i) very high, (ii) high and (iii) medium states of readiness.

(125606)

42   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what changes have taken place in each service's manning requirement since April 1997.

(125607)

43   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects that the EU will be able to deploy forces of Corps level under the provisions of the European Security and Defence Pact.

(125608)

44   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the UK's contribution is to the NATO reaction force; and when he expects this force to be operational.

(125609)

45   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's estimate is of the number of people affected by violent conflict in (a) 2003 and (b) 2002; and whether he expects to meet his Department's Public Service Agreement in respect of this point.

(125610)

46   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what savings have been achieved through the Smart Acquisition initiative; and what the largest single saving is that has been achieved.

(125611)

47   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the savings have been achieved through (a) cancellation, (b) delay and (c) scaling back of procurement programmes in each year since 1997.

(125612)

48   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the (a) Typhoon and (b) Joint Strike Fighter will be armed with a gun.

(125613)

49   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Typhoon will be capable of delivering (a) Storm Shadow, (b) Precision Guided bombs, (c) ALARM, (d) Brimstone, (e) unguided bombs and (f) cluster bombs in operations.

(125614)

50   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which infantry regiments have served in Northern Ireland in each of the past five years.

(125616)

51   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what training of Territorial Army personnel has taken place in 2003 in respect of dealing with CBRN emergencies; and if he will make a statement.

(125617)

52   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when HMS Bulwark will be operational.

(125618)

53   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which units will be equipped with the Bowman system when it first enters service; and when Bowman will be ready for operational deployment.

(125619)

54   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what grants are available to families of servicemen wishing to give a family member a full military burial.

(125620)

55   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of the (a) Army, (b) RAF and (c) Naval Service is (i) preparing for, (ii) recovering from and (iii) deployed on operations.

(125621)

56   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Government was first informed about BAE Systems' plan to hand its share of the Paradigm joint venture in Skynet 5 to the European Aeronautic Defence and Space group; how it was informed; how his Department was consulted about the transfer of Paradigm to EADS before the deal was made; and what the substance of such meetings was.

(125507)

57   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what grounds his Department chose the joint bid for the Skynet 5 deal from BAe and EADS; whether the departure of BAe affected the bid; and if he will make a statement.

(125508)

58   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department expects to finalise the Skynet 5 contract with Paradigm; and if he will make a statement.

(125570)

59   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent investigation he has made of alcohol consumption levels in the Armed Forces; and what alcohol education measures are being taken.

(125506)

60   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 25th June, Official Report, column 876W, on drugs, what investigations he has conducted to determine why specific army units have yielded relatively large numbers of positive results on compulsory drugs testing; and what steps he has taken to address the drug problem in units scoring highly on CDT.

(125726)

61   Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 4th April, Official Report, column 141W, on the interest payable on tax incorrectly deducted from armed forces pensions, whether he has made a decision on whether a further payment should be made.

(125540)

62   Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of British unexploded munitions in Iraq have been cleared; and when this work will be completed.

(125698)

63   Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate the Department has made of (a) the number of Iraqi ammunition dumps and (b) the quantity of munitions in the British sector.

(125699)

64   Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of Iraqi munitions have been disposed of; and when the clearance will be completed.

(125700)

65   Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Iraqi children he estimates have been killed while dismantling Iraqi munitions in the last three months.

(125701)

66   Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what resources provided by (a) Her Majesty's Government and (b) NGOs are available in Iraq for mine clearance.

(125702)

67   Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what resources for clearing Iraqi munitions are provided by (a) Her Majesty's Government and (b) NGOs.

(125703)

68   Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what protection British Forces have provided to the World Food Authority warehouses in Basra; and what future plans the Department have to provide such protection.

(125705)

69   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many dwellings have been completed in the London Borough of Wandsworth in each of the last three years that were (a) for private residential use and (b) for local authority use.

(125502)

70   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the Government took water requirements into account when proposing its new house-building programme.

(125509)

71   Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he has held discussions with the Electoral Commission about the possibility of abandoning alphabetical listing of candidates on ballot papers (a) at future general elections and (b) in the London Mayoral and Assembly elections.

(125421)

72   Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 20th March, Official Report, column, 937W, on social housing grant, what estimate he has made of the number of social housing schemes which will not proceed as a result of the abolition of Local Authority Social Housing Grant; and how many social housing units will be lost in consequence.

(125727)

73   Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his oral Answer to the honourable Member for Halifax of 30th June, Official Report, column 33, whether there will be a reduction in the response to 999 calls in England as a result of modernisation of the Fire Service; and what definition he will use of reduction in the response.

(125730)

74   Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 7th July, Official Report, column 619W, on regional assemblies, if he will list the opinion polls which were included in his calculation; and if he will place copies of the results in the Library.

(125792)

75   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library a copy of the (a) press release released by the Audit Commission on the publication of the Corporate Governance inspection of Kingston upon Hull and (b) records of questions and answers at the accompanying press conference.

(125664)

76   Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what major IT projects with a value in excess of £10,000 he authorised expenditure on in each of the last three financial years.

(125722)

77   Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much he spent on IT (a) licences, (b) maintenance, (c) software and (d) hardware in the last financial year.

(125774)

78   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the clear up rate of malicious fires was in each police force area, in each year since 1997.

(125530)

79   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the arson detection rate was in each year since 1997.

(125531)

80   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what percentage of all fires were started deliberately in each year since 1997.

(125532)

81   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the cost to the criminal justice system of court proceedings and sentencing for arson was in 2001 and (b) 2002.

(125533)

82   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of fires in the construction industry were attributed to arson in each year since 1997.

(125742)

83   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much arson has cost retailers in each year since 1997.

(125764)

84   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much Government funding the UK forum of Arson Investigators received in each of the last five years.

(125765)

85   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many fires in homes have occured in each year since 1997.

(125766)

86   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many retained firefighters have been recruited in each year since 1997.

(125767)

87   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much has been allocated by the Higher Education Funding Council for England to higher education institutions in their block grants to recognise the additional costs of recruiting and supporting students from disadvantaged or non-traditional backgrounds in each year since 1997; if he will express this as a proportion of the Higher Education Funding Council for England budget; and what projections there are for such support in future years, expressed both as (a) funding sums and (b) a proportion of the HEFCE budget.

(125543)

88   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 8th July, Official Report, column 677-8W, on medical schools, what additional funding is attracted by applicants for medical schools with the equivalent of (a) more and (b) less than 3 Cs at A level who attend the same medical schools.

(125672)

89   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 8th July, Official Report, column 677-8W, on medical schools, how many of the medical students referred to attracted additional funding because their pre-entry qualifications are lower than the equivalent of three Cs at A level in each year since 1997; and how many mature entrants there were in each year since 1997.

(125673)

90   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 8th July, Official Report, column 677-8W, on medical schools, what the (a) drop-out rate from medical schools and (b) drop-out rate from medical schools for students who attract additional funding because they have pre-entry qualifications lower than the equivalent of 3 Cs at A level were in each of the last five years.

(125674)

91   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what studies have been undertaken about the means and methods to sustain Sure Start projects deemed beneficial when the money under that programme is no longer available for such projects; what replacement programme for Sure Start is envisaged when that is (a) running down and (b) completed in an area; and if he will make a statement.

(125545)

92   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the criteria are for research departments in England to receive recurrent funding in 2003-04.

(125481)

93   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of departments assessed in England in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise with 6,500 research active academic staff are at a level that will not receive recurrent funding in 2003-04.

(125482)

94   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of departments in England with 8,500 research active staff received a rating of 4 in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise; and how their funding will change from 2002-03 to 2003-04.

(125483)

95   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of departments in research intensive Russell Group institutions in England had research rated 1-3a in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise.

(125484)

96   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of research active staff in England are in departments rated 1-4, excluding those due to receive capability funding.

(125485)

97   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which subjects had fewer than 20 per cent. of departments in England receive a 5-5* rating in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise.

(125486)

98   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much money the Higher Education Funding Council for England will be allocating to recurrent funding for research in England.

(125487)

99   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which units of assessment are receiving capability funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England in England.

(125488)

100   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the funding allocated to departments with a 4� rating was in 2002-03; and how much is allocated in 2003-04.

(125489)

101   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of academics are working in 4-star rated research departments; and how many 4-star rated research departments there are in England.

(125490)

102   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many full time academics in higher education institutions in the North West work in departments which face the removal or reduction of recurrent government funding for research.

(125491)

103   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which subjects and how many departments in that subject in the North West's higher education institutions face (a) the reduction and (b) removal of recurrent government funding for research in 2003-04.

(125492)

104   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that specialist school subject designations correlate to pupil and parent demand; and if he will make a statement.

(125708)

105   Mr Khalid Mahmood (Birmingham, Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether further education colleges will be able to claim compensation for losses due to the withdrawal of individual learning accounts.

(125786)

106   Mr Khalid Mahmood (Birmingham, Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much the National Learning and Skills Council (a) has spent, and (b) is planning to spend, on public affairs consultancy and advice on (i) promoting learning and (ii) promoting the Learning and Skills Council.

(125787)

107   Mr George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many childcare places have been created in (a) Stoke South constituency and (b) Stoke-on-Trent Unitary Authority since 1997.

(125623)

108   Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he is taking to (a) encourage and (b) support more people with disabilities to enter (i) teaching and (ii) other employment in education; and what discussions he has had with Scottish counterparts on this issue.

(125670)

109
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures she will take to ensure that the provisions of the Landfill Directive to ban the disposal of whole tyres in landfill sites from 16th July are enforced by the Environment Agency; and if she will make a statement.

(125150)

110   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what percentage waste produced in the UK has changed in each of the last five years.

(125572)

111   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of landfill sites will be full by 2010; and what alternative methods of disposal will be used once waste landfill sites are filled.

(125573)

112   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of water companies reported financial deficits in 2002.

(125574)

113   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how long it took to plan and provide a new reservoir in the UK, on average, over the last 30 years.

(125575)

114   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of total water leakage in England is caused by Thames Water.

(125576)

115   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people live in areas with a high risk of flooding.

(125577)

116   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on drinking water quality in England since 1993.

(125652)

117
N   Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will make a decision on the appeal of Fats & Proteins (UK) Ltd which was heard in 1998.

(124999)

118
N   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many fixed penalty notices were issued for littering in England and Wales in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03.

(124940)

119   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what effect the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy will have on the support given to the growing of energy crops, with particular reference to the use of set-aside land.

(125422)

120
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of F-gas emissions are estimated to derive from the transport sector through vehicle air-conditioning and transport refrigeration; and what plans she has to control such emissions.

(125333)

121   Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much she spent on IT (a) maintenance, (b) licences, (c) software and (d) hardware in the last financial year.

(125717)

122   Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what major IT projects with a value in excess of £10,000 she authorised expenditure on in each of the last three financial years.

(125724)

123   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average price differential between Common Agricultural Policy prices and world market prices are for (a) wheat, (b) beef, (c) sheep meat, (d) oats and (e) sugar beet.

(125754)

124   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average tariff on agricultural produce from Africa into the EU was in the last year for which figures are available.

(125755)

125   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps will be taken to improve access to EU markets for agricultural produce from the developing world under the current proposals for Common Agricultural Policy reform.

(125756)

126   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the three highest agricultural tariffs on imports into the EU were in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by (a) product and (b) percentage tariff.

(125757)

127   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent proposals the UK has tabled in the EU to improve access for agricultural products from Africa into the EU.

(125758)

128   Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research she has undertaken of the impact of the Department and Business Link on agricultural consultants in the private sector.

(125399)

129   Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the British Institute of Agricultural Consultants about the work of the Department and Business Link.

(125400)

130   Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department has spent in each of the past five years supporting the work of (a) Business Link and (b) the Farm Business Advice Service; and how many farmers have been advised in the past five years by the Department and Business Link.

(125403)

131   Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the procedures for the screening of applicants to become Business Link advisers with the Farm Business Advice Service.

(125432)

132   Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) individuals and (b) firms are registered as Business Link advisers with the Farm Business Advice Service.

(125433)

133
N   Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what guidance has been given to entry clearance officers about the funds required for a person seeking leave to enter the United Kingdom as a working holiday maker.

(125337)

134   Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many times the Government has asked for the return of British prisoners in Guantanamo Bay to Britain; when the most recent request on such matters was; what the US's response was in each case; and if he will make a statement.

(125675)

135   Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 12th May, Official Report, column 77W, on global conflict prevention pool, what progress has been made in each of the five project areas designed to reduce the number of individuals whose lives are affected by violent conflict.

(125676)

136   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the relationship between the United Nations and the Iraq Survey Group.

(125544)

137   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his oral Answer of 8th July, Official Report, column 888Y, whether his Department had an input into the Joint Intelligence Committee's assessment of the 45 minute claim; and if he will make a statement.

(125789)

138   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department had an input into the claims that Iraq was seeking uranium from Niger; and if he will make a statement.

(125790)

139   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether intelligence aspects in the Government's dossier on Iraq were not from a source (a) emanating from and (b) verified by his Department; and if he will make a statement.

(125791)

140   Geraint Davies (Croydon Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will request from the US Administration a statement of the evidence against Mr Feroz Abbasi.

(125496)

141   Geraint Davies (Croydon Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether Her Majesty's Government has asked for the extradition of Mr Feroz Abbasi.

(125497)

142   Mr Michael Jabez Foster (Hastings & Rye): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the reference within the draft constitution prepared by the convention on the Future of Europe to the European Union having exclusive competence over the conservation of marine biological resources under the Common Fisheries Policy covers exclusive competence within the (a) six-mile and (b) 12-mile limits.

(125712)

143   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many officials the Provisional Coalition Administration has in the British controlled sector of Iraq.

(125615)

144   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British citizens are imprisoned in Saudi Arabia; which individual has been imprisoned the longest; how long he has been in prison; and of what charge he has been convicted.

(125415)

145   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 7th July, Official Report, column 579W, on Iraq, what measures the Government has taken to encourage all states to share information that they have with the IAEA.

(125795)

146   Lembit O�pik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance his Department has given to Estonia towards assisting the development of (a) their police service and (b) their NPA Estonian Neighbourhood Watch scheme; and if he will make a statement.

(125529)

147   Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether Iraq sought the supply of uranium from Africa that had no civil nuclear application in Iraq since 1998.

(125731)

148   Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what major IT projects with a value in excess of £10,000 he authorised expenditure in each of the last three financial years.

(125775)

149   Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Foreign Office spent on IT (a) licences, (b) maintenance, (c) software and (d) hardware in the last financial year.

(125777)

150   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he received the papers relating to Darmesh (date of birth 27th February 1973) and Rashik (8th December 1977) Jamiet from Mumbai under Ref R/02/4938-40.

(125517)

151   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many entry clearance officers there are in (a) Islamabad, (b) New Delhi, (c) Mumbai and (d) Dhaka, Bangladesh.

(125518)

152   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to visit Columbia.

(125519)

153   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met the Foreign Minister of Yemen; and if he will make a statement.

(125520)

154   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the size is of his public diplomacy team.

(125521)

155   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many ambassadors he has appointed since 1997; and if he will list them.

(125522)

156   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects to locate the file of Mr Abdullah Rehmani, the husband of Mrs Baluch of Leicester, a constituent, and make a determination on the application.

(125778)

157   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many visa cases the Minister responsible for entry clearance has overturned since 2001.

(125779)

158   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many persons have applied for the post of Independent Monitor.

(125780)

159   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Ambassadors for British Business he has appointed since 2001.

(125781)

160   Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Department has received from the Russian government on the re-establishment of the electrical power system in Iraq.

(125696)

161   Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) hip replacement, (b) knee replacement, (c) cataract, (d) heart bypass and (e) varicose veins cost on average in 2002-03 (i) a private patient and (ii) the NHS; and what the difference was between the mid-private price and 60 per cent. of the NHS average cost.

(125401)

162
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 7th July, ref 123300, what the terms of reference are of the independent review; and when it will report.

(125383)

163   Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library the records which he holds of the number of plastic surgery procedures broken down by category carried out in each year since 1990; and if he will make a statement.

(125738)

164   Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what regulations apply to doctors who carry out plastic surgery procedures; and if he will make a statement.

(125739)

165   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of delays in handling checks by the Criminal Records Bureau on the NHS.

(125557)

166
N   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with the Home Office about the (a) possible introduction of an entitlement card scheme, (b) the use to which such a card would be put on the matters for which he is responsible and (c) the costs and funding of the scheme; and if he will make a statement.

(124941)

167   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of abolishing prescription charges in England.

(125416)

168   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the Government policy is on charges for health services.

(125417)

169
N   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the staffing levels for operating the MRI scanners in Shropshire NHS trusts.

(125146)

170
N   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans there are to replace the MRI scanners used in Shropshire NHS trusts.

(125147)

171
N   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how old the MRI scanner at the Princess Royal Hospital, Telford is.

(125148)

172
N   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the recommended minimum number of radiographers is to each MRI scanner.

(125149)

173   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of children's hospices (a) within and (b) outside the NHS.

(125693)

174   Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what entitlement overseas residents have to free NHS treatment, with particular reference to primary care.

(125669)

175   Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the outcome of Operation Antler.

(125654)

176   Mrs Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7th July, Official Report, column 647W, on robbery/burglary victims, how many injuries were sustained in muggings and robberies in each year.

(125796)

177
N   Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many decisions were made on asylum applications in each year from 1997-2002; and what percentage were granted asylum, including those granted on appeal.

(125338)

178
N   Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants for asylum were granted exceptional leave to remain in each year from 1997-2002; and what percentage this was of the total number of applications.

(125339)

179
N   Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under what conditions an asylum seeker might continue to receive benefits after his or her case has been refused; which benefits are available; and how many such cases arose in each of the last five years.

(125340)

180   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) men over 65 and (b) women over 60 are held in prisons in England and Wales.

(125501)

181   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on police recruitment into the Metropolitan Police.

(125504)

182
N   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the regulatory impact assessment concerning the proposed new offence of corporate manslaughter has been completed; and if he will make a statement.

(125049)

183
N   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which industries in the private sector were selected for the regulatory impact assessment for the new offence of corporate manslaughter; on what basis such industries were selected; and if he will make a statement.

(125050)

184
N   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is in relation to (a) Crown immunity and (b) who should conduct prosecution inquiries in relation to the proposed offence of corporate manslaughter; and if he will make a statement.

(125051)

185
N   Jim Dowd (Lewisham West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 7th July, Official Report, column 646-7W, if he will publish the independent expert advice received by the Department.

(125382)

186   Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many policemen found to have committed acts of domestic violence have been (a) suspended and (b) dismissed in England and Wales in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

(125420)

187   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what intelligence Operation Corolla of 13th November 2002 in Gwent, Dyfed-Powys and Gloucestershire was based.

(125558)

188   Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his officials at the Immigration and Nationality Directorate will issue status papers granting indefinite leave to remain to a constituent of the honourable Member for Vauxhall (number: M616441) as indicated in a letter from his Minister of State, dated 17th March.

(125678)

189   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to combine the prison and probation services into a single correctional service; and if he will make a statement.

(125418)

190   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the cases awaiting review by the Criminal Cases Review Commission were referred in each month during the period that the longest has been awaiting review.

(125419)

191   Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library the risk assessment procedures used to assess prisoners' suitability for transfer to (a) category D prisons and (b) Kirkham Open Prison.

(125477)

192   Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of prisoners absconding from Kirkham and Wealston Prisons.

(125561)

193   Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 24th June, Official Report, column 736-8 on prisons, how many absconding prisoners committed a further offence, for which they were charged, during their absence from prison, in each year; what assessment he has made of the basis for selecting prisoners for transfer to Kirkham open prison; and how many prison officers were in post at each open prison in each year.

(125794)

194   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost was of providing European Stress Awareness Day activities for police forces; and how many police forces used Home Office funding for such activities.

(125657)

195   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who will provide the residential parenting classes he is proposing; what the estimated cost to public funds is of each parent attending residential parenting classes and who will pay for residential parenting classes; which organisations he has consulted on residential parenting classes; which supported residential parenting classes; what estimate he has made of the number of parents likely to undertake residential parenting classes; how many identified providers of residential parenting courses there are, broken down by region; what measures are in place to ensure that the best interests of children are fully taken into account; whether single parents will be considered for residential parenting classes; and what rights parents will have to appeal over provision of classes.

(125397)

196   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many girls under 18 were held in custody in Holloway Prison in each of the last 12 months, broken down by age.

(125662)

197   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the responsibilities are of the new Commissioner for Correctional Services.

(125663)

198   Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reason was for the delay in the vignettes programme announcement; and if he will make a statement.

(125528)

199   Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much he spent on IT (a) maintenance, (b) licences, (c) software and (d) hardware in the last financial year.

(125716)

200   Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what major IT projects with a value in excess of £10,000 he authorised expenditure on in each of the last three financial years.

(125725)

201   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his Department's strategy is on arson and catching arsonists.

(125691)

202   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the detection rate for arson in England and Wales was in each year since 1997; and what the detection rate for all crime was in each year.

(125743)

203   Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations he has received regarding the availability of training places for police officers; and if he will make a statement.

(125396)

204   Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the question tabled by the honourable Member for Pudsey, on 2nd May, ref 116897.

(125788)

205   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the case of Darmesh (date of birth 27th February 1973) and Rashik (8th December 1977) Jamiet was received in the Appeal Processing Centre at the Home Office.

(125523)

206   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Chief Constables he has met since 2001.

(125524)

207   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he has issued to chief constables concerning (a) contact between honourable Members and their local chief constable and (b) answering correspondence from honourable Members.

(125525)

208   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list the educational projects in Kenya which have received funding from his Department (a) directly and (b) indirectly in 2002-03.

(125550)

209   Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what percentage of Sector Wide Approach (SWAp) funding was spent on family planning and reproductive health in the last year for which figures are available; and what the total funding in this sector was.

(125658)

210   Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance the Department has given to the re-establishment of (a) the electrical power system, (b) the legal system, (c) a police force and (d) a banking system in Iraq.

(125694)

211   Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which NGOs have approached the Department wishing to provide assistance for (a) the restructuring of Iraq and (b) humanitarian aid in Iraq.

(125697)

212   Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance the Department is giving to the World Food Authority's work in Basra.

(125704)

213   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the future of post-primary education in Northern Ireland.

(125535)

214   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he last met representatives from the (a) Primary Principals Association of Northern Ireland and (b) Grammar School Principals; and what plans he has to meet each group in the future.

(125536)

215   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what aspects of the Higher Education White Paper will be extended to Northern Ireland; and what the timetable is for the implementation of its proposals.

(125538)

216
N   David Burnside (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many incidents of pollution there were in each river in Northern Ireland in (a) 2002, (b) 2001 and (c) 2000, broken down by (i) industrial, (ii) farming and (iii) sewage incidents.

(125327)

217   Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much public expenditure has been awarded to groups and individuals involved in the Ulster Scots cultural outlook in each of the last five years.

(125539)

218   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on his policy for assisting the victims of terrorism in Northern Ireland.

(125546)

219   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of household refuse collected in Northern Ireland was recycled in 2002-03.

(125547)

220   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures have been taken to introduce a door-step recycling service for every household in Northern Ireland.

(125548)

221   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which primary schools in the Belfast Education and Library Board area (a) carried and (b) lost teacher posts in the period 1999-2000 and 2001-02.

(125551)

222   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many meetings of the North and South Ministerial Council have been held since the suspension of devolved government in Northern Ireland.

(125552)

223   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what was the average length of time taken by the Planning Service in Northern Ireland to issue a final decision in respect of planning applications in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) Belfast over the last three years.

(125553)

224   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many representations were received during the public consultation on the licensing of indoor arenas; and how many were (a) in favour and (b) opposed.

(125554)

225   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his Answer of 24th June, Official Report, column 710W, on insurance premiums, what steps his Department is taking to alleviate the effects of increases in business insurance premiums in Northern Ireland in the last three years.

(125793)

226
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, what factors underlay his decision to appoint (a) the Foreign Secretary to head the Biotechnology sub-committee SCI(BIO), (b) the Deputy Prime Minister to head the Environment Committee (ENN) and (c) himself to head the Thames Gateway Committee (MISC 22).

(125329)

227   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer to the Liaison Committee on 8th July, if he will make a further statement on intelligence received relating to Iraq seeking to obtain uranium from Niger since the end of the first Gulf war in 1991 which is deemed valid.

(125711)

228
N   Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate): To ask the Prime Minister, when he was first informed by British Intelligence that Iraq had attempted to procure uranium from Africa.

(125003)

229   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Solicitor General, how many lawyers left the Crown Prosecution Service in 2002.

(125782)

230   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Solicitor General, how many cases were adjourned by courts because of the loss of files by the Crown Prosecution Service in 2002.

(125783)

231   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Solicitor General, how many Crown Prosecution Service area headquarters she has visited in the last 12 months.

(125784)

232   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Solicitor General, when a successor to Sir David Calvert Smith as Director of Public Prosecutions will be announced.

(125785)

233   Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission is examining the case for changing the method of ordering candidates' names on ballot papers at elections.

(125423)

234   Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has had with the management of BAe Systems concerning a possible takeover bid by a foreign company.

(125588)

235   Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much has been spent on research and development in current prices in each year since 1997-98; and what her plans are for each year until 2005-06.

(125590)

236   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the regulatory impact assessments her Department has carried out on measures to protect the environment since January 2002; and which of these have included an assessment of the economic benefits to environmental industries of the markets created by environmental protection measures.

(125534)

237   Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the trips made by senior ministers, and the countries visited, where UK exports on the Military and Dual Lists were the main reason for the trip in each year since 2001.

(125665)

238   Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the export licences on the Military and Dual Lists granted to companies in the UK or to a (a) UK registered company and (b) overseas national which have been (i) varied and (ii) revoked in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement.

(125666)

239   Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment the Government has made of the impact on employment of membership of the single European currency, on each region, by Standard Industrial Classification.

(125424)

240   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, where the gas delivered to the UK will come from in (a) 2005, (b) 2010 and (c) 2015; and what percentage of the gas will be delivered from each location.

(125578)

241   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of the UK's energy she estimates will be imported in 2023.

(125579)

242   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what contingency plans she will put in place to ensure that energy is delivered to households in the UK in the event that future foreign gas supplies are interrupted.

(125580)

243   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans the Government has to support research and development in the nuclear industry.

(125581)

244   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps the Government will take to ensure that every home has access to affordable heating.

(125582)

245   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the UK's generation mix for electricity (a) is and (b) was in (i) 1973, (ii) 1980, and (iii) 1990, (iv) 2000.

(125583)

246   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what target she has set for the percentage of renewable energy use by (a) 2010 and (b) 2020.

(125584)

247   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of when coal will disappear as a plausible energy source owing to emission constraints.

(125585)

248   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many nuclear stations there are; and how many will continue beyond 2020.

(125586)

249   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much energy generation cost the UK in (a) 2000, (b) 2001 and (c) 2002.

(125653)

250
N   Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 26th June, Official Report, column 922W, on biotechnology, how much her Department spent in (a) sponsorships, (b) grants and (c) other financial assistance to biotechnology companies in 2001-02.

(125384)

251   Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many Post Office Card Accounts have been (a) applied for and (b) opened in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside, (iii) the North East and (iv) the UK.

(125728)

252   Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of benefit recipients in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK have (i) applied for and (ii) opened Post Office Card Accounts.

(125729)

253
N   Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she expects the remediation of Sellafield Building B30 to commence.

(124834)

254
N   Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what volume of dried radioactive waste sludges she expects to be removed from building B30 at Sellafield in the post-operation clean-out process.

(124835)

255   Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what major IT projects with a value in excess of £10,000 she authorised expenditure on in each of the last three financial years.

(125719)

256   Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what restrictions there are on mail order companies debiting customers' credit cards where they are unable to give a date when the goods will be available.

(125622)

257   Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her policy is on (a) trade with and (b) investment in Burma by companies registered in the United Kingdom or their overseas subsidiaries.

(125668)

258   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when in October 2002 officials of the Department of Trade and Industry's Insolvency Department met the CEO of Richard Roberts Ltd to discuss redundancy payments for the unemployed workers in Leicester; what the original amount was that the Department of Trade and Industry agreed to pay for the Richard Roberts Company's insolvency in the Leicester factory in October 2002; and by when the Department of Trade and Industry intends to pay the agreed amount.

(125661)

259
N   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the companies and organisations that have made representations to her about the effect of the implementation of the Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment Directive on the printer ink and toner cartridge recycling industry.

(125332)

260
N   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the effect of the implementation of the Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment Directive on the printer ink and toner cartridge recycling industry.

(125386)

261   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received about airport expansion.

(125479)

262   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the performance statistics are for each London Underground line for the last year, broken down by London Underground's monthly units, for (a) track, (b) signals and (c) trains; and what the (i) lost customer hours and (ii) excess journey times were for each monthly unit.

(125768)

263   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the financial assistance given by the Government to local authorities for the implementation within their areas of concessionary bus fares.

(125500)

264   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with London borough authorities to encourage the creation of cycle lanes within their boroughs; and if he will make a statement.

(125503)

265   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what revisions have been made to the 10 year Strategic Rail Plan since January.

(125510)

266   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact the decision to cut funding for rail freight schemes will have on the environment.

(125511)

267   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many trunk road projects are proposed.

(125512)

268   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the progress with improving the road system.

(125513)

269   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the backlog of road maintenance is in England.

(125514)

270   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the decision to open a hard shoulder on the M42 to ease congestion.

(125515)

271   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what measures are being taken to ensure the co-ordination of activity between the Highways Agency and regional bodies in order to deliver greater integration and cost-efficiency.

(125516)

272   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the progress of the implementation of rail safety recommendations by the Railway Inspectorate over the last three years.

(125556)

273   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his statement of 9th July on investment in transport, what projects he intends to announce for (a) North Yorkshire and (b) Vale of York.

(125656)

274   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which major road schemes in England have been given (a) provisional and (b) full government approval in each of the last three years; what their current status is; and what the (i) anticipated start date and (ii) completion date is in each case.

(125709)

275   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the total cost of the local road maintenance backlog.

(125710)

276   Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what major IT projects with a value in excess of £10,000 he authorised expenditure on in each of the last three financial years.

(125721)

277   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average number of passengers carried by a bus in general public service was in the last year for which figures are available.

(125746)

278   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average number of passengers travelling at any one time on a bendy-bus was in the last year for which figures are available.

(125747)

279   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the percentage of train passengers who travel to and from stations by (a) car and (b) taxi.

(125748)

280   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the average length of (a) journey and (b) time taken for train passengers to travel to and from the rail station.

(125749)

281   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passengers on average travelled on each diesel multiple unit train journey in the last year for which figures are available.

(125750)

282   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average number of people travelling in a car on public roads was in the last year for which figures are available.

(125751)

283   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many extra trains will be able to run carrying passengers on the West Coast main line following the upgrade.

(125752)

284   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what additional charges Network Rail will make to express train operators for each express train path, following the upgrade of the West Coast main line.

(125753)

285   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the anticipated rate of profit or loss on the West Coast mainline upgrade investment is.

(125759)

286   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many extra passengers he estimates will be carried each day on the West Coast mainline following the upgrade of the route.

(125760)

287   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the percentage energy loss is in converting the primary energy source into electrical driving energy for the modern electric train.

(125761)

288   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what pollutants, broken down by volume, are emitted by (a) an average 2003 saloon car with a petrol engine travelling with average fuel consumption, (b) a 10 year old double-decker service bus, (c) a diesel multiple unit train and (d) bendy-buses.

(125762)

289   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of (a) the revenues and (b) the losses of Network Rail stem from the least used 10 per cent. of the railway network.

(125763)

290   Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many foreign road haulage companies have been prosecuted for failure to comply with (a) traffic and (b) road worthiness regulations in the UK in each of the last five years; and what the country of origin was in each case.

(125541)

291   Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the operating costs of the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency were in each of the last five years; and how many staff it employed in each year.

(125542)

292   John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 1st July, Official Report, column 190W, on freight grants, how much the Track Access Grants with a Scottish element awarded by (a) his Department and (b) the Strategic Rail Authority were at (i) current prices and (ii) outturn prices for each year since 1996.

(125660)

293   John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what station improvements are planned which are funded under (a) the Rail Passenger Partnership, (b) the Incremental Output Statements and (c) the Modern Facilities at Stations Scheme.

(125687)

294   Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Minister for Women, when the pay reviews of Civil Service departments and agencies will be published; and if she will place a copy in the Library.

(125737)

295   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much money was claimed in disability living allowance in Scotland in 2002-03, broken down by local authority.

(125555)

296   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what reports he has received of former Child Support Agency employees setting up businesses specialising in CSA cases; what assessment he has made of the implications of these businesses for the administration of the CSA; and if he will make a statement.

(125659)

297   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in JobCentre Plus were employed on temporary contracts; how many were employed in London; and if he will make a statement on his policy on the employment of temporary staff in JobCentre Plus.

(125493)

298   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consultation was held in 2002-03 with trade unions concerning the termination of employment of temporary workers by JobCentre Plus; what his policy is on consultation with trade unions on the employment and termination of temporary contract workers; and if he will make a statement.

(125494)

299   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff on temporary contracts employed by JobCentre Plus (a) in total and (b) in London had their contracts terminated in financial year 2002-03; in each case how many (i) had been employed for more than 49 weeks but less than 52 weeks, (ii) were employed for more than 52 weeks, (iii) were women and (iv) were from minority ethnic communities; and if he will make a statement on his policy towards the termination of employment of temporary contract workers.

(125495)

300   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases have been processed through the operational intelligence units in (a) Glasgow and (b) Edinburgh in each month since 1997; how many staff have been employed in the operational intelligence units in (i) Glasgow and (ii) Edinburgh in each month since 1997; and what the planned staffing levels are for each centre.

(125480)

301   Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications were made for community care grants as a result of domestic violence in each year since 1998; how many (a) were successful and (b) failed; and if he will make a statement.

(125740)

302   Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) highest, (b) lowest, (c) mean and (d) median and (e) modal amount was for community care grants given as a result of domestic violence in each year since 1998.

(125741)

303
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the oral Answer from the Minister for Work, of 7th July, Official Report, column 738, if he will list the (a) objectives referred to by the minister and (b) time by which each such objective is to be met.

(125385)

304
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Brent North, Official Report, 7th July, column 601W, what discussions he has had with (a) banks and (b) other ATM providers on the impact of the increase in fee-charging ATMs on pensioners and benefit recipients who choose to have their pensions and benefits paid directly into bank accounts.

(125395)

305   Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much he spent on IT (a) maintenance, (b) licences, (c) software and (d) hardware in the last financial year.

(125718)

306   Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what major IT projects with a value in excess of £10,000 he authorised expenditure on in each of the last three financial years.

(125723)

307
N   Mr Alan Reid (Argyll & Bute): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the Government will pay pensions after current pension books expire to pensioners who currently use their pension book to collect their pension at a Post Office and who do not nominate a bank account or a Post Office Card Account into which they wish their pension to be paid.

(125380)

308
N   Mr Alan Reid (Argyll & Bute): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) child benefit customers, (b) veterans agency customers, (c) pensions customers and (d) Jobcentre Plus customers received their payments by means of a Post Office Card Account as at 27 June.

(125381)

309   Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the policy of the Child Support Agency is in respect of making applications for Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders against absent parents resident overseas; and how many such applications the CSA has made in each of the last five years.

(125671)

310   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when information is being provided about the Pension Credit hotline to people who are likely to be eligible for the pension credit.

(125403)

311   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the number is of the Pension Credit hotline; and how many helpline operators there are.

(125406)

312   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls have been received by the Pension Credit hotline in each week since it first opened.

(125407)

313   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is the Government's policy to turn the state second pension into a flat-rate benefit.

(125408)

314   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost per claimant was of administering each of the major benefits in the last 12 months.

(125409)

315   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Figure A3.1 on page 148 of the Pensions Green Paper (Cm 5677), what the assumed number of people receiving contracted-out rebates is in (a) 2001-02, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2021-22, (d) 2031-32, (e) 2041-42 and (f) 2051-52.

(125411)

316   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Figure A3.1 on page 148 of the Pensions Green Paper (Cm 5677), what the projected level of expenditure is (a) as a percentage of GDP and (b) in 2003 prices on contracted-out rebates in (i) 2001-02, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2021-22, (iv) 2031-32, (v) 2041-42 and (vi) 2051-52.

(125412)

317   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answers of 7th April, Official Report, column 88W, and 2nd July, Official Report, column 346W, on pensioners, if he will break down the column headed income related benefit savings into (a) the guarantee element of the pension credit, (b) the savings element of the pension credit, (c) housing benefit and (d) council tax benefit.

(125655)

318
N   Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time adjudicators and how many members of the Immigration Appeals Tribunal are not British Citizens; and what their nationalities are.

(125336)

319   Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, how many Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders his Department (a) enforced overseas and (b) received notification of from overseas and enforced in the UK, in each of the last five years, broken down by state.

(125667)

320   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, when the case of Darmesh (date of birth 27th February 1973) and Rashik (8th December 1977) Jamiet under Ref MP2777 was received in the Lord Chancellor's Department from the Appeal Processing Centre.

(125526)

321   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, what plans he has to make representations to the Chief Justice of Germany concerning the case of Catherine Meyer.

(125527)

322
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Post Office Card Accounts he estimates will have been opened by 2005; what the cost to the Government of this number of accounts is; and what the cost would be if five million such accounts were to be opened by this time.

[Transferred] (125335)

323   Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the Government's assessment is of the progress made in Afghanistan on civil service reform; what assistance his Department is giving Afghanistan in this respect; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (125677)

324   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent proposals the Government has tabled in the EU to (a) promote fair trade between the EU and developing countries and (b) prevent unfair competition by EU companies and agriculture with developing countries.

[Transferred] (125744)

325   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what EU policy is on removing (a) tariff and (b) non-tariff barriers to trade between the EU and the developing world.

[Transferred] (125745)

326   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans are in place for a new method of transferring children from primary schools to secondary schools in Northern Ireland.

[Transferred] (125537)

327   Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Department has received on providing assistance for the re-establishment of a police force in Iraq.

[Transferred] (125695)

328   Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Constitutional Affairs, when he plans to proceed with the appointment of Lay Magistrates in Northern Ireland

[Transferred] (125549)

329   Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received from organisations representing small and medium sized enterprises on the costs of compliance with the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Amendment) Regulations 2003; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (125587)