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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 1 December 2003
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 1 December 2003
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 1 December of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Monday 1 December of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 1 December see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 1
| Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that Ministers representing the United Kingdom abroad are adequately briefed on the London 2012 Olympic bid. | | (140508) | 2
| Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, by what means the policy for purchasing timber and timber products of (a) the Cabinet Office and (b) the Government Car and Despatch Agency ensures that they are obtained from legal and sustainable sources. | | (141662) | 3
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many pages of (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation his Department put through Parliament in 2002-03. | | (141126) | 4
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what percentage of (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation sponsored by his Department in 2002-03 was introduced to implement EU requirements. | | (141127) | 5
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which projects have been (a) wholly and (b) partly funded by his Department in St Helens since 1997; when each project was announced; when it started or was expected to start; what funding was provided by (i) Government and (ii) a third party; what third party provided funding; what the target group of the project was; what the projected outcome of the project was; and what the name of the project was. | | (141268) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 6
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money has been donated by his Department as part of the Payroll Giving scheme in each year since 1995. | | (141376) | 7
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Payroll Giving scheme. | | (141377) | 8
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps are being taken to promote use of the Payroll Giving to charities scheme. | | (141378) | 9
| Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the purchase price is paid in taxation for an average (a) packet of 20 cigarettes, (b) 250g of hand-rolling tobacco, (c) packet of five cigars and (d) 250g of pipe tobacco in each country in the European Union. | | (141530) | 10
| Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the amount is in (a) pounds sterling equivalent and (b) percentage of purchase price of (i) specified excise duty, (ii) ad valorem excise duty and (iii) VAT and other sales tax levied on an average packet of 20 cigarettes in each country in the European Union. | | (141535) | 11
| Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue was raised from each of the taxes payable on each category of tobacco product in the last year for which figures are available. | | (141537) | 12
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether caps will be set on the amount of recovery sought from individual claimants arising from overpayment of tax credits. | | (141294) | 13
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the problems with the Inland Revenue's IT system to which paragraph 9 of the Government Response to the Treasury Committee's Tenth Report refers, on Inland Revenue Matters (HC 834) of Session 2002-03 have been resolved; and what corrective measures have been taken by the Inland Revenue to ensure that similar problems do not reoccur when end-of-year-reconciliation occurs. | | (141307) | 14
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many suicides per 100,000 of the relevant population there were in each year since 1990 (a) in total, (b) for women, (c) for men and (d) for men under the age of 30; and if he will make a statement. | | (141111) | 15
| Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much additional revenue would be raised from the residents of (a) each of the district councils in Dorset and (b) the Bournemouth and Poole unitary authorities for every penny increase in the basic rate of income tax. | | (141513) | 16
| Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claims for statutory interest payments have been submitted to private companies under the terms of the Late Payment of Debt Act 1998; how many claims were met; and what the total value was of such payments in each year since the Act has been in operation. | | (141594) | 17
| Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which Government departments operate the Government Procurement Card scheme; and how many cases of fraud have been identified since the scheme was introduced. | | (141602) | 18
| Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what pension arrangements he requires for employees of contractors offering outsourcing services to (a) his Department and (b) its agencies; whether he distinguishes between transferred employees and those directly recruited by the contractor; and whether any of these employees can join the Civil Service Pension scheme. | | (141157) | 19
| Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contracts (a) his Department and (b) agencies for whom his Department is responsible have with EDS; what the (i) scope and (ii) duration is of each contract; and how many staff were transferred to EDS in each case when those contracts were set up. | | (141158) | 20
| Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reasons were for voting against the first reading common position of the ECOFIN Council or the Investment Services Directive; and what his key objectives are for a compromise agreement. | | (141200) | 21
| Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the revenue from (a) income tax and (b) corporation tax was in each tax year since 1996-97 in (i) current and (ii) real terms using 1996-97 as the base. | | (141201) | 22
| Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what increase in the basic rate of tax would be needed to raise (a) £80m and (b) £120m in the current year from the income tax payers of Newcastle upon Tyne. | | (141202) | 23
| Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the (a) average and (b) median earnings of graduates who are full-time employees in each age cohort from the age of 25. | | (141203) | 24
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will reply to the letter of 25th September from the honourable Member for Haltemprice and Howden concerning the signing off of the EU's accounts by the Council of Ministers and Commissioner Kinnock's conduct as Vice President of the Commission and Commissioner for Administrative Reform. | | (140554) | 25
| Sue Doughty (Guildford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total cost to public funds was of the Progressive Governance Conference hosted by the United Kingdom in July. | | (140566) | 26
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will reply to the letter of 17th July from the honourable Member for Birkenhead to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury in respect of a constituent, Mr Peter Clark of Cleveland Street, Birkenhead. | | (141308) | 27
| Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by what means the policy for purchasing timber and timber products of (a) the Treasury, (b) the Debt Management Office, (c) the Office for National Statistics, (d) the Royal Mint and (e) the Valuation Office ensure that they are obtained from legal and sustainable sources. | | (141331) | 28
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether a market-making exercise was conducted by the Inland Revenue in support of the original contract for the IT system for the Inland Revenue; and who the prospective suppliers engaged with the Inland Revenue in the conduct of that market-making exercise were. | | (140480) | 29
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether employees of Transport for London are liable to pay (a) income tax and (b) National Insurance contributions on the market value of free travel passes issued to their nominees under the scheme operated by TfL. | | (141253) | 30
| Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the current value is of the investments made in euro, dollar and yen interest bearing assets from the proceeds of gold sales between July 1999 and March 2002; and what their current value would be if still held as gold. | | (140651) | 31
| Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he intends to publish the findings of his survey, Financial Support and Young People; and in what format. | | (140661) | 32
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of (a) males and (b) females under the age of 30 died as a result of suicide in each of the last 10 years. | | (140787) | 33
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information he has been given by Lord Penrose on the likely timing of the publication of his report on Equitable Life. | | (140509) | 34
| Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he intends to reply to the letter dated 18th September from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Mr M.J. Sattler, transferred from the Secretary of State for the Home Department to the Office of National Statistics. | | (141583) | 35
| Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 27th October from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Ms N. Oakes. | | (141585) | 36
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have been successfully prosecuted in each of the last six years for illegally importing meat products. | | (140994) | 37
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many seizures of illegal meat imports by Customs have taken place at Heathrow Airport since April. | | (140995) | 38
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, who is responsible for inspecting imported cargo at each major UK airport. | | (140996) | 39
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what inspections are carried out on imported cargo at Heathrow Airport, and where, to check for illegally imported meat products. | | (140997) | 40
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what amount of illegally imported meat products has been seized by HM Customs and their agents at UK ports of entry in each of the last six years. | | (140998) | 41
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what specialist training is available to customs officers to detect illegally imported meat products. | | (140999) | 42
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been spent by local authorities in Sussex in each of the last six years on prosecuting cases involving illegal importation of meat. | | (141055) | 43
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many trained sniffer dogs are deployed for the detection of illegal meat imports at UK ports of entry; and where they are located. | | (141056) | 44
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what powers of arrest are available to law enforcement officers operating at UK airports against people suspected of importing meat products illegally. | | (141058) | 45
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the future of the HM Customs Unit based at Shoreham Harbour. | | (141094) | 46
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many inspections were carried out by HM Customs on (a) vessels entering Shoreham Harbour and (b) aircraft landing at Shoreham Airport in the last year. | | (141095) | 47
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, above what size children's clothes are subject to VAT. | | (141096) | 48
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the proportion of children's school uniforms liable for VAT (a) now and (b) in 1997. | | (141097) | 49
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue was raised from VAT on children's clothes in the last year for which figures are available. | | (141165) | 50
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of fiscal measures to (a) stimulate and (b) support the domestic production of wine. | | (141065) | 51
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what change there has been in (a) business investment, (b) manufacturing investment and (c) service sector investment in each of the last six years. | | (140950) | 52
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on Treasury plans to repatriate European structural funds. | | (140537) | 53
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications of the introduction of compulsory identity cards for his Department. | | (141413) | 54
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of families with (a) one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) four or more dependent children in (i) 1973, (ii) 1983, (iii) 1993 and (iv) the latest year for which figures are available. | | (141497) | 55
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information existing child tax credit and working tax credit recipients will be required to submit in order to support a 2004-05 award; when that information will be requested; how recipients will be informed of the requirement. | | (141523) | 56
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which projects have been (a) wholly and (b) partly funded by his Department in St Helens since 1997; when each project was announced; when it started or was expected to start; what funding was provided by (i) Government and (ii) a third party; what third party provided funding; what the target group of the project was; what the projected outcome of the project was; and what the name of the project was. | | (141269) | 57
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families on average were entitled to claim the working families tax credit in (a) St Helens, (b) Merseyside and (c) the North West region for each year since its introduction; and how many in each case are entitled to claim working tax credit. | | (141297) | 58
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of economic growth in the St Helens area for each year since 1992. | | (141305) | Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners 59
| Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, if he will press the Commissioners to take steps to accelerate the timetable for the McClean review of clergy terms of service to deliver its final report. | | (140553) | Questions to the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs 60
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many lay magistrates live in each constituency in the East Midlands region. | | (140614) | 61
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase the number of magistrates from the Nottingham North constituency. | | (140615) | 62
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase the number of magistrates from working class constituencies. | | (140616) | 63
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what plans he has to bring forward legislation on mental incapacity in this parliamentary session. | | (140829) | 64
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much was spent on experts' fees (a) from the Community Legal Service budget and (b) from the Criminal Defence Service budget in 2002-03. | | (141416) | 65
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if he will list the QCs who received the highest overall payments (a) from the Community Legal Service budget and (b) from the Criminal Defence Service budget in 2002-03. | | (141417) | 66
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much was spent on barristers' fees for criminal legal aid in 2002-03; and how much of this was attributable to payments to QCs. | | (141418) | 67
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if he will make it his policy to ensure that veterans of the International Brigades are invited to future Remembrance Day parades; and if he will make a statement. | | (140909) | 68
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment he has made of the availability of legal advice through contracts with the Legal Services Commission for (a) family matters and (b) asylum application appeals; and if he will make a statement. | | (140511) | 69
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, when he expects to publish his Department's responses to its consultations on (a) the conditional fee agreement regime, (b) proposed changes to publicly-funded immigration and asylum work and (c) delivering value for money in the Criminal Defence Service. | | (141206) | 70
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what guidance has been issued to magistrates on dealing with cases of illegal meat imports. | | (140992) | 71
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what guidance is available to clerks of courts on dealing with cases involving illegal meat imports. | | (140993) | 72
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what proportion of fines imposed have been collected by courts in each county in each of the last five years. | | (141063) | 73
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, under which Act of Parliament citizens of the United Kingdom became citizens of the European Union; and on what electoral mandate. | | (141204) | 74
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what progress has been made in improving access to public records for amateur historians. | | (141049) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 75
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was paid in television licence fees by residents in East Sussex in the last year for which figures are available. | | (140962) | 76
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the proportion of the population of East Sussex who are unable to receive BBC Freeview services. | | (140963) | 77
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the proportion of the population of East Sussex who are able to receive (a) Channel 4 and (b) Channel 5 through terrestrial television. | | (140964) | 78
| Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will provide support for the sport of sea angling. | | (140462) | 79
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much Lottery funding per capita has been awarded to organisations in Haltemprice and Howden in each of the past three years. | | (140558) | 80
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she will next meet representatives of local government to discuss the fee arrangements for the licensing system. | | (141629) | 81
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether full cost recovery through the Government's designated licence fee structure will include the cost of enforcement and administration of the new licensing regime. | | (141630) | 82
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how her commitment to ensure the costs of the new licensing system are fully covered by fees will be achieved. | | (141631) | 83
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the underlying analysis and financial models which provided the basis for the fee structure for the new licensing arrangements. | | (141632) | 84
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with other government departments about the costs of the Licensing Act 2003. | | (141633) | 85
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the effect of the full cost of recovery on local authorities under the new licensing arrangements.
| | (141634) | 86
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what measures her Department has put in place to safeguard children's radio; and if she will make a statement. | | (141406) | 87
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has held with (a) the BBC, (b) commercial broadcasters and (c) other bodies on the establishment of a designated children's digital radio channel. | | (141407) | 88
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has held with OFCOM on the (a) rights and (b) needs of children in broadcasting. | | (141408) | 89
| Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the recommendations the Activity Co-ordination Team has made on a methodology to secure better evidence and data on participation. | | (140494) | 90
| Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much per head of population has been spent by the Government on promoting and facilitating sport and physical activity in (a) 2001, (b) 2002 and (c) 2003. | | (140496) | 91
| Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much per head of population has been spent by her Department on promoting and facilitating sport and physical activity in (a) 2001, (b) 2002 and (c) 2003. | | (140498) | 92
| Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much per head of population has been spent by her Department on preventative health strategies in (a) 2001, (b) 2002 and (c) 2003. | | (140500) | 93
| Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the (a) interventions and (b) pilot projects for which the Activity Co-ordination Team has provided funding. | | (140502) | 94
| Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the recommendations the Activity Co-ordination Team has made to her to raise mass participation in sport and physical activity. | | (140504) | 95
| Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that Ministers representing the United Kingdom abroad are adequately briefed on the London 2012 Olympic bid. | | (140506) | 96
| Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, by what means the policy for purchasing timber and timber products of (a) the Department and (b) the Royal Parks Agency ensures that they are obtained from legal and sustainable sources. | | (141344) | 97
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many digital television transmitters are operating in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland; and how many people have access to digital television (i) in the UK and (ii) in Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland. | | (141505) | 98
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans has she to increase free access to digital television in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland. | | (141506) | 99
N | Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to arrange celebrations for the victorious England Rugby World Cup team and squad. | | (140592) | 100
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department has invested in promotion of rugby in the UK since 1997. | | (141067) | 101
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many rugby matches (a) the Secretary of State and (b) the Minister for Sport attended in an official capacity since their respective appointments. | | (141068) | 102
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much Lottery money has been awarded (a) to rugby clubs and (b) to promote rugby in each of the last six years; and if she will list the projects which have benefited. | | (141069) | 103
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much money was spent per capita on playing the National Lottery (a) in each of the regions of England and Wales and (b) in the Vale of York in each of the past three years. | | (140570) | 104
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has received on the complex of prehistoric remains near Nosterfield in North Yorkshire which include three large henges; and whether the henges are scheduled ancient monuments. | | (141444) | 105
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what action she takes to preserve important megalithic monuments. | | (141445) | 106
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with North Yorkshire County Council on allowing quarrying of sand and gravel in the setting of the henges near Nosterfield; what assessment she has made of the effect on the archaeological value and integrity of the surrounding of the henges of such quarrying; and whether further planning applications have been lodged for further quarrying in the setting. | | (141446) | 107
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will instruct English Heritage to take urgent steps to provide adequate legal protection for the whole of the setting of the Thornborough henge site to ensure that the planning authority (a) recognises and (b) will be obliged to take into account the national importance of the site. | | (141447) | 108
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has for St Giles Church at Imber in Wiltshire. | | (141040) | 109
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many pages of (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation her Department put through Parliament in 2002-03. | | (141125) | 110
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation sponsored by her Department in 2002-03 was to implement EU requirements. | | (141172) | 111
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether BBC Freeview digital television transmitted from English transmission sites to Wales will automatically carry Welsh regional channels. | | (140816) | 112
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which projects have been (a) wholly and (b) partly funded by her Department in St Helens since 1997; when each project was announced; when it started or was expected to start; what funding was provided by (i) Government and (ii) a third party; what third party provided funding; what the target group of the project was; what the projected outcome of the project was; and what the name of the project was. | | (141272) | 113
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support the Government is offering to Rugby League in (a) St Helens and (b) Merseyside. | | (141293) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 114
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) retired personnel and (b) widows in each of the three armed services have been identified as incorrectly paying tax on retired pay and pensions awarded since 1952 on the grounds of disability attributable to or aggravated by service; and how many of these are (i) pre-1973 pensioners and (ii) post-1973 pensioners. | | (141090) | 115
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) retired personnel and (b) widows in each of the three armed services identified as incorrectly paying tax on retired pay and pensions awarded since 1952 on the grounds of disability attributable to or aggravated by service have received additional compensation. | | (141091) | 116
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria are used in determining additional compensation payments for retired personnel and widows of the three armed Services identified as incorrectly paying tax on retired pay and pensions. | | (141092) | 117
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will commission an independent inquiry into arrangements for paying
compensation to retired personnel and widows of the three armed services identified as incorrectly paying tax on retired pay and pensions. | | (141093) | 118
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of merchant ships chartered by his Department to support allied efforts in the 2003 Iraq war (a) were over 20 years old and (b) flew the red ensign. | | (140675) | 119
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what military intelligence was the basis for the military action in Basra on 5th April which resulted in the killing of 10 members of the Hamoodi family and the destruction of the family home; whether the family were the intended target for this military action; and if he will make a statement. | | (141098) | 120
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there is a memorandum of understanding involving the UK Government in connection with missile defence; to what it commits the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (141101) | 121
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many deaths in custody there have been since the start of the Iraq conflict of Iraqis (a) under UK responsibility, (b) under US responsibility and (c) under the responsibility of other authorities in Iraq; and if he will make a statement. | | (141102) | 122
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total annual cost of the United Kingdom military commitment to Iraq is, assuming current manning and equipment levels. | | (141184) | 123
| Mr George Foulkes (Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the money his Department spent on school places for children of service personnel was spent in the independent sector in each year since 1996; and what he estimates the proportion will be in 2003. | | (140563) | 124
| Mr George Foulkes (Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average cost to his Department was of the school places provided for the children of service personnel in independent and private schools in each year since 1996. | | (140564) | 125
| Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by what means the policy for purchasing timber and timber products of (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies ensures that they are obtained from legal and sustainable sources. | | (141345) | 126
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy (a) to ensure that the general practitioners of families of dockyard radiation workers are informed about the occupation and encouraged to enter it on the records of the children of these workers and (b) to ensure that (i) retired and (ii) former radiation workers have the opportunity of a radiation medical once a year through the NHS; and if he will make a statement. | | (140908) | 127
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to replace repair ship HMS Diligence when she is decommissioned; and if he will make a statement. | | (140911) | 128
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the original target date for the completion of work on surge capacity was; what the reasons were for the delay; and if he will make a statement. | | (140983) | 129
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he will take to increase the proportion of parliamentary questions tabled by honourable Members answered within the target time. | | (141077) | 130
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Royal Navy, (b) Royal Air Force, (c) Army and (d) civilian MoD personnel are on deployment to (i) NATO HQ in Brussels (ii) NATO Southern Command and (iii) other NATO command centres; and if he will make a statement. | | (141346) | 131
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military diplomatic personnel have been deployed to the United States in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (141347) | 132
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures have been taken to satisfy the US Administration about the security of information to be provided to UK companies and the British Government under the International Trafficking in Arms Regulations waiver agreement; and when he expects the waiver to come into effect. | | (141266) | 133
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many hours on average were flown by RAF pilots based at RAF Marham in each month over the past two years. | | (141295) | 134
| Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps are being taken by UK authorities to determine the status of internees held by British forces in Iraq; how long the process of determination will take; what the nationality of the internees is; what assessment has been made of the nature of the threat that they present to Coalition forces; what laws they have broken; whether they enjoy all rights under the Geneva conventions; and if he will make a statement. | | (140658) | 135
| Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reports he has received from non-governmental organisations of their estimates of Iraqi (a) civilians and (b) military casualties (i) during and (ii) since the recent conflict. | | (140788) | 136
| Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Ministry's obligations are under the government to government arrangements with Saudi Arabia concerning the Al Yamamah programme. | | (140789) | 137
| Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the terms of reference for the Director-General of the Saudi Armed Forces Project. | | (140790) | 138
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential of network-centric warfare in the future tactics of the (a) United Kingdom and (b) United States armed forces; and what plans he has to adopt it. | | (140567) | 139
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Typhoon will be fitted with the technology to make it capable of integrating with a network-centric warfare environment. | | (140568) | 140
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of a lack of network-centric warfare technology on the Typhoon's ability to fight effectively in a network-centric warfare environment. | | (140569) | 141
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many road traffic (a) accidents and (b) deaths involving UK services personnel there have been in Iraq in each month since March; and how many military vehicles have been (i) written off and (ii) damaged in road accidents in Iraq since March. | | [R] (141059) | 142
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to upgrade the living accomodation of service personnel in Iraq. | | (141061) | 143
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the NATO requirements for low-flying military training are for 2004. | | (140540) | 144
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with NATO colleagues on changes in the requirements for low-flying military training. | | (140541) | 145
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent changes there have been in NATO policy on low-flying military training. | | (140543) | 146
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many pages of (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation his Department put through Parliament in 2002-03. | | (141124) | 147
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation sponsored by his Department in 2002-03 was introduced to implement EU requirements. | | (141136) | 148
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of its personnel budget the (a) Veterans Agency and (b) Disposal Services Agency spent in Scotland in 2002 in (i) monetary terms and (ii) as a percentage of the total personnel budget; what the figures were 12 months previously; and if he will make a statement. | | (140958) | 149
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people work for the (a) Defence Vetting Agency and (b) Defence Medical Education and Training Agency; how many are employed in Scotland; what the personnel costs of each agency are; and how these figures compare to those 12 months previously. | | (140959) | 150
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people work for the (a) Disposal Services Agency and (b) Pay and Personnel Agency; how many are employed in Scotland; what the personnel costs of each agency are; and what the figures were 12 months previously. | | (140960) | 151
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of its personnel budget the (a) British Forces Post Office and (b) Warship Support Agency spent in Scotland in 2002 in (i) monetary terms and (ii) as a percentage of the total personnel budget; what the figures were 12 months previously; and if he will make a statement. | | (140967) | 152
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people work for the (a) Veterans Agency and (b) British Forces Post Office; how many are employed in Scotland; what the personnel costs of each agency were in 2002-03; and what the figures were 12 months previously. | | (140968) | 153
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people work for the (a) Defence Communications Services Agency and (b) Defence Storage and Distribution Agency; how many are employed in Scotland; what the personnel costs of each agency are; and what the figures were twelve months previously. | | (140969) | 154
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of its personnel budget the (a) UK Hydrographic Office and (b) Defence Analytical Services Agency spent in Scotland in 2002 in (i) monetary terms and (ii) as a percentage of the total personnel budget; what the figures were 12 months previously; and if he will make a statement. | | (140971) | 155
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people work for the (a) Defence Transport and Movements Agency and (b) Medical Supplies Agency; how many are employed in Scotland; what the personnel costs of each agency are; and what the figures were 12 months previously. | | (140972) | 156
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people work for the (a) Warship Support Agency and (b) Defence Procurement Agency; how many are employed in Scotland; what the personnel costs of each agency are; and what the figures were 12 months previously. | | (140973) | 157
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of its personnel budget the (a) Defence Bills Agency and (b) Meteorological Office spent in Scotland in 2002 in (i) monetary terms and (ii) as a percentage of the total personnel budget; how these figures compare to the previous year; and if he will make a statement. | | (140981) | 158
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people work for the (a) Naval Recruiting and Training Agency, (b) RAF Personnel Manning Agency and (c) RAF Training Group Defence Agency; how many are employed in Scotland; what the personnel costs of each agency are; and how these figures compare to the previous year. | | (140982) | 159
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people work for the (a) Queen Victoria School and (b) Duke of York's Royal Military School; how many are employed in Scotland; what the personnel costs of each agency are; and how these figures compare to the previous year. | | (140985) | 160
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of its personnel budget the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory spent in Scotland in 2002 in (a) monetary terms and (b) as a percentage of the total personnel budget; how these figures compare to the previous year; and if he will make a statement. | | (140986) | 161
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people work for (a) the Naval Manning Agency and (b) Service Children's Education; how many are employed in Scotland; what the personnel costs of each agency are; and how these figures compare to the previous year. | | (140988) | 162
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of its personnel budget Defence Estates spent in Scotland in 2002 (a) in monetary terms and (b) as a percentage of the total personnel budget; what the equivalent figures were 12 months previously; and if he will make a statement. | | (141004) | 163
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people work for (a) Defence Estates and (b) the Defence Geographic and Imagery Intelligence Agency; how many are employed in Scotland; what the personnel costs of each agency are; and how these figures compare to 12 months previously. | | (141005) | 164
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of its personnel budget the Defence Medical Education and Training Agency spent in Scotland in 2002 in (a) monetary terms and (b) as a percentage of the total personnel budget; what these figures were 12 months previously; and if he will make a statement. | | (141006) | 165
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people work for (a) the Defence Housing Executive and (b) the Defence Intelligence and Security Centre; how many are employed in Scotland; what the personnel costs of each agency are; and what these figures were 12 months previously. | | (141007) | 166
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people work for (a) the Armed Forces Personnel Administration Agency and (b) the Defence Analytical Services Agency; how many are employed in Scotland; what the personnel costs of each agency are; and what the figures were 12 months previously. | | (141009) | 167
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of its personnel budget the MoD Police spent in Scotland in 2002 (a) in monetary terms and (b) as a percentage of the total personnel budget; what the equivalent figures were for 2002; and if he will make a statement. | | (141010) | 168
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people work for (a) the MOD Police and (b) the Defence Bills Agency; how many are employed in Scotland; what the personnel costs of each agency are; and what the equivalent figures were 12 months previously. | | (141011) | 169
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people work for the Defence Dental Agency; how many are employed in Scotland; what the personnel costs of the agency are; and what the equivalent figures were 12 months previously. | | (141012) | 170
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of its personnel budget the Defence Aviation Repair Agency spent in Scotland in 2002 in (a) monetary terms and (b) as a percentage of the total personnel budget; how these figures compare to the previous year; and if he will make a statement. | | (141021) | 171
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people work for the (a) Army Personnel Centre and (b) Army Training and Recruiting Agency; how many are employed in Scotland; what the personnel costs of each agency are; and how these figures compare to the previous year. | | (141023) | 172
| Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether a 24-month gap between tours has been achieved for (a) the 1st Battalion, The Royal Scots and (b) the 1st Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (140454) | 173
| Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) shortest and (b) longest gap between tours experienced by (i) the 1st Battalion, The Royal Scots and (ii) the 1st Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers was since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (140455) | 174
| Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British service personnel are deployed or stationed in (a) Germany, (b) Northern Ireland, (c) Bosnia, (d) Kosovo, (e) Cyprus, (f) Sierra Leone, (g) Afghanistan, (h) the Gulf region, (i) Turkey, (j) Gibraltar, (k) Belize, (l) Kenya, (m) Brunei, (n) Canada, (o) The Falklands and (p) Macedonia. | | (140682) | 175
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will announce his decision on whether the Satellite Tracking Station at Defford will remain a strategic asset. | | (140461) | 176
| Mr Alan Williams (Swansea West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the honourable Member for Swansea West received a reply on 20th November to his parliamentary question tabled on 11th September. | | (140791) | 177
| Mr Alan Williams (Swansea West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many parliamentary questions to his Department have waited more than four sitting weeks for a reply in session 2002-03. | | (140792) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 178
| Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to make changes to legislation relating to allotments. | | (141106) | 179
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the impact of a decision by the Ministry of Defence to privatise the Defence Fire Service on the Government's ability to provide emergency fire cover in the event of a future strike by civilian firefighters. | | (141254) | 180
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions his Department has held with the Department for Education and Skills on the possible transfer of responsibilities and funding from learning and skills councils to regional development agencies. | | (141255) | 181
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many equity release loans local authorities have granted (a) in each of the last 10 years and (b) since 18th July 2002. | | (141013) | 182
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many (a) mandatory and (b) discretionary disabilities facilities grants local authorities have made in each of the last 10 years. | | (141014) | 183
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many mandatory disabilities facilities grants have been issued by local authorities since 18th July 2002. | | (141015) | 184
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many times local authorities have supplemented a mandatory disabilities facilities grant since 18th July 2002. | | (141016) | 185
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many renewal areas have been established by local authorities in each of the last 10 years; and how many renewal areas were established between 18th July 2002 and 18th July 2003. | | (141017) | 186
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many renewal areas have been established since 18th July. | | (141018) | 187
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many private sector housing initiatives have been launched in each of the last 10 years; and what local authority funds have been committed to private sector housing initiatives (a) in each of the last 10 years and (b) since April 2002. | | (141019) | 188
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many private sector housing initiatives have been launched since April 2002. | | (141020) | 189
| Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the standard spending assessment per capita is for each of the English regions in 2003-04. | | (140896) | 190
| Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many families have claimed to be homeless in (a) London and (b) England in each year since 1997; and how many people were homeless in (i) London and (ii) England in each year since 1997. | | (140852) | 191
| Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the Government's policy is on (a) calling in planning applications and (b) reviewing local authority planning decisions where they affect (i) greenfield sites and (ii) semi-natural green belt sites; and if he will make a statement. | | (140965) | 192
| Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the Government's policy is on reviewing local authority planning decisions where they affect greenfield sites and green belt sites where no Environmental Impact Assessment has been made; and if he will make a statement. | | (140966) | 193
| Alan Keen (Feltham & Heston):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what use is intended to be made of any surplus released consequent upon the solvent liquidation of the New Millennium Experience Company. | | (140490) | 194
| Alan Keen (Feltham & Heston):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what he estimates the surplus will be of the unutilised grant which is expected to result from the solvent liquidation of the New Millennium Experience Company. | | (140491) | 195
| Alan Keen (Feltham & Heston):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he expects the completion of the solvent liquidation process for the New Millennium Experience Company. | | (140492) | 196
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he will establish the Sustainable Buildings Task group; what its terms of reference will be; what its membership will be; and if he will make a statement. | | (140650) | 197
| Martin Linton (Battersea):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when the Home Ownership Task Force will report on the range of programmes helping people into home ownership. | | (141311) | 198
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what grade of teachers will be eligible for equity loans under the recently announced scheme for housing; what terms will apply to the equity loans scheme for teachers; what estimate he has made of the number of teachers who will benefit from the equity loans scheme; and what implications this has for teacher participation in the Starter Homes Initiative. | | (141054) | 199
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions ministers or officials had with the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead prior to the decision to limit their formula grant increase to their schools formula spending share increase under the proposed 2004-05 settlement. | | (140605) | 200
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment his Department made of the impact of the decision to limit the formula grant increase for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead to its schools formula spending share increase under the proposed 2004-05 settlement on (a) social services and (b) highways maintenance. | | (140606) | 201
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will set out the basis on which the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead was chosen as one of the 13 local authorities whose formula grant increase will be equal to their schools formula spending share increase under the proposed 2004-05 settlement. | | (140607) | 202
N | Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to (a) bring car-boot sales under normal planning permission rules and (b) abolish the 14 Day Rule. | | (140684) | 203
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many pages of (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation his Department put through Parliament in 2002-03. | | (141122) | 204
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what percentage of (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation sponsored by the Department in 2002-03 was introduced to implement EU requirements. | | (141132) | 205
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the sources of funding are for street warden schemes in Suffolk; and how much funding is being received by each source in 2003-04. | | (140608) | 206
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, in relation to Stage 1 of the Special Grants Programme from his Department for 2004-05, if he will (a) list the recipients and (b) the value of all grants awarded. | | (140688) | 207
| Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will set out the timetable for the formal consultation on implementing the proposals set out in paragraph 4.31 of the Energy White Paper; whether the outcome of this consultation will be incorporated within the final version of Planning Policy Statement 22: Renewable Energy; and what form this consultation will take. | | (141379) | 208
| Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what representations he has received on Merton Borough Council's policy PE14 on renewable energy, formally adopted on 31st October; and if he will make a statement. | | (141381) | 209
| Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he plans to make an order to bring into force the remaining provisions of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002, with particular reference to section 164; and if he will make a statement. | | (141409) | 210
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which projects have been (a) wholly and (b) partly funded by his Department in St Helens since 1997; when each project was announced; when it started or was expected to start; what funding was provided by (i) Government and (ii) a third party; what third party provided funding; what the target group of the project was; what the projected outcome of the project was; and what the name of the project was. | | (141270) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 211
| Mrs Liz Blackman (Erewash):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action he will take to ensure that Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal decisions in favour of parents are fully implemented by local education authorities. | | (140704) | 212
| Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will place in the Library a copy of the admissions policy of each academy. | | (141565) | 213
| Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many claims for statutory interest payments have been submitted to private companies under the terms of the Late Payment of Debt Act 1998; how many claims were met; and what the total value was of such payments in each year since the Act has been in operation. | | (141598) | 214
| Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average size of student loan on entering repayment status was in the last year for which figures are available and; what the average loan taken out in 1999-2000 to 2001-02 was in (a) each region of England, (b) the county of Tyne and Wear and (c) the City of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | | (141194) | 215
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of 15 and 16-year olds in (a) the East Riding of Yorkshire and (b) England and Wales were entered for GCSE examinations in each year since 1997. | | (140556) | 216
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of 15-year olds in (a) the East Riding of Yorkshire and (b) England and Wales achieved (i) five or more A* to C GCSE grades and (ii) five or more GCSE passes in each year since 1997. | | (140557) | 217
N | Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will break down by local education authority, (a) in descending order of share and (b) alphabetically, the average (i) primary and (ii) secondary formula spending share per pupil in each local education authority in England and Wales for 2004-05. | | (140593) | 218
| Mr Eric Forth (Bromley & Chislehurst):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures the Department has taken since 1997 to reduce truancy in secondary schools; and what the cost was of each programme. | | [R] (140583) | 219
| Mr Eric Forth (Bromley & Chislehurst):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils committed
truancy from secondary schools in (a) 1997 and (b) the most recent year for which figures are available. | | [R] (140584) | 220
| Mr George Foulkes (Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of pupils are in (a) private and independent and (b) state schools. | | (140560) | 221
| Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, by what means the Department's policy for purchasing timber and timber products ensures that they are obtained from legal and sustainable sources. | | (141332) | 222
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total income of each higher education institution was in England and Wales in each of the past three financial years; and how much of the total income came from student tuition fees in each case. | | (141137) | 223
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total allocation of research grant to each higher education institution in England and Wales was in each of the past six years. | | (141138) | 224
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much he estimates will be raised by student tuition fees in the current financial year. | | (141139) | 225
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the additional amount that would be raised for each higher education establishment by the introduction of top-up fees as set out in the Government's Higher Education White Paper. | | (141140) | 226
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the impact of the proposed allocation of funding for bursaries on the additional amount that would be raised for each higher education establishment by the introduction of top-up fees as set out in the Government's Higher Education White Paper. | | (141141) | 227
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the number of specialist public service support staff providing support to pre-school nursery and playgroups involved in implementing the foundation stage. | | (141142) | 228
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which higher education institutions have had funding for a specific area of research activity withdrawn in the past three years. | | (141143) | 229
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) others regarding allowances for children in foster care; and if he will make a statement. | | (140912) | 230
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children have been excluded from (a) primary, (b) secondary and (c) special schools in (i) Portsmouth South and (ii) England in each year since 1999-2000. | | (141348) | 231
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teacher vacancies there are in (a) primary and nursery and (b) secondary schools in the Portsmouth local authority area; and if he will make a statement. | | (141349) | 232
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children have been statemented as having special needs in the constituency of Portsmouth South in each year since 2001. | | (141350) | 233
| Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many UK students studied abroad on full time courses in (a) the EU, (b) the USA and (c) the Commonwealth in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (140898) | 234
| Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to limit (a) suicide and (b) deliberate self-harm in young people. | | (140654) | 235
| Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to raise public awareness of (a) suicide and (b) deliberate self-harm in young people. | | (140655) | 236
| Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance is issued through the Connexions service to (a) parents, (b) young people, (c) schools and (d) organisations working with young people on (i) suicide and (ii) deliberate self-harm in young people. | | (140656) | 237
| Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what qualifications and expertise Connexions personal advisers have in dealing with young people suffering from mental distress. | | (140657) | 238
| Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to require Connexions advice centres to be open (a) in evenings and (b) at weekends; and if he will make a statement. | | (140660) | 239
| Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total funding for Millennium volunteers for each local authority area has been for (a) 2003-04, (b) 2002-03, (c) 2001-02 and (d) 2000-01; and what the anticipated level of funding for 2004-05 is. | | (140662) | 240
| Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the impact of the decision to fund support for Millennium volunteers through Connexions. | | (140681) | 241
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what (a) capital and (b) revenue support was made available for each city academy in (i) 2003-04 and (ii) each of the last two financial years. | | (140974) | 242
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the funding for the proposed city academies announced recently. | | (140975) | 243
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will set out the funding formula used to calculate amounts payable to city academies. | | (140976) | 244
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of specialist schools are permitted to select pupils by aptitude. | | (140977) | 245
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, on what basis sites of city academies were transferred to them from local education authorities. | | (140978) | 246
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many applications he has received from schools for autonomy under the provisions of the Education Bill; how many of these he has approved; and in which areas autonomy was sought in each case. | | (140979) | 247
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what formula is used to determine the formula spending share for each school. | | (140980) | 248
| Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the outcome was of the Education, Youth and Culture Council held on 24th and 25th November; what the Government's stance was on the issues discussed, including its voting record; and if he will make a statement. | | (141076) | 249
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what strategies are being developed for supporting the children of people with no recourse to public funds. | | (140464) | 250
| Andy King (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which university vice-chancellors or other heads of higher education institutions have expressed to him (a) support for and (b) opposition to differential tuition fees. | | (140453) | 251
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to launch pilots for special mediation courts for parental contact based on the Florida system. | | (141024) | 252
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on plans to launch a database of children in the UK. | | (141025) | 253
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, who will have access to the proposed database of children in the UK; and what steps he will take to prevent unlawful access. | | (141026) | 254
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what provision there is for subjects on the child database register to be able to amend the information held on them. | | (141027) | 255
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what subjects he proposes to include in the children's bill announced in the Queen's Speech. | | (141028) | 256
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he intends to publish the bill dealing with child protection announced in the Queen's Speech; and in what form. | | (141029) | 257
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many cases involving disputes over contact with children for non-resident parents involved accusations of sexual abuse in the last year for which figures are available. | | (141064) | 258
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many family disputes involving contact with children have received government funding for mediation in each of the last six years. | | (141144) | 259
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to bring forward reform of family courts to enable them to play a greater role in mediation. | | (141185) | 260
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether it is his policy to establish a legal presumption of contact with children for non-resident parents. | | (141186) | 261
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to change the law to establish a legal presumption of contact with children for non-resident parents. | | (141187) | 262
| Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools are in excellence clusters in the current financial year; and what the total funding made available in the current financial year under the programme is in each local education authority area. | | (141424) | 263
| Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools benefit from the Excellence in Cities programme in the current financial year, broken down by local education authority; and what the total funding made available in the current financial year under the programme is in each local education authority area. | | (141425) | 264
| Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools received leadership incentive grant in the current financial year, broken down by local education authority; and what the total funding made available in the current financial year under the programme is in each local education authority area. | | (141426) | 265
| Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools are in education action zones in the current financial year, broken down by local education authority; and what the total funding made available in the current financial year under the programme is in each education authority area. | | (141460) | 266
| Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools benefit from Pathfinder projects in the current financial year, broken down by local education authority; and what the total funding made available in the current financial year under the programme is in each education authority area. | | (141463) | 267
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of (a) GCSE and (b) sixth form students have continued to higher education in (i) West Derbyshire, (ii) the East Midlands and (iii) England in each year since 1990. | | (141449) | 268
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many young people in (a) West Derbyshire and (b) East Midlands have entered (i) an advanced modern apprenticeship and (ii) a foundation modern apprenticeship since the schemes' inception. | | (141450) | 269
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance he has sought from church authorities on the screening of PG material in schools. | | (141047) | 270
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pages of (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation his Department put through Parliament in 2002-03. | | (141123) | 271
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation sponsored by his Department in 2002-03 was introduced to implement EU requirements. | | (141134) | 272
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) middle and (b) upper school teacher vacancies there have been in Suffolk in each year since 1996-97; and if he will make a statement. | | (140609) | 273
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many primary school teacher vacancies there were in Suffolk in each year since 1996-97; and if he will make a statement. | | (140612) | 274
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether student loan repayments made via the Inland Revenue are immediately credited to individual loan accounts; how frequently the interest on student loan accounts is calculated; and if he will make a statement. | | (141525) | 275
N | Mr Alan Williams (Swansea West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the latest Government estimate is of the extra life-time earnings arising from graduation. | | (140794) | 276
N | Mr Alan Williams (Swansea West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the statistical sources are for Government estimates of extra life-time earnings arising from graduation. | | (140795) | 277
N | Mr Alan Williams (Swansea West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether Government estimates of extra life-time earnings of graduates are (a) pre-tax and (b) post-tax. | | (140796) | 278
N | Mr Alan Williams (Swansea West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the (a) upper and (b) lower parameters are of Government estimates of extra life-time earnings of graduates. | | (140797) | 279
N | Mr Alan Williams (Swansea West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether Government estimates of graduates extra life-time earnings differentiate between male and female graduates. | | (140798) | 280
| Mr Alan Williams (Swansea West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the 1979 level of student grant would be at today's prices. | | (140799) | 281
| Mr Alan Williams (Swansea West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether Government estimates of extra lifetime earnings of graduates differentiate between (a) different subjects and (b) different professions. | | (140800) | 282
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of young people in (a) St Helens, (b) Merseyside and (c) the North West achieved (i) five or more A*-C GCSE grades and (ii) one or more GCSE passes in (A) 1992, (B) 1997, (C) 2001 and (D) the last year for which figures are available. | | (141267) | 283
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which projects have been (a) wholly and (b) partly funded by his Department in St Helens since 1997; when each project was announced; when it started or was expected to start; what funding was provided by (i) Government and (ii) a third party; what third party provided funding; what the target group of the project was; what the projected outcome of the project was; and what the name of the project was. | | (141276) | 284
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of young people in (a) St Helens, (b) Merseyside and (c) the North West achieved one or more A-level passes in (i) 1992, (ii) 1997, (iii) 2001 and (iv) the last year for which figures are available. | | (141278) | 285
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the capital projects which (a) have been completed and (b) were in progress in St Helens in each year since 1997. | | (141279) | 286
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of children in (a) St Helens, (b) the North West and (c) England remained in education after completion of their GCSEs in each year since 1997. | | (141467) | 287
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much spending there was on (a) education as a whole, (b) nursery schools, (c) primary education and (d) secondary education in (i) St Helens, (ii) Merseyside and (iii) the North West Region, in each year since 1992. | | (141469) | 288
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what capital expenditure there was on (a) education as a whole, (b) nursery schools, (c) primary education and (d) secondary education in (i) St Helens, (ii) Merseyside and (iii) the North West Region, in each year since 1992. | | (141470) | 289
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) teachers and (b) teaching assistants were employed in (i) nursery, (ii) primary and (iii) secondary eduication in (A) St Helens, (B) Merseyside and (C) the North West Region, in each year since 1992. | | (141471) | 290
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the ratio of teachers per pupil was in (a) nursery, (b) primary and (c) secondary eduication in (i) St Helens, (ii) Merseyside and (iii) the North West Region, in each year since 1992. | | (141472) | 291
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average class sizes in (a) nursery schools, (b) primary education and (c) secondary education in (i) St Helens, (ii) Merseyside and (iii) the North West Region were, in each year since 1992. | | (141473) | 292
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children are benefiting from the Sure Start programme in (a) St Helens South, (b) St Helens, (c) Merseyside and (d) the North West Region. | | (141474) | 293
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funding his Department has allocated in each year to the Sure Start programe since its establishment; and how it has been spent in (a) St Helens South, (b) St Helens, (c) Merseyside and (d) the North West Region. | | (141475) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 294
| Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on her Department's policy on sea angling. | | (140463) | 295
| Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made in discussions between her Department and the Port of Tyne Authority concerning the dredging of the River Tyne and the disposal at sea of contaminated sediment; and what the present position is regarding the dredging and disposal. | | (140644) | 296
| Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many claims for statutory interest payments have been submitted to private companies under the terms of the Late payment of Debt Act 1998; how many claims were met; and what the total value was of such payments in each year since the Act has been in operation. | | (141596) | 297
| Sue Doughty (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures are in place to ensure government departments buy recycled paper. | | (140595) | 298
| Julia Drown (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action she is taking to ensure that her Department's bid to the forthcoming Government spending round contributes towards the UK's objectives on sustainable development. | | (140493) | 299
| Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what means the policy for purchasing timber and timber products of (a) the Department, (b) the Centre for Science laboratory, (c) the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, (d) the Pesticides Safety Directorate, (e) the Rural Payments Agency, (f) the Veterinary Laboratories Agency, (g) the Veterinary Medicines Directorate, (h) the Forestry Commission, (i) the Countryside Agency and (j) English Nature ensure that they are obtained from legal and sustainable sources. | | (141333) | 300
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what turnover of livestock there was in livestock markets in England and Wales in each of the past five years for which records are available. | | (140711) | 301
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many orchards there were in each year since 1997, broken down by county; and what their acreage was. | | (140712) | 302
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what gains and losses in (a) actual and (b) percentage terms there have been in the size of the national orchard for every year since 1992 for which records are available. | | (140713) | 303
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dairy farmers left the industry in the last 10 years for which records are available in (a) Cornwall and (b) Devon. | | (140714) | 304
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dairy cows there were in England in each of the past five years; and what the average size of dairy herds was in each year in (a) Cornwall and (b) Devon. | | (140715) | 305
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice her Department will offer to the forthcoming EU Regulatory Committee on the application for the sale of Bt 11 GM corn. | | (140716) | 306
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) growers and (b) growers' spouses were engaged in apple growing in each of the last five years. | | (140777) | 307
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) farmers and (b) farmers' spouses were engaged in dairy farming in (i) Cornwall and (ii) Devon in each of the last five years. | | (140778) | 308
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of opting for (a) regionalised average and (b) individual historical claims for decoupled payments under the reformed Common Agricultural Policy in respect of (i) small livestock farms, (ii) medium livestock farms, (iii) larger livestock farms, (iv) small mixed farms, (v) large mixed farms, (vi) small arable farms and (vii) large arable farms. | | (140811) | 309
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with farming industry representatives about farm gate prices for milk. | | (140812) | 310
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice her Department has offered tenant farmers in respect of the extent to which the forthcoming single farm payments will be attributed to (a) the land and (b) the farming activity where decoupled payments will be made under the reformed Common Agricultural Policy. | | (140813) | 311
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice she gives to potato growers in respect of (a) liability and (b) compensation for (i) substandard and (ii) diseased seed potato stock. | | (140838) | 312
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made in containing the recent outbreak of ring rot. | | (140839) | 313
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions her Department has had with pharmaceutical companies on the Government's efforts to identify a candidate vaccine for bovine TB. | | (140840) | 314
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has spent in support of efforts to identify a candidate vaccine for bovine TB in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; and how much has been budgeted for this work over the next three years. | | (140841) | 315
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what historical entitlements are held by UK-registered vessels to fish within the six mile zone of other EU member states. | | (140842) | 316
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Government enforcement authorities in monitoring fishing activity in the six to 12 mile zone. | | (140843) | 317
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Strategy Unit will publish its report into the future of the UK fishing industry. | | (140844) | 318
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the possible financial consequences to public funds of setting up a Government liability scheme to protect farmers and growers from the unintended consequences of growing GM crops as set out in the report by the Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission into liability and coexistence. | | (140845) | 319
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission report on issues of liability and coexistence in respect of GM crops. | | (140846) | 320
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to make a decision with her European counterparts, on whether the EU will grant a licence for the commercial planting of GM crops. | | (140847) | 321
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made in (a) setting up, (b) agreeing the membership of, (c) setting the agenda for, (d) agreeing plans to improve fisheries conservation by (e) setting up and funding the necessary budget for and (f) developing proposals for the development of a sustainable fishing industry for advisory councils for each of the regions relevant to the UK fishing industry as part of the revised Common Fisheries' Policy. | | (140848) | 322
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the UN's Law of the Sea on (a) the UK fishing industry and (b) the activities of non-UK-registered fishing vessels operating within UK territorial waters. | | (140849) | 323
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what timescale she has set for the determination of applications for licences to grow GM crops in the United Kingdom. | | (140851) | 324
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the latest figures published by her Department on the number of farmers and farm workers who left the industry in England in the 12 months to June. | | (141112) | 325
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when a new shellfish licensing scheme will be introduced; and whether the scheme will take account of its impact on (a) small boat (under eight metres) fishermen and (b) future new entrants to the industry. | | (141113) | 326
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will introduce a shellfish licensing scheme. | | (141114) | 327
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of the Animal By-products Regulation 2003 on (a) cattle farmers, (b) pig and sheep farmers, (c) poultry farmers, (d) other livestock farmers, (e) catering establishments and abattoirs and (g) other affected businesses. | | (141115) | 328
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many litres of milk were produced in the UK in each of the last 10 years; and what the national quota was in each of those years. | | (141566) | 329
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) partners and (b) directors were engaged in dairy farming in (i) Cornwall and (ii) Devon in each of the last five years. | | (141567) | 330
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) partners and (b) directors were engaged in apple growing in each of the last five years. | | (141568) | 331
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has made to the Icelandic Government following the demarche in response to Iceland's plan to continue scientific whaling in 2004; and if she will make a statement. | | (140913) | 332
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has made to the Japanese Government since 7th November on its plans to kill Antarctic minke whales. | | (140914) | 333
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated designed to ensure a successful review of the Southern Ocean Sanctuary in 2004, in relation to the whaling in the area by Japan. | | (140915) | 334
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will answer the letter from the honourable Member for Portsmouth South of 9th September on the importation of dietary supplements. | | (140916) | 335
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received from farmers on the way their land is designated in the process of digitalisation of mapping of the land for the purposes of assessing rural payments. | | (141439) | 336
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received on (a) the fact that the slaughter premium is not payable on animals slaughtered on farm and (b) that it remains a fineable offence for farmers to move the animal from farms receiving no compensation under the rules of the slaughter premium. | | (141440) | 337
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received on the impact on animal husbandry of (a) allowing animals to spend one overnight period at an auction and (b) requiring an animal to be killed at the slaughterhouse within 48 hours. | | (141441) | 338
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what conclusions have been drawn from the inquiry into lessons learnt from the foot and mouth crisis. | | (141442) | 339
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will establish a three-month apprenticeship to be spent on farms, at an auction mart and in other rural situations for every new recruit to her Department. | | (141443) | 340
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will publish the plan for Tidal and Fluvial Flooding in England. | | (141451) | 341
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many livestock markets there were in 1997 in West Derbyshire; how many of them closed during the foot and mouth outbreak of 2001; how many markets (a) did not open after the outbreak and (b) have closed since; and how many livestock markets there are in each county. | | (141457) | 342
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dairy farms there were in 1997 in West Derbyshire; how many of them have closed since; and how many remain. | | (141458) | 343
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with supermarkets and co-operatives regarding the farm-gate price of liquid milk; and what the responses of those companies have been. | | (141459) | 344
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the extent of barn owl deaths caused by traffic; and what steps are being taken to prevent them. | | (141037) | 345
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether badgers infected with tuberculosis are capable of depositing infectious tubercular material sufficient to cause infection in cattle on open pasture and other areas to which cattle have access. | | (141078) | 346
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what badger latrines are; and what relevance they have in the spread of M. bovis to cattle. | | (141079) | 347
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how adult badgers infected with M. bovis transmit the infection to their young. | | (141080) | 348
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Department has to evaluate the impact on efficacy of culling of the use of anaesthesia in badger setts prior to lethal gassing. | | (141081) | 349
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the estimated incidence of TB in (a) badgers and (b) cattle in England was in the last year for which figures are available. | | (141082) | 350
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether farmers are able to obtain insurance cover for TB infection in dairy cattle after a TB breakdown and subsequent claim. | | (141083) | 351
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what conclusions have been drawn on routes of transmission from post-mortem examination of badgers for TB in the past 10 years. | | (141084) | 352
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate has been made of the optimum badger population in England; and what assessment has been made of the effect on the local environment of colonies extending beyond the optimum size. | | (141085) | 353
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice the Department has given to farmers on the prevention of TB in cattle, in respect of the height of mineral and feed troughs to avoid badgers gaining access to them. | | (141086) | 354
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what European Union funds are available to farmers on whose cattle TB restrictions are imposed; how much is payable per head of cattle; whether match funding is required; and what claims the Department has made. | | (141087) | 355
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the percentage of badgers which can reasonably be expected to be killed in a defined area when the culling teams rely solely on trapping. | | (141088) | 356
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of TB lesions found in cows subject to post-mortem examination for TB were considered to be of a type which would have rendered the cattle in which they were found capable of transmitting bovine TB to another bovine animal in England in the past 10 years. | | (141089) | 357
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has analysed the (a) number and (b) proportion of farms where cattle with an autumn TB breakdown (i) have subsequently gone clear and (ii) have an increasing incidence of TB through the winter; and whether the first group of cases occurs in areas with a high level of TB infection in badgers. | | (141380) | 358
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what level of TB infection in cattle in the national herd her Department has assessed as being acceptable. | | (141382) | 359
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of cattle reported to be infected with TB are believed to have acquired infection from cattle-to-cattle transmission; and what proportion are believed to have acquired their infection (a) directly and (b) indirectly from badgers. | | (141383) | 360
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of whether pertubation in badger populations can be eliminated or substantially reduced by improved badger culling programme design and execution. | | (141384) | 361
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the use of polymerase chain reaction testing instead of culture testing for the confirmation of TB in bovine samples. | | (141385) | 362
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason hauliers are prohibited under certain circumsatnces from collecting full loads of TB reactors, comprising animals from different farms, for delivery to slaughterhouses. | | (141386) | 363
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the differences are between TB control programmes in (a) the UK and (b) Ireland. | | (141387) | 364
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to compensate farmers who suffer consequential losses as a result of TB infection in their herds following the failure of the reactive component of the randomised badger culling trials. | | (141388) | 365
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, where the main TB lesions have been found on those cows which have been subject to post-mortem examinations for TB by or on behalf of her Department, in England in the past 10 years. | | (141389) | 366
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she will prohibit the sale of milk for any purpose from farms under TB restriction. | | (141390) | 367
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what precautions farmers are advised to take to avoid exposing their cattle to M. bovis infection. | | (141391) | 368
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what inferences have been drawn from the sites of TB lesions found on those cows which have been subject to post-mortem examination for TB by or on behalf of her Department, in England, in the past 10 years as to the routes of transmission. | | (141392) | 369
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, where the main TB lesions have been found on those badgers which have been subject to a post-mortem examination for TB by or on behalf of her Department, in England in the past 10 years. | | (141393) | 370
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for how long mycobacterium bovis bacilli can survive in badger setts. | | (141394) | 371
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how long mycobacterium bovis bacilli can survive on open pasture; and under what conditions. | | (141395) | 372
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether M. bovis isolates can be characterised to determine its genetic relationship to other isolates by using the technique of DNA fingerprinting; and whether there has been such fingerprinting of TB isolates from cattle and badgers in order to identify epidemiological relationships. | | (141396) | 373
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of whether badgers are capable of accessing mineral and feed troughs positioned at heights in excess of those advised by the Department; and what height that evidence indicates badgers are capable of accessing. | | (141503) | 374
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation sponsored by her Department in 2002-03 was introduced to implement EU requirements. | | (141135) | 375
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many pages of (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation her Department put through Parliament in 2002-03. | | (141171) | 376
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the (a) dose, (b) timing, (c) formulation and (d) method of application of the herbicide selected for use on GM maize in the farm scale evaluations was modelled upon the standard commercially adopted herbicide regimes used on Liberty Link GM maize varieties in (i) the USA and (ii) Hungary. | | (140770) | 377
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the countries where Liberty Link GM maize is commercially grown. | | (140771) | 378
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the incidence of TB in badgers in (a) England, (b) Herefordshire and (c) Worcestershire was in the last six months for which figures are available. | | (140457) | 379
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will publish the results of the research into the interaction between TB in badgers and TB in cattle. | | (140458) | 380
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what effect her decision to remove the reactive culling of badgers from the research programme on the interaction between TB in badgers and TB in cattle will have on the report date. | | (140459) | 381
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the incidence of TB in cattle in (a) England, (b) Herefordshire and (c) Worcestershire was in the last six months for which figures are available. | | (140460) | 382
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects the Government to ratify the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels; and if she will make a statement. | | (141072) | 383
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which countries have so far ratified the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels. | | (141073) | 384
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures have so far been taken to implement the Action Plan contained in the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels; and if she will make a statement. | | (141074) | 385
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when funding promised for flood defence in the City of Hereford will be delivered by (a) the Welsh Assembly and (b) the Government. | | (140817) | 386
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason £700,000 has been paid to W. S. Atkins for a design for the flood defences in Hereford City. | | (140818) | 387
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to stop the disease of potato ring rot from spreading in Wales. | | (141167) | 388
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which projects have been (a) wholly and (b) partly funded by her Department in St Helens since 1997; when each project was announced; when it started or was expected to start; what funding was provided by (i) Government and (ii) a third party; what third party provided funding; what the target group of the project was; what the projected outcome of the project was; and what the name of the project was. | | (141271) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 389
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has held with his counterparts from (a) Dubai, (b) Uzbekistan, (c) Iran and (d) Pakistan concerning the trafficking of (i) opium and (ii) heroin out of Afghanistan; and whether the Government's opium eradication policy in Afghanistan includes combating the transporting of opium of Afghan origin in the region. | | (140820) | 390
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has held with his counterpart from Nigeria concerning the attendance of Zimbabwean officials at the Commonwealth Summit to be held in Abuja in December; and if he will make a statement. | | (140821) | 391
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action his Department took to ensure the security of British citizens (a) on holiday and (b) living in Turkey following (i) the explosions outside branches of HSBC in Istanbul on 31st May, (ii) the explosion at the Visa Section of the British Consulate-General in Istanbul on 3rd April and (iii) the explosion of three devices in Izmir on 8th April. | | (140832) | 392
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department received from representatives of the British Consulate in Istanbul regarding the level of security provided at the temporary accommodation in which staff worked during the period between 2001 and 2003. | | (140833) | 393
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what travel advice was issued by his Department following (a) the explosions outside branches of HSBC in Istanbul on 31st May, (b) the explosion at the Visa Section of the British Consulate-General in Istanbul on 3rd April and (c) the explosion of three devices in Izmir on 8th April. | | (140834) | 394
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether discussions were held between his Department and (a) the US Administration, (b) the Turkish Government and (c) staff working in the British Consulate in Istanbul regarding a need for British staff to move building in light of the increased risk from terrorism in the period between April and November. | | (140835) | 395
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department had with US counterparts regarding the security threat in Istanbul in the period between April and November; whether the decision by the US Administration to move its staff during that period was discussed; whether the possibility of the British Government taking a similar decision was discussed; and what the outcome was of the discussions. | | (140836) | 396
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans his Department has for celebrations to mark the 300th anniversary of British rule in Gibraltar; what plans his Department has to promote the anniversary; and if he will make a statement. | | (140837) | 397
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last spoke to Aung San Suu Kyi concerning the situation in Burma. | | (140850) | 398
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with representatives of the British Consulate in Istanbul regarding security following (a) the explosions outside branches of HSBC in Istanbul on 31st May, (b) the explosion at the Visa Section of the British Consulate-General in Istanbul on 3rd April and (c) the explosion of three devices in Izmir on 8th April. | | (140868) | 399
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on progress with the Government's policy on eradicating the production of opium in Afghanistan. | | (141008) | 400
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Malaysia on the trading by Singapore-based companies with the military leadership in Burma; and if he will make a statement. | | (141375) | 401
| Hugh Bayley (York, City of):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what advice has been given and on what dates to UK embassies, high commissions and other diplomatic posts abroad about the need to report information about possible cases of international bribery and corruption by UK citizens and companies; which posts have reported cases; on how many occasions; and how many of those reports have been followed up by investigations by UK law enforcement agencies. | | (141108) | 402
| Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his response to the refusal of auditors to approve the accounts of the European Union. | | (140819) | 403
| Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons the Government abstained in the vote on 16th September on Syria's draft resolution that Israel desist from any act of deportation and cease any threat to the safety of the elected president of the Palestinian Authority. | | (140591) | 404
N | Mr William Cash (Stone):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library the opinion of the Head of the Council of Ministers Legal Service on the question of the formulation of Articles 1-10 concerning the primacy of Union Law (CIG 37-03, p3). | | (140697) | 405
N | Mr William Cash (Stone):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Government will make it a red line issue to ensure that (a) qualified majority voting is not extended to the area of own resources under Article 53(4) of the Draft European Constitution, (b) the UK budget rebate is retained and (c) the Stability and Growth Pact in its application to the UK is repealed. | | (140698) | 406
N | Mr William Cash (Stone):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Government will make it a red line issue to ensure that Protocol 17 concerning Article 141 of the E C Treaty is retained in the draft European Constitution. | | (140699) | 407
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what percentage of the Oil-for-Food income was allocated to Gulf War reparations through the UN administered Compensation Fund; what amount in pounds sterling that percentage represented from (a) December 1996 to December 2000 and (b) December 2000 to 21st November 2003; and what the amount paid by Iraq in reparations was prior to December 1996. | | (141116) | 408
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the contracts which the Office of the Iraq Programme reported in November 2002 had been approved but for which no funds were available due to political disagreements between the governments of the US and UK and the then government of Iraq; what these contracts were for; and if he will make a statement. | | (141117) | 409
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether it is his policy that NATO should have a role in Iraq; and if he will make a statement. | | (141119) | 410
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps Coalition forces are taking to deal with shortages of medicine in Iraq; and if he will make a statement. | | (141181) | 411
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps Coalition forces are taking to deal with waste water being pumped untreated into rivers in Iraq; and if he will make a statement. | | (141182) | 412
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions have been held with (a) the administration of Somaliland and (b) the Organisaton of African Unity concerning future recognition by the UK. | | (141616) | 413
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contacts with organisations representing people in Somalia are maintained by his Department; and what visits have been made by members of his Department to Somalia in the past year. | | (141617) | 414
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what actions have been undertaken by his Department to ensure that the Commission's resolutions on the future border between Ethiopia and Eritrea are adhered to; and if he will make a statement. | | (141618) | 415
| Mr George Foulkes (Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of the money his Department spent on school places for children of Foreign Office personnel was spent on the independent sector in each year since 1996; and what he estimates the proportion will be in 2003. | | (140561) | 416
| Mr George Foulkes (Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the average cost to his Department was of the school places provided for the children of Foreign Office personnel in independent and private schools in each year since 1996. | | (140562) | 417
| Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that Ministers representing the United Kingdom abroad are adequately briefed on the London 2012 Olympic bid. | | (140507) | 418
| Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, by what means the policy for purchasing timber and timber products of (a) the Foreign Office and (b) each of its overseas missions, ensures that they are obtained from legal and sustainable sources. | | (141334) | 419
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, upon what evidence the claims that foreign fighters are operating in Iraq were made; how many he estimates are involved; what their countries of origin are; and if he will make a statement. | | (140907) | 420
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many families of the Iraq Governing Council were living in Iraq before the Allied invasion this year; and how many are living in Iraq. | | (140910) | 421
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to implement sanctions against Ethiopia in the event that it does not accept the Algiers agreement; and if he will make a statement. | | (140917) | 422
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the recent meetings he has had to discuss ways of preventing the border dispute between Ethiopia and Eritrea escalating. | | (140918) | 423
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much (a) heroin and (b) methamphetamine he predicts will be produced by Burma this year; and how much he estimates will reach the UK. | | (140919) | 424
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement about the involvement of the Burmese Junta in (a) heroin and (b) methamphetamine production and export, with particular reference to the new factory 15 miles west of Maeken. | | (140920) | 425
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the amount of heroin (a) produced in Afghanistan and (b) exported to the UK from Afghanistan in each year since 2000; what the estimate is for 2003-04; and if he will make a statement. | | (141351) | 426
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Central Asian Drugs Action Plan since it was signed; how much the UK has contributed to it; and if he will make a statement. | | (141352) | 427
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effects of dissolving the Western European Union; and if he will make a statement. | | (141353) | 428
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to support (a) the appending of the modified Brussels Treaty to the Constitutional Treaty as an optional protocol and (b) the amendment of the Treaty to oblige the EU Council to make an annual report on its activities in the fields of security and defence to the Assembly, as created by the modified Brussels Treaty and to the European Parliament; and if he will make a statement. | | (141354) | 429
| Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the additional policy areas to be subject to majority voting in the latest draft of the European Constitution. | | (140897) | 430
| Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will reply to the letter to him dated 6th October from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Mr Murhtar Ahmed Rana. | | (140780) | 431
| Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will reply to the letter to him from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Dorothy Ricketts. | | (140783) | 432
| Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will reply to the letter to him dated 6th October from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Mrs Shafna Rahman. | | (140784) | 433
| Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will reply to the letter to him dated 6th October from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Sadia Bibi. | | (140785) | 434
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of the conflict in Iraq on the war on terrorism. | | (140585) | 435
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what negotiations he is having with Kuwait over the future operation of border crossings at Safwan. | | (141048) | 436
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many United Kingdom nationals were killed in terrorist attacks between (a) 1st June 2002 and 28th February 2003 and (b) 1st March 2003 and 26th November; and if he will make statement. | | (140774) | 437
| Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what talks he has had with his counterparts in (a) Syria and (b) Iran regarding human rights in those countries. | | (140934) | 438
| Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of Iran's ability to use its nuclear power programme for military purposes. | | (140935) | 439
| Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when HM Ambassador to Uzbekistan will return to Tashkent. | | (140936) | 440
| Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what military aid is being provided to Colombia; and of what (a) type and (b) value. | | (141508) | 441
| Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the military assistance provided to Colombia is funded from the conflict resolution fund. | | (141509) | 442
| Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the UK Ambassador to Colombia supported the President of Colombia's claim that human rights NGOs were supporters of terrorists. | | (141510) | 443
| Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the proposed new emergency powers before the Colombian parliament meet the pledges given at the consultative group meeting in London in July 2003. | | (141511) | 444
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many copies of the proposed EU Constitutional Treaty have been purchased by (a) Government bodies and (b) others. | | (140802) | 445
| Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the EU meetings held in 2003 which (a) ministers and (b) officials from the Department have attended where the maximum permitted level of nutrients in food supplements was discussed; and if he will make a statement. | | (141410) | 446
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the average (a) level and (b) number of hours of supply of electricity to the Shi'a population of Iraq (i) before and (ii) after the conflict. | | (141280) | 447
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many schools have been renovated by coalition forces in Iraq since 1st May. | | (141281) | 448
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's estimate is of the numbers of Muslims killed directly or indirectly by Saddam Hussein since 1979, based on additional information discovered since 1st May. | | (141282) | 449
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many mass graves have been discovered in Iraq since 1st May; and what estimate he has made of the number of people buried in each of those graves. | | (141283) | 450
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what evidence of torture and killing of Iraqi citizens under the regime of Saddam Hussein have been discovered in Iraq since 1st May. | | (141284) | 451
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government will take to ensure that Iran complies with its promises to the UK, French and German foreign ministers on nuclear issues. | | (141285) | 452
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the steps Iran has taken in its undertakings to the UK, French and German foreign ministers on nuclear issues; and what steps remain to be taken. | | (141286) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 453
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what waiting-time information he collates on consultant referrals to pain management services. | | (140575) | 454
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS has spent in each of the last five years on pain management research. | | (140576) | 455
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to reduce the three-month vacancy rate for midwives in London since March; and if he will make a statement. | | (140582) | 456
| Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what private agencies are used to recruit doctors from abroad; and what checks are put in place to ensure that these doctors meet the required standards. | | (140633) | 457
| Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if it has been determined whether health professionals from (a) Hungary, (b) Slovakia and (c) Poland have the necessary qualifications to practise in this country after these countries join the European Union; and if he will make a statement. | | (140634) | 458
| Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will reply to the letter dated 15th September, from the honourable Member for Billericay, regarding the group known as Radiotherapy Action Group Exposure. | | (140635) | 459
| Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the All Data Report of the Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Strategic Health Authority conference on Choice and Plurality in the NHS held on 2nd and 3rd July. | | (140617) | 460
| Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures he will put in place to avoid the risk of health care providers forming cartels under the policy of giving more choice to patients. | | (140618) | 461
| Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information will be provided to enable patients to choose health care providers under the Choice and Plurality policies. | | (140619) | 462
| Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the percentage of patients on waiting lists who will accept the offer of an alternative provider under the Choice and Plurality policies; and what assessment he has made of the capacity available to meet the demand. | | (140620) | 463
| Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the possible impact of institutional resistance on the implementation of the Choice and Plurality policies. | | (140621) | 464
| Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether alternative medicine will be available to patients within the NHS under the Choice and Plurality policies. | | (140622) | 465
| Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures will be put in place to extend choice of health care provider to patients who live in isolated rural communities. | | (140623) | 466
| Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether patients will be able to choose their general practitioner under the Choice and Plurality policies. | | (140624) | 467
| Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the percentage occupancy rate of in-patient care which would need to be maintained to provide the capacity to enable patients to choose a health care provider. | | (140625) | 468
| Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the application of his Choice and Plurality policies to patients suffering from mental ill health. | | (140626) | 469
| Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will offer financial support to women for the purchase of sanitary products. | | (140895) | 470
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he has taken to ensure that recombinant treatment is made available to adults with haemophilia who live in (a) England and (b) Northern Ireland. | | (141249) | 471
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department's ex-gratia payments to people with haemophilia infected with hepatitis C will extend to (a) those co-infected with HIV, (b) those who have cleared the virus through treatment and (c) the families of those who have died from hepatitis C. | | (141250) | 472
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether it is his Department's policy to make screening for Group B streptococcus routinely available to pregnant women in the United Kingdom. | | (141251) | 473
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what analysis he has made of regional variation in (a) preventative measures and (b) treatment and care for newborn babies infected with Group B streptococcus. | | (141252) | 474
| Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) males and (b) females were diagnosed with (i) syphilis, (ii) gonorrhoea, (iii) chlamydia (uncomplicated), (iv) herpes (first incidence), (v) genital warts (first incidence), (vi) HIV/AIDS, (vii) trichomonas vaginalis and (viii) non-specific urethritis in each year from 1996 to the latest available date; and what the percentage change in the number of people diagnosed with each condition was in each year. | | (140600) | 475
| Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for each genito-urinary medicine clinic in England from first walking into the clinic to being treated for (a) men and (b) women was in 2003; and what the figures were in (i) 2000 and (ii) 1997. | | (140601) | 476
| Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average time is an (a) man and (b) woman has had to wait in a (i) genito-urinary medicine clinic and (ii) sexual health clinic between walking into the clinic and being seen by a specialist in 2003; and what the figures were in (A) 2000 and (B) 1997. | | (140602) | 477
| Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) men and (b) women have been initially turned away without treatment from a (i) genito-urinary medicine clinic and (ii) sexual health clinic in the last 24 months; and for what reasons this happened. | | (140603) | 478
| Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on (a) the mean and (b) the median waiting time for (i) men and (ii) women to receive treatment from a sexual health clinic in (A) the last year for which figures are available, (B) 2000 and (C) 1997. | | (140604) | 479
| Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the longest waiting times for treatment in (a) genito-urinary medicine clinics and (b) sexual health clinics was in (i) the last year for which figures are available, (ii) 2000 and (iii) 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (140689) | 480
| Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time from first contact with a sexual health clinic to being treated is for (a) men and (b) women in each sexual health clinic in England was in the last year for which figures are available; and what the waiting times were in (i) 2000 and (ii) 1997. | | (140690) | 481
| Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many referrals were made to (a) genito-urinary medicine clinics and (b) sexual health clinics by a general practitioner (i) after diagnosis by the GP for treatment and (ii) for diagnosis and treatment in (A) the last 12 months for which figures are available, (B) 2000 and (C) 1997. | | (140691) | 482
| Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for treatment for a sexually transmitted infection after initial examination by a general practitioner was in (a) the last year for which figures are available, (b) 2000 and (c) 1997; what proportion of such treatments were overseen by the GP who made the initial diagnosis; and if he will make a statement. | | (140692) | 483
| Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many, and what proportion, of general practitioners in England do not treat patients suffering from a sexually transmitted infection; and if he will make a statement. | | (140693) | 484
| Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of (a) men and (b) women waited (i) 1 to 3 days, (ii) 4 to 7 days, (iii) 8 to 14 days, (iv) 15 to 21 days, (v) 21 to 28 days and (vi) over 28 days for treatment after their first examination at (A) genito-urinary medicine clinics and (B) sexual health clinics in (1) the last year for which figures are available, (2) 2000 and (3) 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (140694) | 485
| Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on measures to tackle the incidence of sexual ill health; and what steps he is taking to improve access to (a) medical advice and (b) treatment for people suffering from a sexually transmitted infection. | | (140695) | 486
| Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reasons are for the exclusion of sexually transmitted infections from the new general practitioner contract; whether all GPs will (a) examine and (b) treat patients suffering from a sexually transmitted infection; and if he will make a statement. | | (140696) | 487
| Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) sexual health and (b) genito-urinary medicine clinics there are in England; how many there were in (i) 2000 and (ii) 1997; and how many have walk-in facilities. | | (140705) | 488
| Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) mean and (b) median waiting times for (i) men and (ii) women to receive treatment for a sexually transmitted infection from (A) a GP and (B) a genito-urinary medicine clinic were in (1) the last year for which figures are available, (2) 2000 and (3) 1997. | | (140717) | 489
| Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many genito-urinary medicine clinics provided walk-in facilities in the past and no longer do so. | | (140718) | 490
| Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general practitioners in England provide sexual health services; how many provided them (a) in 2000 and (b) in 1997; and how many have walk-in facilities. | | (140719) | 491
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on hospitality in each year since 1997, broken down by main expenditure heading. | | (140473) | 492
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what monitoring his Department has undertaken to ensure that the funding announced to support Valuing People and allocated to strategic health authorities and primary care trusts was spent on initiatives to support Valuing People; how the remaining capital element of the LDDF was spent in 2002-03; and for what reasons the decision was taken to change the way the capital fund was distributed for 2003-04. | | (140474) | 493
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many finished consultant episodes related to alcoholic liver disease there were in (a) England and (b) each region in each year since 1997. | | (140475) | 494
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many bed days relating to alcoholic liver disease there were in England in 1997-98. | | (140476) | 495
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to review the implementation of the No Secrets guidance. | | (140639) | 496
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many domiciliary care providers have (a) applied for and (b) met the registration standards. | | (140640) | 497
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimates (a) the Department and (b) the National Care Standards Commission has made of the number of domiciliary care providers operating in England that would be required to register with the Commission. | | (140641) | 498
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many domiciliary care providers have been registered by the National Care Standards Commission in each region. | | (140642) | 499
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will reply to the letter of 10th October from the honourable Member for Sutton and Cheam concerning continuing care. | | (140786) | 500
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) cost of suspensions of managers in the NHS in (i) England and (ii) each region in each of the last six years. | | (141107) | 501
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the Department's staff by job title, broken down by board directorate. | | (141109) | 502
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting times were for child and adolescent mental health services in (a) England, (b) each region and (c) each strategic health authority in each of the last six years; and if he will make a statement. | | (141110) | 503
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on his plans for downsizing his Department. | | (141208) | 504
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action his Department is taking to reduce the number of suicides happening in December and January; and if he will make a statement. | | (141209) | 505
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to produce national minimum standards of care for residential services provided by the NHS. | | (141527) | 506
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the costing implications for the NHS of the Jaeger decision on working hours for junior doctors in the United Kingdom. | | (141577) | 507
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the impact of the Jaeger decision on working hours for doctors on the ability of his Department to meet the deadline for implementation of the Working Time Directive by 2012; and what action his Department is taking to meet this deadline. | | (141578) | 508
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was to the NHS in (a) England and (b) each strategic health authority of overnight stays for patient visitors in NHS beds in each year since 1997. | | (141579) | 509
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the statistical tables analysing the national patient cancer survey to inform future surveys, commissioned by his Department and made available to the Commission for Health Improvement. | | (141580) | 510
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information he has collated on the average body mass index in England for each year since 1990. | | (141581) | 511
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of the adult population had a body mass index greater than 25 in (a) England and (b) each region in each year since 1990. | | (141582) | 512
| Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how he proposes to tackle the shortfall in trained (a) oncologists, (b) radiographers and (c) physicists. | | (140544) | 513
| Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on progress in meeting targets set by the National Cancer Plan. | | (140545) | 514
| Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the demand for proton therapy at the Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology in the next 10 years. | | (140548) | 515
| Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to ensure the replacement of radiotherapy equipment over 10 years old. | | (140549) | 516
| Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on investment in (a) staff and (b) machines for radiotherapy delivery. | | (140550) | 517
| Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on radiotherapy capacity in the UK relative to that in other European countries. | | (140551) | 518
| Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action his Department is taking to increase radiotherapy capacity in line with increased demand. | | (140552) | 519
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence of Ebixa as a treatment for Alzheimer's; which health authorities have allowed it to be prescribed; and if he will make a statement on the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and the use of Ebixa. | | (141415) | 520
| Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to improve treatment facilities for ankylosing spondylitis. | | (140486) | 521
| Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information he has collated on the availability of licensed treatments for ankylosing spondylitis. | | (140487) | 522
| Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information he has collated on the availability of anti-TNF treatment for ankylosing spondylitis. | | (140488) | 523
| Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the numbers of patients with ankylosing spondylitis who (a) might benefit from anti-TNF treatment and (b) benefit from anti-TNF treatment. | | (140489) | 524
| Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many claims for statutory interest payments have been submitted to his Department under the terms of the Late Payment of Debt Act 1998; how many claims were met; and what the total value was of such payments in each year since the Act has been in operation. | | (141600) | 525
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether all ambulances are required to carry at least one paramedic on every call. | | (140814) | 526
| Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what selection process the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority follow when appointing new members to the Authority. | | (141560) | 527
| Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much remuneration the Right Reverend Richard Harries, Bishop of Oxford will receive per annum as a member of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority. | | (141561) | 528
| Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many female deaths in England and Wales have been attributable to the abortion pill RU486 since 1990. | | (141562) | 529
| Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what improvements will need to be made to standards of quality and safety in UK licensed fertility clinics in order to comply with European Union Document No. 10122/03 on the Quality and Safety of Human Tissues and Cells. | | (141563) | 530
| Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the safety of therapeutic cloning. | | (141564) | 531
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the cost to each NHS trust of the Working Time Directive. | | (141403) | 532
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the overtime needed in each NHS trust arising from the implementation of the Working Time Directive. | | (141404) | 533
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the change in the number of (a) doctors and (b) nurses needed in each NHS trust as a result of the implementation of the Working Time Directive. | | (141405) | 534
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures (a) have been recently introduced and (b) are proposed to provide appropriate residential care for those less than 50 years of age suffering from dementia in (i) England and (ii) Wirral. | | (141461) | 535
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) recent measures have been introduced and (b) what measures are proposed to support those under 50 years of age suffering from dementia in (i) England and (ii) Wirral. | | (141462) | 536
| Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who will be able to use the title health visitor after April 2004. | | (140466) | 537
| Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the recommendations the Activity Co-ordination Team has made on a methodology to secure better evidence and data on participation. | | (140495) | 538
| Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much per head of population has been spent by his Department on promoting and facilitating sport and physical activity in (a) 2001, (b) 2002 and (c) 2003. | | (140499) | 539
| Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much per head of population has been spent by his Department on preventative health strategies in (a) 2001, (b) 2002 and (c) 2003. | | (140501) | 540
| Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the (a) interventions and (b) pilot projects for which the Activity Co-ordination Team has provided funding. | | (140503) | 541
| Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the recommendations the Activity Co-ordination Team has made to his policy of raising mass participation in sport and physical activity. | | (140505) | 542
| Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timetable is for the review of the third register; who will conduct the review; and when the report of the review will be published. | | (140627) | 543
| Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the terms of reference for the review of health visiting. | | (140628) | 544
| Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the role health visitor members will have on the Nursing and Midwifery Council if there is not (a) a statutory profession of health visiting and (b) a register of health visitors. | | (140629) | 545
| Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many ministerial commitments to consult and respect the views of the profession were met during consideration on the review of the third register. | | (140630) | 546
| Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when and by whom the health visiting profession was consulted regarding the third register; and what the outcome was of the consultation. | | (140631) | 547
| Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what risk assessment was undertaken by the Nursing and Midwifery Council with respect to public risk before removing statutory protection from the title registered health visitor. | | (140632) | 548
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the total budget for NHS Live 2004 is. | | (140904) | 549
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the organisations which have been approached to sponsor NHS Live 2004; and what amounts are being sought for such sponsorship. | | (140905) | 550
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which Minister in his Department has responsibility for NHS Live 2004. | | (141569) | 551
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what involvement his special advisers have had in (a) devising and (b) organising NHS Live 2004. | | (141570) | 552
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he will participate in NHS Live 2004. | | (141571) | 553
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria will be used for issuing invitations to NHS Live 2004. | | (141572) | 554
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the media will be invited to cover NHS Live 2004. | | (141573) | 555
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent research he has (a) initiated and (b) evaluated on the possible leukaemia threat to the children of dockyard radiation workers. | | (140921) | 556
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on (a) the latest statistics for children born with Group B streptococcus infection and (b) his Department's current strategy for dealing with it. | | (140922) | 557
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to offer all pregnant women a test for Group B streptococcus. | | (140923) | 558
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many residential care (a) homes and (b) places there were in the Portsmouth Unitary Authority area in each year since 2001. | | (141355) | 559
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nursing care (a) homes and (b) beds there were in the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Health Authority area in each year since 2001. | | (141356) | 560
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of tuberculosis have been reported in the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Health Authority area in each year since 2000-01. | | (141357) | 561
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) nurses and (b) doctors are employed in the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Health Authority. | | (141358) | 562
| Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the money allocated to compensate victims of contaminated blood will be spent; and if he will make a statement. | | (140636) | 563
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to reduce instances of suicide and deliberate self-harm in young people; and if he will make a statement. | | (140637) | 564
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to raise public awareness of suicide and deliberate self-harm in young people. | | (140638) | 565
| Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding is available to voluntary organisations through the National Suicide Strategy; and to which organisations funding has been granted. | | (140643) | 566
| Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department issues to (a) parents, (b) young people and (c) organisations working with young people on (i) suicide and (ii) deliberate self-harm in young people. | | (140659) | 567
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, under what powers funds have been allocated to the University of Birmingham Hospital Trust to consult over its proposal to become an NHS Foundation Trust. | | (141559) | 568
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) benefit for use in the NHS of Flu Mist as a vaccine for influenza. | | (141312) | 569
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria he is applying to the availability on prescription of Tamiflu as a treatment for influenza. | | (141313) | 570
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the appointment of Lord Hunt of King's Heath as chairman of the National Patient Safety Agency was made by the NHS Appointments Commission. | | (141314) | 571
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the appointment of Anna Walker as chief executive of the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection was made by the NHS Appointments Commission. | | (141315) | 572
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will publish a statement of the costs, with particular reference to costs relating to NHS reference costs, of commissioning (a) independent and (b) private sector health care by the NHS. | | (141316) | 573
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will publish the revised Mental Health Bill. | | (140987) | 574
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the consultation responses to the draft Mental Health Bill will be published before the proposed pre-legislative scutiny committee on the bill is appointed. | | (140989) | 575
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the proposed pre-legislative scrutiny committee on the Mental Health Bill will consider a revised version of the draft Mental Health Bill. | | (140990) | 576
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what revisions he proposes to make to the draft Mental Health Bill. | | (140991) | 577
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what powers foundation hospitals will have to appoint their own auditors. | | (141022) | 578
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of board members of (a) primary care trusts and (b) hospital trusts are from ethnic minorities. | | (141030) | 579
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS employees in (a) medical and (b) non-medical posts are on secondment to developing countries. | | (141031) | 580
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he intends that members of both Houses should be included on the proposed pre-legislative scrutiny committee on the Mental Health Bill. | | (141032) | 581
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what remit he proposes for the proposed pre-legislative scrutiny committee on the Mental Health Bill. | | (141033) | 582
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the increases in funding for National Institute for Clinical Excellence approved drug prescribing made to each mental health trust in the current year. | | (141070) | 583
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS prescriptions for (a) Aricept, (b) Concerta XL and (c) Risperidone have been made in 2003; and what additional funds have been made available for prescription of these drugs. | | (141071) | 584
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people living within the Adur, Arun and Worthing Primary Care Trust area suffered from lymphoedema in each of the last five years; and how many received treatment. | | (141145) | 585
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what diagnostic methods are available on the NHS to allow diabetics to monitor their blood sugar levels. | | (141153) | 586
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he intends that provision of blood glucose test strips will remain available on the NHS in the long term. | | (141154) | 587
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much public funding will be allocated to treatment of diabetes in fiscal year 2004-05. | | (141155) | 588
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what investment is in place in diabetes management which will decrease the number of acute cases reaching hospital. | | (141156) | 589
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will promote research to enable a comparison to be made of (a) mortality and (b) diabetic complication rates from using (i) animal and (ii) human insulin. | | (141159) | 590
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what further steps he will take to ensure that (a) diabetics are able to make an informed choice on the types of insulin available and (b) that healthcare providers advise patients of the risks and benefits of different types of insulin. | | (141160) | 591
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hip operations in (a) North Yorkshire and (b) Sheffield he calculates could be done for £30,000 on the basis of the costs of such operations since January. | | (140571) | 592
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average journey time was for patients to the nearest (a) general practitioner surgery, (b) dentist and (c) accident and emergency unit in West Derbyshire in the last 12 months. | | (141452) | 593
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) residential care homes and (b) nursing home places were available in West Derbyshire in each year since 1997, broken down into places available at (i) local authority-run homes, (ii) independent private homes and (iii) homes run by independent charities and other not-for-profit organisations. | | (141453) | 594
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged 65 years or over died of influenza in (a) West Derbyshire, (b) East Midlands and (c) the UK in each year since 1997. | | (141454) | 595
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for a first consultant appointment was in West Derbyshire in each year since 1997. | | (141455) | 596
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the clinical areas where the NHS in West Derbyshire has longer (a) waiting lists and (b) waiting times than the national average. | | (141456) | 597
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department's electronic recruitment project will start to operate; what sums have been invested in the system; what savings are expected in the NHS recruitment advertising budget; what the reach of the system will be in numerical terms; and whether the NHS will continue to use the print media and other forms of advertising after the electronic system is introduced. | | (141205) | 598
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the (a) causes of malnourishment in England and (b) extent to which the incidence of malnutrition in England has altered since 1990. | | (141035) | 599
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many beds in community hospitals there were in each year since 1990. | | (141041) | 600
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for the workload of community pharmacies of delivering over-the-counter statins. | | (141042) | 601
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultation he has had with pharmacists on the dispensing of over-the-counter statins. | | (141043) | 602
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what checks will be carried out by pharmacists dispensing over-the-counter statins. | | (141044) | 603
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the number of lives likely to be saved each year through over-the-counter availability of statins. | | (141045) | 604
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of changes in the level of alcohol abuse among young women; and what measures he will take to reduce it. | | (141046) | 605
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of (a) general practitioners and (b) general practices in England have been operating closed lists each month since January 1990. | | (141060) | 606
| Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the two-month wait target from GP referral to first definitive treatment for (a) lung, (b) gynaecological, (c) colorectal and (d) urological cancers for each month over the last three years that were previously published on his Department's website. | | (141401) | 607
| Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists in the Hyndburn constituency (a) offer NHS treatment and (b) have vacancies for NHS patients. | | (140937) | 608
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation sponsored by his Department in 2002-03 was introduced to implement EU requirements. | | (141133) | 609
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pages of (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation his Department put through Parliament in 2002-03. | | (141170) | 610
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that regional variations in the provision of pain management services are tackled. | | (140676) | 611
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance is issued by strategic health authorities on the management of chronic pain in primary and secondary care. | | (140677) | 612
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ensure that the recommendations of the Clinical Standards Advisory Group report into pain services are fully implemented. | | (140679) | 613
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission a review into provision of pain services, based upon the reforms undergone by the National Health Service since the Clinical Standards Advisory Group report in 2000. | | (140680) | 614
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether, in light of the Dr Foster report, Adult Chronic Pain Management Services in the UK, he will reiterate the recommendations of the Clinical Services Advisory Group calling for closer links between local pain and primary care services. | | (140772) | 615
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action will be taken by his Department in the light of the Dr Foster and Pain Society report, Adult Chronic Pain Management Services in the UK. | | (140773) | 616
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of people with macular disease have been provided with low vision aids on the NHS. | | (141422) | 617
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been allocated (a) in England and (b) in the Huddersfield and Kirklees area for the provision of low vision aids for patients suffering from macular disease in the last 12 months. | | (141423) | 618
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of the National Health Service per head of population was in each year since 1996-97; and what the estimated cost is for each year from 2003-04 to 2005-06 in (a) each of the English regions and (b) Suffolk. | | (140701) | 619
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the administrative costs of the voucher system for Carers' Short Breaks; and what proportion they are of the total spending. | | (140685) | 620
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding was allocated this financial year for the Carers' Short Break scheme; and what proportion of this has been spent on voucher schemes. | | (140686) | 621
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department will review the operation of the vouchers available under the Carers' Short Break scheme introduced in May. | | (140687) | 622
| Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the EU meetings held in 2003 which (a) ministers and (b) officials from the Department have attended where the maximum permitted level of nutrients in food supplements was discussed; and if he will make a statement. | | (141411) | 623
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in re-evaluating the funding status of Pland lenses under the National Health Service for (a) children and (b) adults. | | (140482) | 624
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will announce the result of the Lyons Review, with particular reference to its conclusions on the future location of the Dental Practice Board. | | (141586) | 625
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have waited over 18 months for their operation. | | (141168) | 626
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what programmes are in place for training doctors in treatment of myalgic encephalomyelitis. | | (141190) | 627
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what risk assessment his Department has conducted on depleted sodium levels in elderly people during hot weather conditions. | | (141465) | 628
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice his Department has issued to elderly people on salt consumption during hot weather conditions. | | (141466) | 629
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the capital projects (a) built and (b) being built in connection with health care provision in St Helens in each year since 1997. | | (141476) | 630
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average length of time a patient was on the waiting list for treatment for (a) cancer, (b) heart disease, (c) hip replacement and (d) liver complaints was in (i) St Helens and Knowsley Authority, (ii) Merseyside and (iii) the North West Region in each year since 1992. | | (141477) | 631
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) cancer, (b) heart disease, (c) hip replacement and (d) liver complaint patients resident in St Helens were on a waiting list for treatment in each year since 1992. | | (141478) | 632
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for patients admitted to accident and emergency departments in hospitals in the St Helens area to be admitted to a ward was in each year since 1992. | | (141479) | 633
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for patients admitted to accident and emergency departments in hospitals in the St Helens area to see a doctor was in each year since 1992. | | (141480) | 634
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were treated in hospitals that serve St Helens in each year since 1992. | | (141481) | 635
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) doctors and (b) nurses there were in (i) St Helens and Knowsley Health Authority, (ii) Merseyside and (iii) the North West Region in each year since 1992. | | (141482) | 636
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent per patient on (a) healthcare as a whole, (b) general practitioner surgeries and (c) hospitals in (i) St Helens, (ii) Merseyside and (iii) the North West Region in each year since 1992. | | (141483) | 637
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was spent on (a) healthcare as a whole, (b) general practitioner surgeries and (c) hospitals in (i) St Helens, (ii) Merseyside and (iii) the North West Region; and what the expected spending is in the next three years. | | (141484) | 638
| Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS staff are deployed as reservists in Iraq. | | (141419) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 639
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the responses to the British Crime Survey questions on public confidence in the criminal justice system, broken down by criminal justice board area. | | (140596) | 640
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of recent trends in public confidence in the criminal justice system in the Nottinghamshire Criminal Justice Board area; and if he will make a statement. | | (140597) | 641
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the budget for the current financial year is for (a) mental health care to women prisoners and (b) the Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder programme (i) in total and (ii) per capita. | | (141619) | 642
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to survey the women's prison population to determine prisoners' home locations in order to facilitate resettlement. | | (141620) | 643
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Under HM Prison Service's plans to manage the Women's Prison Estate geographically instead of functionally (a) what safeguards will be put in place to ensure that the needs of women prisoners are responded to appropriately, (b) what steps he will take to ensure that the budget set aside for the operational group remains ring-fenced for work with women in prison and (c) what specialist staff, with particular reference to those with skills and experience in suicide and self-harm prevention, mental health and detoxification for women will be maintained. | | (141621) | 644
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to tackle racial abuse in HM Prison Holloway and HM Prison Styal. | | (141622) | 645
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to create a specialist gender-specific drug treatment service for women in the community. | | (141623) | 646
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what financial resources have been allocated for community punishments in the current financial year; and what proportion is directed towards women offenders. | | (141624) | 647
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of children under 18 years of age whose mothers are in prison, where the mother is the child's primary carer. | | (141625) | 648
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of female prison establishments has the capacity to prescribe medications essential to detoxification in the evenings and at weekends. | | (141626) | 649
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of female prison establishments has a psychiatrically qualified doctor on duty (a) during the working day, (b) during the evening and (c) on a 24 hour basis. | | (141627) | 650
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of antiques burglary were recorded by police in the SENLAC division of East Sussex in each quarter in the last two years. | | (140889) | 651
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional police officers have been recruited in (a) England and (b) East Sussex in the last five years; and what percentage increase this represents in each case. | | (140890) | 652
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the relationship between the police and neighbourhood watch schemes. | | (140891) | 653
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding was provided by central government to the Neighbourhood Watch Scheme in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (140892) | 654
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Neighbourhood Watch schemes there are in England and Wales; and what estimate he has made of how many people belong to them. | | (140893) | 655
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Neighbourhood Watch schemes. | | (140894) | 656
| Hugh Bayley (York, City of):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many enquiries into possible cases of international bribery and corruption (a) are being and (b) have been carried out by the UK law enforcement agencies since the enactment of legislation against such offences in Part 12 of the Anti-Terrorism Act 2001; and if he will make a statement about prosecution for such offences. | | (141104) | 657
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list for each women's prison as at 31st October the (a) normal prisoner establishment, (b) actual numbers held, (c) prison officer establishment, (d) prison officers on strength and (e) number of suicides at each prison since 1st January. | | (140451) | 658
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many suicides there were amongst the female prison population in (a) 2001, (b) 2002 and (c) 2003 to date. | | (140452) | 659
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what efforts are being made by his Department to encourage the reporting of crime in high crime areas. | | (140468) | 660
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action his Department is taking to monitor discrepancies in referral rates to Victim Support by individual police forces. | | (140469) | 661
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action his Department is taking to increase recruitment of volunteers for Victim Support, with particular reference to high crime areas. | | (140470) | 662
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department expects to complete its strategy for increasing volunteering for Victim Support. | | (140471) | 663
| Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officers left the Bedfordshire Police Force in (a) the last year for which figures are available and (b) each of the last five years, broken down by (i) rank and (ii) length of service. | | (140984) | 664
| Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officers were recruited to the Bedfordshire Police force in (a) the last year for which figures are available and (b) each of the last five years. | | (141003) | 665
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedure there is for verifying that there are no qualified or experienced workers available when work permits are issued to foreign seafarers. | | (140670) | 666
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to introduce penalties for ferry companies who transport stowaways. | | (140671) | 667
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been stopped trying to enter the United Kingdom on unregistered ships in each of the last 10 years. | | (140672) | 668
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the number of people trying to gain illegal entry into the United Kingdom on unregistered ships; and what steps are being taken to tackle this. | | (140673) | 669
| Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library a copy of the European standards for speed cameras. | | (141515) | 670
| Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if his Department encourages the fitting of window security reinforcement systems as part of the campaign to reduce vehicle crime; and if he will make a statement. | | (141517) | 671
| Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to achieve a reduction in vehicle crimes in which vehicle windows are broken to secure entry. | | (141518) | 672
| Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the local education authorities where police officers are based in schools; and for each local education authority what funding from his Department is made available in support. | | (141522) | 673
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the sum representing the difference between the overall 4.2 per cent. cash rise and the 3.25 per cent. standard increase in allocation to police authorities will be spent; how much of it will be allocated to the London Metropolitan Police area; when it will be paid; and if he will make a statement. | | (141103) | 674
| Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sexual assaults were recorded in each Basic Command Unit area of each metropolitan police force in each year for which Basic Command Unit information has been available. | | (141195) | 675
| Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support he gives to police air support units; in which locations; and what bids have been submitted in the most recent round. | | (141196) | 676
| Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sexual assault referral centre pilots there are; what assessment has been made of them; if he will make a statement on the new round of bids for support for such centres; and whether existing pilot sites can apply for expansion. | | (141197) | 677
N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to publish (a) the draft Corporate Manslaughter Bill and (b) the legislative timetable for the bill; and if he will make a statement. | | (140793) | 678
| Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by what means the policy for purchasing timber and timber products of (a) the Home Office, (b) the Assets Recovery Agency, (c) the Criminal Records Bureau, (d) the Forensic Science Service, (e) HM Prison Service, (f) the UK Passport Service and (g) the Immigration and Nationality Directorate, ensures that they are obtained from legal and sustainable sources. | | (141335) | 679
| Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which speed camera resulted in the highest number of prosecutions in (a) 2000, (b) 2001 and (c) 2002. | | (140826) | 680
| Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what revenue from fines as a result of prosecutions arising from speed camera evidence was generated in (a) 2000, (b) 2001 and (c) 2002. | | (140827) | 681
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for student visas have been refused in each year since 2000. | | (141359) | 682
| Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many working holidaymakers have been accepted in each of the last two years for which figures are available, broken down by country of origin. | | (140702) | 683
| Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many highly skilled migrants have been accepted in each year since the inception of the highly skilled migrant programme, broken down by country. | | (140703) | 684
| Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what legal restrictions are in place to ensure that children under the age of 18 do not have access to pornographic internet sites. | | (140652) | 685
| Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on the provision of education facilities in (a) prisons and (b) young offenders' institutions in each of the past 10 years. | | (140653) | 686
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what period of time he proposes that identity cards should remain valid. | | (140510) | 687
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Palestinian people were specifically excluded from his Department's recent one-off exercise to grant indefinite leave to remain to up to 15,000 families who sought asylum, and had children in the United Kingdom, before 2nd October 2000; and whether a decision on all Palestinian asylum cases is due to be made. | | (140512) | 688
| Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason he has not yet replied to the letter sent to him dated 18th September by the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Mr Sattler. | | (140781) | 689
| Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason he has not yet replied to the letter sent to him dated 25th September by the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Mrs Safdar. | | (140782) | 690
| Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 16th October from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Miriam Adebeshin. | | (141584) | 691
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Immigration and Nationality Directorate expects to reach a decision in the case of Mr. S. S. of Aylesbury (ref. S108 1532/8). | | (140970) | 692
| Martin Linton (Battersea):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued in London since 1st April 1999, broken down by London borough. | | (141310) | 693
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what grounds children of asylum seekers would be taken into care under his proposals to change asylum laws. | | (141050) | 694
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who will be responsible for the care of children removed from the care of asylum seekers. | | (141051) | 695
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the children of failed asylum seekers removed from their parents will be deported contemporaneously with their parents. | | (141052) | 696
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding will be made available for local authorities responsible for the care of child asylum seekers. | | (141053) | 697
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied child asylum seekers have presented themselves at UK ports of entry in each of the last six years. | | (141057) | 698
| Mr Stephen McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have been (a) killed and (b) injured by drivers (i) failing to stop and (ii) evading arrest in each of the last 10 years; and how many of those injured have retired from the police service as a result. | | (141326) | 699
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) assaults and (b) instances of criminal damage there were in HM Young Offenders Institution Wetherby in each of the past five years. | | (140587) | 700
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times staff at HM Young Offenders Institution Wetherby used control and restraint in each of the past five years. | | (140588) | 701
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sick days were taken by staff at HM Young Offenders Institution Wetherby in each of the past five years. | | (140589) | 702
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reasons are for (a) the removal of staff batons and (b) the proposed removal of staff uniforms at HM Young Offenders Institution Wetherby. | | (140590) | 703
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received on the incidence of rural crime, with particular reference to farm land. | | (141244) | 704
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received on the effectiveness of (a) Farm Watch and (b) other rural initiatives to defeat crime; and what support Farm Watch receives from police forces. | | (141245) | 705
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of those who absconded from HM Prison Sudbury during (a) 2003 and (b) 2002 committed further offences for which they have been charged during the period of time they were away from the prison; and with what offences they were charged. | | (141262) | 706
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners who absconded from HM Prison Sudbury during (a) 2003 and (b) 2002 have not been recaptured. | | (141263) | 707
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long it took to recapture each prisoner who absconded from HM Prison Sudbury during (a) 2003 and (b) 2002. | | (141264) | 708
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average cost of recapturing prisoners who absconded (a) from HM Prison Sudbury and (b) from Her Majesty's Prisons was during (i) 2003 and (ii) 2002. | | (141265) | 709
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners are held in HM Prison Sudbury; and how many of these are serving a life sentence. | | (141397) | 710
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners at HM Prison Sudbury have absconded during (a) 2003 and (b) 2002. | | (141398) | 711
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many open prisons there are in the United Kingdom; and how many prisoners have absconded from open prisons in the last 12 months. | | (141399) | 712
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the prisoners at HM Prison Sudbury who absconded during (a) 2003 and (b) 2002 were convicted of (i) murder, (ii) grievous bodily harm and (iii) sexual offences. | | (141400) | 713
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how may crimes were committed per head of population in West Derbyshire police force areas in the last five years for which figures are available. | | (141427) | 714
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes were committed by juvenile offenders in (a) West Derbyshire and (b) the East Midlands in each of the last two quarters for which figures are available; and how many cautions were issued. | | (141428) | 715
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deaths there have been because of (a) dangerous driving, (b) driving under the influence of illegal drugs and (c) driving under the influence of alcohol in (i) West Derbyshire and (ii) East Midlands in each year since 2001. | | (141429) | 716
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum appeals determined by adjudicators in the second quarter of 2003 were dismissed; and how many of those whose appeals were dismissed have been removed from the UK. | | (140572) | 717
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in relation to the Oakington Reception Centre, for the second quarter of 2002, how many (a) appeals were received following refusals, (b) appellants remain in custody, (c) appellants are at addresses known to his Department, (d) appeals have been determined and (e) failed appellants have been removed. | | (140573) | 718
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what account was taken of the extra bank holidays in 2004-05 in the police financial settlement. | | (140577) | 719
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many detectives are working full-time on murder investigations in Nottinghamshire, expressed as a percentage of all detectives. | | (140578) | 720
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what account was taken of the financial impact of concurrent murder investigations in Nottingham in the recent police financial settlement. | | (140579) | 721
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultations have taken place over the last year about the formula for the police financial settlement. | | (140580) | 722
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Home Office sets as a minimum acceptable number of detectives, on a monthly basis, for an individual police Basic Command Unit. | | (140581) | 723
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions his Department has had with retailers on the guidelines they operate on the sale of knives. | | (141364) | 724
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information his Department records on the types of knives used in assaults and other criminal offences; and what assessment he has made of the trends. | | (141365) | 725
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many woundings involving knives were reported in which (a) the perpetrators and (b) the victims were aged (i) under 16, (ii) 16 to 18 and (iii) over 18 in the last five years for which figures are available. | | (141366) | 726
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK civilian police officers have been operating in Iraq in each month since May; and what plans there are for future deployment. | | (141147) | 727
N | Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to ban the sale of BB guns. | | (140683) | 728
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many pages of (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation his Department put through Parliament in 2002-03. | | (141120) | 729
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation sponsored by his Department in 2002-03 was introduced to implement EU requirements. | | (141131) | 730
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many burglaries were reported to the police in Suffolk in each year since 1996-97; and how many reported burglaries in Suffolk resulted in a conviction in each year. | | (140610) | 731
| Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers and (b) police civilian staff were employed by Nottinghamshire Police on 31st March of each year since 31st March 1997. | | (140768) | 732
| Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent evaluation he has made of the effectiveness of Nottinghamshire Police; and when he next expects to receive a report from Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary on the Nottinghamshire Police. | | (140769) | 733
| Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when indicative plans for the extension of Haslar Removal Centre were first prepared; on whose authority; and at what cost. | | (141247) | 734
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers and (b) special constables there were in Wales in each year since 1997. | | (141166) | 735
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which projects have been (a) wholly and (b) partly funded by his Department in St Helens since 1997; when each project was announced; when it started or was expected to start; what funding was provided by (i) Government and (ii) a third party; what third party provided funding; what the target group of the project was; what the projected outcome of the project was; and what the name of the project was. | | (141277) | 736
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been (a) applied for and (b) granted in each council area within Merseyside since their introduction. | | (141287) | 737
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) violent crimes, (b) gun-related crimes and (c) burglaries which were drug-related in Merseyside in each year since 1992. | | (141288) | 738
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reported crimes there were in St Helens in each year since 1992, broken down by major category. | | (141289) | 739
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many community support officers served (a) St Helens, (b) Merseyside and (c) the North West region in each year since 1992. | | (141290) | 740
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers served (a) St Helens, (b) Merseyside and (c) the North West region in each year since 1992. | | (141291) | 741
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what expenditure has been allocated to (a) St Helens, (b) Merseyside and (c) the North West region to tackle crime in each year since 1992 . | | (141292) | 742
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department will reply to the letter of 16th September from the honourable Member for Sittingbourne and Sheppey regarding a constituent, Mr Dennis Spalding, and his son John Spalding, ref DL2252. | | (140706) | Questions to the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission 743
| Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, by what means the House's policy on purchasing timber and timber products ensures that they are obtained from legal and sustainable sources. | | (141339) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 744
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of UK aid levels in Burundi following the report of the UN Economic and Social delegation indicating that peace has been restored. | | (141367) | 745
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to prevent conflict reoccurring in Cote D'Ivoire. | | (141368) | 746
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation in Sool Plateau in Somalia; and what assistance he has offered. | | (141369) | 747
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what response he will make to the drought relief appeal in Namibia. | | (141370) | 748
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what action is being taken to prevent the assault and rape of civilians by gunmen in Liberia. | | (141371) | 749
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress is being made with supplying food to vulnerable people in the Democratic Republic of Congo. | | (141372) | 750
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the impact which new laws on NGO registration in Turkmenistan will have on the ability of organisations to carry out humanitarian work; and if he will make a statement. | | (141373) | 751
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent representations he has made to the Government of Angola about the reintergration of demobilised soldiers. | | (141374) | 752
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which of his Department's programmes for middle income countries will (a) be ended early and (b) have their funding reduced in (i) 2004-05 and (ii) 2005-06. | | (140869) | 753
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether it is the policy of his Department that the European Constitution should specify poverty eradication as the primary objective of EU development programmes and expenditure in every developing country. | | (140870) | 754
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in EU accession countries about an increased focus on (a) poor countries and (b) poverty reduction in future EU development assistance. | | (140871) | 755
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his policy is towards the proportion of European Union Development Assistance that should go to low income countries. | | (140872) | 756
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with his colleagues in the European Union about the (a) nature and (b) extent of EU assistance for middle income countries. | | (140873) | 757
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many people from the United Kingdom have taken part in Voluntary Service Overseas in each of the last 10 years. | | (140874) | 758
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of non-governmental organisations about the proposal in the Draft European Constitution to merge the roles of High Representative and External Affairs Commissioner of the European Union. | | (140875) | 759
| Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what arrangements are in place in his Department to assess the (a) complementarity, (b) coherence and (c) co-ordination of each of the EU's programmes of Development Assistance. | | (140876) | 760
| Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what action the Government is taking to address the humanitarian crisis (a) in Northern Uganda and (b) in the Anglican Diocese of Soroti. | | (141514) | 761
| Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, by what means the Department's policy for purchasing timber and timber products ensures that they are obtained from legal and sustainable sources. | | (141336) | 762
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much of the projected aid budget for reconstruction in Iraq has been funded by changes in the aid budget for other countries in financial year 2003-04. | | (141256) | 763
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if the Government will support the UNICEF strategy for orphans and vulnerable children. | | (140465) | 764
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the outbreak of cholera in Binga, Zimbabwe. | | (140467) | 765
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding the Government has contributed towards research and development into affordable anti-malarial drugs in 2003-04; and how much it plans to spend in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06. | | (141191) | 766
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) children and (b) pregnant mothers died of malaria in developing countries in each of the last five years, using figures from his Department's research. | | (141193) | 767
| Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the £60 million being held in the Treasury to be drawn down to assist humanitarian and reconstruction work in Iraq has been (a) drawn down to contribute to the Madrid pledge and (b) withdrawn. | | (141512) | 768
| Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans his Department has to help secure the long-term future of the Global Fund. | | (141499) | 769
| Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans he has to contribute to the reform of the Global Fund's administrative structure. | | (141500) | 770
| Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the UK target figure for the Global Fund his Department has pledged for 2004-05. | | (141501) | 771
| Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans his Department has to adopt a system of annual contributions to the Global Fund based on the Equitable Contribution Framework. | | (141502) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 772
| Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on Northern Ireland Civil Service salaries for 2003-04. | | (141613) | 773
| Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many horses and ponies have been exported from Northern Ireland in each of the last five years to (a) Great Britain and (b) other European destinations. | | [R] (141614) | 774
| Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to implement new EU rules on animal transport; and if he will make a statement on the protection of the welfare of horses, ponies and other animals during transportation and related operations from Northern Ireland to (a) Great Britain and (b) other European destinations. | | [R] (141615) | 775
| Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total (a) area and (b) population affected by aircraft noise is within (i) 57 Leq contour, (ii) 63 Leq contour and (iii) 69 Leq contour and above at (A) Belfast International Airport and (B) Belfast City Airport. | | (141667) | 776
| Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, by what means the policy for purchasing timber and timber products of (a) the Northern Ireland Office, (b) the Compensation Agency, (c) the Forensic Science Northern Ireland and (d) the Northern Ireland Prison Service ensures that they are obtained from legal and sustainable sources. | | (141338) | 777
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he will publish the Cory Report. | | (140906) | 778
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of those eligible for an influenza vaccination in Northern Ireland have received one; and what steps he is taking to increase take-up of the vaccination. | | (140809) | 779
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of the NHS budget for Northern Ireland in each year since 1997 was spent on private treatment; what plans he has to facilitate retrospective payment for treatment carried out privately; and if he will make a statement. | | (140810) | Questions to the Prime Minister 780
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Prime Minister, whether President Bush discussed with him an intention to choose Iraq's leader; and if he will make a statement. | | (141099) | 781
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Prime Minister, what peace approaches made for the attention of the UK Government were deemed to be from the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein prior to the war; whether such an approach for the attention of the US Administration was made (a) before the war and (b) subsequently; and if he will make a statement. | | (141100) | 782
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Prime Minister, how many written representations he has received (a) in favour and (b) against a referendum on the European Constitution. | | (141402) | 783
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of changes in the level of risk of a terrorist attack in the UK since the initiation of military action in Iraq in March; and if he will make a statement. | | (140775) | 784
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Prime Minister, whether a reduction in international terrorism was a stated aim of the military action in Iraq in March; and if he will make a statement. | | (140776) | 785
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library the open letter from the Oil and Gas Industry Liaison Team of 22nd October on the implications for the United Kingdom oil and gas industry of the Energy Chapter of the draft European Constitution. | | (140700) | Questions to the Solicitor General 786
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Solicitor General, what has been the Government's response to the recent inquest decision that the death of Roger Sylvester amounted to an unlawful killing; and if she will make a statement. | | (141210) | 787
| Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):To ask the Solicitor General, by what means the Law Officers' Department's policy for purchasing timber and timber products ensures that they are obtained from legal and sustainable sources. | | (141337) | 788
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield):To ask the Solicitor General, what costs were incurred by the Government Legal Service in advising the Minister for Children in respect of the allegations of libel brought against her by Mr Demetrious Panton; and who will pay the costs. | | (140961) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 789
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the average cost charged to her Department by solicitors for mining-related diseases claims handling was in each year since claims were first handled, broken down by solicitors' firm; and if she will make a statement. | | (140678) | 790
| Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many claimants have had interim payments to date through each of the top 10 claims handlers involved in the compensation claim for (a) chronic bronchitis and emphysema and (b) vibration white finger of former coal miners. | | (141531) | 791
| Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much has been paid to claimants through each of the top 10 claims handlers involved in the compensation claims for (a) chronic bronchitis and emphysema and (b) vibration white finger of former coalminers. | | (141532) | 792
| Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much has been paid to date to each of the top 10 claims handlers involved in the compensation claims for (a) chronic bronchitis and emphysema and (b) vibration white finger of former coalminers. | | (141533) | 793
| Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many claimants have had final settlements through each of the top 10 claims handlers involved in the compensation claims for (a) chronic bronchitis and emphysema and (b) vibration white finger of former coalminers. | | (141534) | 794
| Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the total paid to date in compensation claims for (a) chronic bronchitis and emphysema and (b) vibration white finger of former coalminers is in (i) the Rother Valley Constituency and (ii) the United Kingdom. | | (141536) | 795
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the availability of long-term sources of finance in the biotechnology industry. | | (140517) | 796
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what research her Department has carried out into the number of United Kingdom firms considering relocating all or part of their operations abroad. | | (140518) | 797
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much public assistance has been given to MG Rover since it was sold to the Phoenix venture capital group. | | (140519) | 798
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the recent change in the price of natural gas. | | (140520) | 799
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the joint-venture bid by Boeing and BAe Systems to provide air-to-air refuelling to the RAF. | | (140521) | 800
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on (a) the latest goods trade deficit with the European Union and (b) how this figure compares with previous figures. | | (140523) | 801
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what research her Department has conducted into the pay gap between male and female directors. | | (140524) | 802
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, from which other EU member states the sale of precious metal articles in the UK has been validated for sale by the hallmark of that member state; and whether such a validation process applied to past hallmarked articles from those member states. | | (140525) | 803
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions her Department has had with (a) her European counterparts and (b) the European Commission regarding new proposals for an EC directive on cross-border mergers; what the outcome of those discussions has been; and if she will make a statement. | | (140526) | 804
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when and on what basis her Department commissioned research from consultants Gorham and Partners Ltd underlying her Department's 2001 report into the competitiveness of the UK jewellery sector; and if she will break down the cost of the research between her Department and each of the contributors. | | (140527) | 805
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what reports and recommendations her Department has received since 1998 relating to the draft Directive on Articles of Precious Metal; and to what extent their recommendations have been followed. | | (140528) | 806
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps her Department is taking to limit the number of unofficial strikes where striking workers refuse to submit to arbitration. | | (140529) | 807
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent meetings she has had with leading universities to discuss improving their access to venture capital. | | (140531) | 808
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether different standards on promoting equal opportunities will apply to (a) companies working on government-funded contracts and (b) those engaging in purely private business. | | (140532) | 809
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on (a) European Community draft legislation to create a single market in service; and (b) on the effect the proposals will have. | | (140533) | 810
| Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the impact the energy provision of the draft European Union Constitution would have on the oil and gas industries operating on the United Kingdom's continental shelf; and what changes would have to be made to the present regime for these industries. | | (140611) | 811
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on how the Euratom programme will provide opportunities for research that may help support the domestic skills base. | | (141486) | 812
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much the Government has contributed to (a) Euratom and (b) Euratom nuclear fusion research and development programmes in each year since 1997. | | (141487) | 813
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the use of the Euratom local facility by the Government since 1997. | | (141488) | 814
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much financial support the UK has received from Euratom for nuclear fission research in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement on research projects supported by Euratom. | | (141489) | 815
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will publish a summary of the representations she has received on the termination of the home accidents surveillance system. | | (141574) | 816
| Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans her Department has to implement section 23 of the Employment Relations Act 1999 in relation to employment rights for clergy. | | (140547) | 817
| Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the Employment Bill announced in the Queen's Speech with reference to the application of section 23 of the Employment Relations Act 1999 to employment rights for clergy. | | (140801) | 818
| Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will initiate an inquiry into the reasons underlying the number of pensioners receiving their state pension by means of direct payment into a Post Office card account on 6th September. | | (141519) | 819
| Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action she is taking to increase the take-up of Post Office card accounts by pensioners. | | (141520) | 820
| Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what level of representation is afforded to small businesses on the electronics and innovation growth team advising her Department. | | (141592) | 821
| Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many claims for statutory interest payments have been submitted to private companies under the terms of the Late Payment of Debt Act 1998; how many claims were met; and what the total value was of such payments in each year since the Act has been in operation. | | (141593) | 822
| Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the results of the joint HM Treasury and Small Business Service Consultation aimed at improving access to growth capital for small businesses will be published. | | (141601) | 823
| Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many individuals are registered to use the UK Online for Business website. | | (141603) | 824
| Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how the Broadband Fund has been allocated to (a) each regional development agency and (b) each devolved administration. | | (141604) | 825
| Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many times the joint DTI and DEFRA Rural Broadband Team has met since its inception; and what meetings they have held with outside bodies. | | (141605) | 826
| Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many meetings the Chief Executive of the Small Business Service has had with Ministers in each Government department in the last year. | | (141606) | 827
| Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many times the Ministerial Panel for Regulatory Accountability has met since its formation. | | (141607) | 828
| Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on how many occasions the Chief Executive of the Small Business Service has made (a) direct representations to the Prime Minister and (b) held meetings with the Prime Minister in each year since the organisation came into operation. | | (141608) | 829
| Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many public consultations have been conducted by the Small Business Service since its inception; and if she will make a statement on (a) the response rate and (b) the availability and publication of results in each case. | | (141609) | 830
| Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what business support schemes and organisations within her Department have been rebranded within the last two years; and what the cost was of each rebranding exercise. | | (141610) | 831
| Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she will publish the cross-departmental action plan for delivering improvements in government performance regarding the regulatory environment for small businesses. | | (141611) | 832
| Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will break down the funding allocated under the Phoenix Fund by (a) region and (b) local authority area. | | (141612) | 833
| Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many export licences, and of what value, were approved for the export of main portable air defence systems to governments and others in each year since 1997; and how many such licences were not approved. | | (141199) | 834
| Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, by what means the policy for purchasing timber and timber products of (a) the Department, (b) Companies House, (c) the Employment Tribunals Service, (d) the Insolvency Service, (e) the National Weights and Measures Laboratory, (f) the Patent Office, (g) the Radiocommunications Agency and (h) the Small Business Service ensures that they are obtained from legal and sustainable sources. | | (141341) | 835
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether visits by the International Atomic Energy Authority include (a) military sites, (b) the inspection of military plutonium from Aldermaston stored under safeguards at Sellafield and (c) the inspection of plutonium waste stored at AWE Aldermaston; and if she will make a statement. | | (140924) | 836
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what role her Department has in the administrative arrangements for setting up a Post Office Card Account; and if she will meet the National Federation of Sub-Postmasters to discuss their concerns about other Government departments' approach to claimants using a post office to access their benefits. | | (141361) | 837
| Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the outcome was of the Telecommunications Council held on 20th November; what the Government's stance was on the issues discussed, including its voting record; and if she will make a statement. | | (141075) | 838
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the Government's guidelines on consultation have been followed in the case of the regulation of licensed taxi and private hire vehicle services in the UK; and if she will make a statement. | | (140613) | 839
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what penalties will be available against persistent disseminators of spam junk e-mail when new regulations come into force. | | (141000) | 840
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what directions have been issued to trading standards offices about new regulations coming into force to deal with nuisance spam e-mails. | | (141001) | 841
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps she is taking to tackle spam e-mails. | | (141002) | 842
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many employment tribunal cases there were in (a) West Derbyshire, (b) East Midlands and (c) the United Kingdom in each year since 1997. | | (141430) | 843
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the average amount of an employment tribunal cost award was in (a) West Derbyshire, (b) East Midlands and (c) the United Kingdom in each year since 1997. | | (141431) | 844
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the average award for compensation in employment tribunal cases was in (a) West Derbyshire, (b) East Midlands and (c) the United Kingdom in each year since 1997. | | (141432) | 845
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many employment tribunal cost awards have been made against (a) respondents and (b) applicants in (i) West Derbyshire, (ii) East Midlands and (iii) the United Kingdom in each year since 1997. | | (141433) | 846
| Mr Jim Marshall (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the outcome was of the Competitiveness Council on 27th November; what the Government's stance was on the issues discussed, including its voting record; and if she will make a statement. | | (141490) | 847
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much recycled liquid fuel has been imported into the UK in each year since 1997. | | (141038) | 848
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans the Department has to import tyres for energy recovery. | | (141066) | 849
| Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has in the company law review to ensure that company law and industrial and provident society law are brought into line; and if she will make a statement. | | (141485) | 850
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has had with (a) UK firms and (b) representatives of the accountancy profession on the decision to raise the audit exemption threshold to £5.6 million; and if she will publish the minutes of such meetings. | | (140884) | 851
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the change in cost to UK businesses of the reduction in the timescale for rotation of audit partners from seven to five years. | | (140885) | 852
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps she is taking to improve access to finance for social enterprises. | | (140886) | 853
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the effects of raising the audit exemption threshold to £5.6 million; and if she will make a statement. | | (140887) | 854
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the impact of raising the audit exemption threshold to £5.6 million on the business environment, with particular reference to (a) standards of business behaviour, (b) quality of financial information available to stakeholders and (c) levels of economic crime. | | (140888) | 855
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the costs incurred by UK industry arising from the decision by the US Administration to impose tariffs on steel in March 2002. | | (140945) | 856
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has had with (a) UK firms and (b) representatives of the accountancy profession about the relative merits of introducing a cap on auditor's liabilities in litigation; and if she will publish the minutes of such meetings. | | (140946) | 857
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the UK's balance of trade figures for trade in goods and services were in each quarter of the last five years. | | (140947) | 858
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of manufacturing industry on levels of manufacturing investment. | | (140948) | 859
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps she is taking to encourage manufacturing investment in the UK. | | (140949) | 860
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, by how much employment in manufacturing has changed in each of the last six years; and if she will make a statement. | | (140951) | 861
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the change in UK manufacturing output in (a) 2003 and (b) 2004. | | (140952) | 862
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the proportion of total UK power that will be generated by wind in each of the next 10 years. | | (140953) | 863
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the quantity of wind power that will be generated in the UK in each of the next 10 years. | | (140954) | 864
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the cost to public funds of wind turbine construction in the UK to 2010. | | (140955) | 865
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the number of new wind turbines which will be built in the UK by 2010. | | (140956) | 866
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the cost of managing nuclear waste in each of the next 10 years. | | (140957) | 867
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has had with representatives of the firm MG Rover about the decision to suspend production on 25th November. | | (141248) | 868
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many pages of (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation her Department put through Parliament in 2002-03. | | (141121) | 869
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation sponsored by her Department in 2002-03 was introduced to implement EU requirements. | | (141130) | 870
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the annual advertising budget of the East Midland's Development Agency was in financial year 2002-03. | | (140807) | 871
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many representatives from her Department are in Iraq; how many representatives of her US counterparts are in Iraq; and if she will make a statement on the effect on UK industry of the numbers. | | (140534) | 872
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures she is taking to implement British Standards in the reconstruction of Iraqi industry and commerce. | | (140535) | 873
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures she is taking to push standardisation as part of an export and growth drive. | | (140536) | 874
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how she intends to encourage further implementation of ISO 9001:2000 following the employment of this standard by suppliers to the Ministry of Defence. | | (140663) | 875
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how she will ensure that more than the estimated 20 per cent. of United Kingdom companies comply with ISO 9001:2000 before 15th December. | | (140664) | 876
| Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the EU meetings held in 2003 which (a) Ministers and (b) officials from the Department have attended where the maximum permitted level of nutrients in food supplements was discussed; and if she will make a statement. | | (141412) | 877
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations she has received about Post Office closures in Eastbourne. | | (141587) | 878
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she is satisfied with the exisiting arrangements for consultation by the Post Office and Postwatch on proposed post office closures. | | (141591) | 879
N | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the Government announcement that it is lawful, under EU Single Market regulations, for private sector internet and e-mail traffic to use public sector-installed IT infrastructure covered the use of wide band IT infrastructure installed in schools and libraries. | | (140574) | 880
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which projects have been (a) wholly and (b) partly funded by her Department in St Helens since 1997; when each project was announced; when it started or was expected to start; what funding was provided by (i) Government and (ii) a third party; what third party provided funding; what the target group of the project was; what the projected outcome of the project was; and what the name of the project was. | | (141273) | 881
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much money the Government has allocated in business support to St Helens in each year since 1992. | | (141304) | 882
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the number of businesses employing more than (a) five people, (b) 50 people, (c) 100 people and (d) 250 people in St Helens in each year since 1992. | | (141306) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 883
| Hugh Bayley (York, City of):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions in the last full year for which figures are available the DVLA initiated court proceedings against people who were believed not have paid vehicle excise duty; on how many occasions the DVLA (a) withdrew proceedings and (b) lost a case in court because the vehicle keeper showed that he or she had paid VED; how much the DVLA estimates such proceedings cost the taxpayer; what steps the DVLA will take to improve its administration procedures to avoid the commencement of this type of unnecessary proceedings; and if he will make a statement. | | (140883) | 884
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the European Commission regarding airport and business subsidies to low cost airlines; and if he will make a statement. | | (140522) | 885
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cycling (a) fatalities and (b) serious injuries occurred among (i) adults and (ii) children in each of the last three years; and in each category what percentage of these adults and children were wearing helmets. | | (140472) | 886
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many pedestrian deaths in road accidents there were where the pedestrian had over 100mgs of alcohol per 100mls of blood in each of the last six years; and what percentage of all pedestrian road accident deaths in (a) England and (b) each region this represents in each case. | | (141575) | 887
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many car drivers and passengers have died in drink driving accidents in (a) December and (b) January in (i) England and (ii) each region in each of the last six years. | | (141576) | 888
| Mrs Patsy Calton (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to oblige franchised train operators to provide toilet facilities (a) on trains and (b) in stations. | | (141526) | 889
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to provide compensation to ship owners phasing out single-hulled tankers. | | (140665) | 890
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to improve lifeboat safety; and what plans he has to introduce requirements for (a) minimum launching system standards and (b) common operating procedures. | | (140666) | 891
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to protect the shipping industry from terrorist attack. | | (140667) | 892
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of United Kingdom ships using the tonnage tax scheme fly the red ensign. | | (140674) | 893
| Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to assess the effect on regional economies of a third runway at Heathrow Airport. | | (140546) | 894
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who is responsible for replacement of rolling stock on the London Underground Victoria Line; and if he will make a statement. | | (141178) | 895
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of the implications for safety of the procedure of turning a rail track; whether the turning of a curved rail track has been assessed as having a safety implication; and if he will make a statement. | | (141179) | 896
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what inspection methods are in place to discover (a) corrosion pitting and (b) possible problems at the foot and web of a rail track; what plans he has to improve inspection methods relevant to these conditions; and if he will make a statement. | | (141180) | 897
| Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many claims for statutory interest payments have been submitted to private companies under the terms of the Late Payment of Debt Act 1998; how many claims were met; and what the total value was of such payments in each year since the Act has been in operation. | | (141597) | 898
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has for improvements in rail transport in East Yorkshire. | | (140559) | 899
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many individuals he expects to apply for grants under the Powershift initiative for the (a) conversion of vehicles and (b) for the purchase of low emission vehicles in (i) the current financial year and (ii) each of the next three financial years. | | (141491) | 900
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the level of unallocated funds is for grants for (a) the conversation of vehicles and (b) the purchase of low emission vehicles under the Powershift initiative, in this financial year. | | (141492) | 901
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total cost has been of the Energy Saving Trust's Powershift initiative in each of the years since its commencement. | | (141493) | 902
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total reduction in carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide attributable to the Powershift initiative has been in each of the years since its commencement. | | (141494) | 903
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he will take to encourage the introduction and development of (a) gas driven, (b) electric, (c) biomass fuelled, (d) hybrid low emission and (e) hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicles. | | (141495) | 904
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assistance his Department has afforded to non-public sector corporations to develop vehicles powered by other means than petrol. | | (141628) | 905
| Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many drivers were disqualified from driving as a consequence of accumulation of points on their driving licence for speeding in (a) 2000, (b) 2001 and (c) 2002. | | (141464) | 906
| Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by what means the policy for purchasing timber and timber products of (a) the Department, (b) the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, (c) the Driving Standards Agency, (d) the Highways Agency, (e) the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, (f) the Vehicle and Operator Service Agency and (g) the Vehicle Certification Agency ensures that they are obtained from legal and sustainable sources. | | (141342) | 907
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to reform the system of blue parking badges available for drivers with disabilities; and if he will make a statement. | | (140831) | 908
| Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contribution the Highways Agency will make to the cost of building Junction 10A of the M20 and new roads to serve it; and if he will make a statement. | | (140822) | 909
| Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects Junction 10A of the M20 to be opened; and if he will make a statement. | | (140823) | 910
| Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the contribution of speed cameras to reduction in road deaths; and if he will make a statement. | | (140824) | 911
| Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the accounts of the Safety Camera partnerships; and if he will make a statement. | | (140825) | 912
| Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many speed cameras were operational on 31st July. | | (140828) | 913
| Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Bingley relief road is due to be (a) completed and (b) opened. | | (140926) | 914
| Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the overall investment figures in the London Underground were for each year between 1990 and 2003, broken down by line. | | (140927) | 915
| Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many train cancellations there were on the London Underground in each year betwen 1990 and 2003, broken down by line. | | (140928) | 916
| Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average percentage of scheduled train kilometres operated on the London Underground was in each year between 1990 and 2003, broken down by line. | | (140929) | 917
| Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) track and (b) signal failures there were on the London Underground in each year between 1990 and 2003, broken down by line. | | (140930) | 918
| Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many defects there were on each line on the London Underground in each year between 1990 and 2003. | | (140931) | 919
| Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many equipment breakdowns there were on the London Underground in each year between 1990 and 2003, broken down by line. | | (140932) | 920
| Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many delays of more than (a) five minutes, (b) 10 minutes and (c) 15 minutes there were on the London Underground in each year between 1990 and 2003, broken down by line. | | (140933) | 921
| Mr Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether a Government Minister will attend the opening of the Bingley Relief Road. | | (141105) | 922
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times foreign ships have been detained for falling short of safety standards following inspection in British ports in each year since 2000-01; what (a) prosecutions and (b) penalties have resulted; what the current annual budget is for the inspection and enforcement of international, European and national safety standards; and if he will make a statement. | | (141360) | 923
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons passengers disembarking flights at Gatwick Airport are having their photograph taken; what flights are involved; and how long he expects this measure to last. | | (140808) | 924
| Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he will reply to the letter to him dated 20th October from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Mr Barry Johnson. | | (140779) | 925
| Martin Linton (Battersea):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the outcome of discussions between the train operating industry and the Strategic Rail Authority to develop a national discount railcard. | | (141309) | 926
| Martin Linton (Battersea):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the effect on sales of Network Railcards of limiting their application to journeys costing more than £10 in the South East. | | (141329) | 927
| Martin Linton (Battersea):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the proportion of leisure journeys made in the South East between June 2002 and June 2003 which (a) cost less than £10 and (b) did not attract Network Railcard discounts. | | (141330) | 928
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many air accidents or serious incidents, in addition to total losses, involving United Kingdom-registered airlines are registered on the Airclaims CASE database for the last 10 years for which information is available; and what the comparable accident level was for airlines registered in (a) the Republic of Ireland and (b) Germany. | | (141246) | 929
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the new level of subsidy to South Central Trains each year is for the revised length of the franchise. | | (140483) | 930
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans there are for (a) investment in and (b) the rebuilding of stations within the South Central Region. | | (140484) | 931
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) status, (b) start date and (c) expected completion date is of the Arun Valley rail upgrade. | | (140485) | 932
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what studies his Department has (a) conducted and (b) commissioned to assess the effect on road safety of removing white lining on rural roads; and if he will make a statement. | | (141039) | 933
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the change in (a) total trade, (b) tanker trade, (c) container trade and (d) dry bulk trade in UK ports in each of the (i) next and (ii) last five years. | | (140943) | 934
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of spending on infrastructure in UK ports in each of the next five years. | | (140944) | 935
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation sponsored by his Department in 2002-03 was introduced to implement EU requirements. | | (141129) | 936
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many pages of (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation his Department put through Parliament in 2002-03. | | (141173) | 937
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road resurfacing projects have been delayed since 2001 from their provisional or planned dates owing to value management work. | | (140803) | 938
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what systems are in place to ensure that road renewal schemes are prioritised for funding according to the number of people who suffer greater than 65 decibels levels of noise. | | (140804) | 939
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what targets are in place for noise reduction on the motorway and trunk road network; and whether they are on course to be met. | | (140805) | 940
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list (a) the schedule of planned noise reduction improvements for the motorway and trunk road network, (b) the average level of noise in the area of those improvements and (c) the number of people affected by above acceptable noise levels in those areas. | | (140806) | 941
| Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will require statutory undertakers and private companies to pay a rent to local authorities for the stationing of (a) fixed equipment and (b) street furniture on highway land; and if he will make a statement. | | (141034) | 942
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans there are to make Regulation UN ECE 104 on conspicuity markings on long vehicles legally binding. | | (141148) | 943
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the UK became a signatory to the UN regulation ECE 104 on conspicuity markings on long vehicles; and what progress has been made on its implementation. | | (141149) | 944
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations his Department has received from road safety organisations regarding Regulation UN ECE 104 on conspicuity markings on long vehicles. | | (141150) | 945
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) number and (b) percentage of (i) deaths and (ii) serious injuries from road accidents resulted from a crash involving a heavy goods vehicle in each year since 1997 (A) in total and (B) broken down by (1) daytime and (2) night-time periods. | | (141151) | 946
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total vehicle kilometres of a heavy goods vehicle were for each year since 1997 (a) in total and (b) broken down by (i) daytime and (ii) night-time periods. | | (141152) | 947
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proposals he has to amend the law as it applies to the use of (a) electric wheelchairs and (b) scooters on the public highway. | | (141589) | 948
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many incidents involving (a) electric wheelchairs and (b) scooters were recorded in each of the last five years; and how many of them involved (i) fatality and (ii) serious injury. | | (141590) | 949
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which projects have been (a) wholly and (b) partly funded by his Department in St Helens since 1997; when each project was announced; when it started or was expected to start; what funding was provided by (i) Government and (ii) a third party; what third party provided funding; what the target group of the project was; what the projected outcome of the project was; and what the name of the project was. | | (141275) | 950
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what central government expenditure has been allocated by his Department in (a) St Helens and (b) Merseyside in each year since 1992. | | (141301) | 951
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the level of government expenditure on (a) rail, (b) bus and (c) road infrastructure was in (i) St Helens, (ii) Merseyside and (iii) the North West region in each year since 1992. | | (141302) | 952
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the projects assisted by central government expenditure which (a) have been started and (b) are expected to start on (i) rail, (ii) bus and (iii) road infrastructure in (A) St Helens and (B) Merseyside in each year since 1992. | | (141303) | 953
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of whether there were nuclear weapons on board the SS Montgomery when it sank off Sheerness; and if he will make a statement. | | (140707) | 954
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether fulminite of mercury was present in fuses on board the SS Montgomery; and if he will make a statement. | | (140708) | 955
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the ammunition on board the SS Montgomery is in a stable condition; and if he will make a statement. | | (140709) | 956
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research he has commissioned on whether the detonation of ammunition at Shoeburyness will have a deleterious effect on the ammunition on board the SS Montgomery. | | (140710) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 957
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with colleagues in the National Assembly for Wales Government on the repatriation of European funds. | | (140538) | 958
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the Treasury on the repatriation of European structural funding. | | (140539) | 959
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with his colleagues in the National Assembly for Wales Government on the organisation of events to commemorate Owain Glyndwr in 2004. | | (140542) | 960
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the implications of the introduction of compulsory identity cards for his Department. | | (141414) | 961
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the National Assembly for Wales to ensure Wales plays its part in meeting the commitment to the EU Landfill Directive target of 25 per cent. of 1995 levels by 2010. | | (140815) | 962
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many jobs have been created in Wales since 1997 in (a) the public and (b) the private sector. | | (141161) | 963
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the Welsh gross domestic product per capita figures are since 1990. | | (141162) | 964
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what consultations he has had with the National Assembly of Wales about the discovery of potato ring rot in mid-Wales. | | (141163) | 965
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on the meeting he had with health officials on 7th November on the future of the Neath Port Talbot Hospital. | | (141164) | 966
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what consultations he has had with the First Minister of the National Assembly for Wales on the forthcoming Richard Commission report. | | (141188) | 967
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how often he holds meetings with the First Minister of the National Assembly for Wales; what proportion of his working week is spent in the Wales Office; and if he will make a statement. | | (141189) | Questions to the Minister for Women 968
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Minister for Women, what recent assessment she has made of the implications of the Working Time Directive for women's employment. | | (140586) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 969
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will set a date for the publication of his Department's follow-up report into employers' liability compulsory insurance. | | (140530) | 970
| Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent representations he has received from the Health and Safety Commission concerning the Health and Safety Executive's priorities. | | (140645) | 971
| Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress he has made in setting up the incapacity benefit pilot programmes. | | (140646) | 972
| Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received from the Health and Safety Commission concerning the setting of measureable targets for the work of the Health and Safety Executive. | | (140647) | 973
| Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received from the Health and Safety Commission about whether public sector sickness and absence should be a priority area; and if he will make a statement. | | (140648) | 974
| Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made in reducing sickness and absence in his Department; what the principal causes of sickness and absence are in his Department; and what remedial work his Department has under way or is proposing. | | (140649) | 975
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) deaf, (b) blind and (c) deafblind people have applied for the Access to Work scheme in each year since its introduction; and how many have been successful in their application; how many appeals against refusals were lodged; how many were found in favour of the claimant since the introduction of the scheme; and how many people are receiving support under the Access to Work scheme. | | (140513) | 976
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training in deafblind awareness staff assessing deafblind applicants for the Access to Work scheme have had; and if he will publish the guidelines under which Access to Work advisors work. | | (140514) | 977
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what initiatives he is planning to increase (a) awareness and (b) uptake of the Access to Work scheme. | | (140515) | 978
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Access to Work applicants (a) have applied for sign language interpreting support and (b) have been successful since the introduction of the Access to Work scheme; what the average amount of hours of interpreter support awarded has been; and what the average award to people applying for human aids to communication through the Access to Work scheme has been. | | (140516) | 979
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for disability living allowance there were from people under 20 disabled by mental illness in (a) England and (b) each region in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (140830) | 980
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications were made for community care grants in each of the last six years in (a) Orkney and Shetland and (b) Grampian, Moray, Orkney and Shetland District; what proportion of applications were rejected; what proportion were considered (i) high, (ii) medium and (iii) low priority; what proportion of high priority, medium priority and low priority awards were paid; and what the average amount (A) applied for, (B) awarded and (C) paid was in each category of priority. | | (140598) | 981
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the Social Fund Budget for community care grants was in (a) Orkney and Shetland and (b) Grampian, Moray, Orkney and Shetland District in the last six years in (i) cash and (ii) real terms; how much the budget has been overspent or underspent; and what the value was of in-year allocations for each year. | | (140599) | 982
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to set up an inquiry into the deaths on the Shell Brent Bravo rig on 11th September. | | (140668) | 983
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have died from asbestos-related diseases in the United Kingdom in each year since 1990; and what estimates his Department has made of the number of likely deaths in future years. | | (140669) | 984
| Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is the policy of his Department that officials of the Child Support Agency should seek to discourage their dissatisfied customers from seeking redress through their honourable Member; and if he will make a statement. | | (141516) | 985
| Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in the Christchurch constituency are in receipt of pension credit. | | (141521) | 986
| Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for statutory interest payments have been submitted to his Department under the terms of the Late Payment of Debt Act 1998; how many claims were met; and what the total value was of such payments in each year since the Act has been in operation. | | (141599) | 987
| Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the (a) number, (b) location and (c) size of JobCentre Plus premises due to be disposed of; and what (i) costs and (ii) savings he expects from the disposal over the life of the disposal contract. | | (141198) | 988
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many winter fuel payment claim forms have been issued in 2003 in the Haltemprice and Howden constituency; and how many claim forms have been submitted. | | (140555) | 989
| Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, by what means the policy for purchasing timber and timber products of (a) the Department, (b) the Appeals Service, (c) the Child Support Agency, (d) JobCentre Plus and (e) the Pension Service ensures that they are obtained from legal and sustainable sources. | | (141343) | 990
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what targets Child Support Agency staff have for the transfer of old CSA cases to the new scheme. | | (140877) | 991
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the work involved in transferring old Child Support Agency cases to the new scheme. | | (140878) | 992
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the anomalies, inaccuracies and incomplete data contained in the Child Support Agency records of the cases waiting to be transferred from the old to the new scheme require human intervention; and if he will make a statement. | | (140879) | 993
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of the Child Support Agency cases waiting to be transferred from the old to the new scheme contain anomalies, inaccuracies and incomplete data. | | (140880) | 994
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of parents who are waiting for their Child Support Agency cases to be transferred from the old to the new scheme will pay (a) increased and (b) decreased payments under the new scheme. | | (140881) | 995
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many anomalies, inaccuracies and pieces of incomplete data are contained in the Child Support Agency records of the cases waiting to be transferred from the old to the new scheme. | | (140882) | 996
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how long he expects the work needed to bring records of Child Support Agency cases up to a standard acceptable for transfer to the new scheme to take; and if he will make a statement. | | (140899) | 997
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to change the rules which detect anomalies, inaccuracies and incomplete data in the Child Support Agency's new scheme; and if he will make a statement. | | (140900) | 998
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will put inactive Child Support Agency cases waiting to be transferred from the old to the new scheme into abeyance; and if he will make a statement. | | (140901) | 999
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will write to the honourable Member for Wycombe about the Child Support Agency with reference to the debate in Westminster Hall on 12th November. | | (140902) | 1000
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the mechanisms for phasing in child support payments by people who transfer to the new scheme. | | (140903) | 1001
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the implications of the appeal by Helena Smith against the Child Support Agency. | | (141261) | 1002
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy (a) to end the practice of his Department's managers and agencies seeking to dissuade claimants from using the Post Office to access their benefits in preference to banks and building societies and (b) to promote the use of the Post Office for such a purpose on an equal basis; and if he will make a statement. | | (140925) | 1003
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) physical and (b) non-physical assaults there have been on staff in the (i) Employment Service, (ii) Benefits Agency and (iii) Jobcentre Plus in each year since 2001; how many prosecutions resulted; what penalties were handed down; and if he will make a statement. | | (141504) | 1004
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of the document, Payment Modernisation Project, sent to field directors on 7th October by Mr Alan Linton of Jobcentre Plus. | | (141420) | 1005
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what advice has been given to field directors on encouraging more Jobcentre Plus customers to move to direct payment. | | (141421) | 1006
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the research conducted by his Department comparing a New Deal 25 plus unit of delivery and an Employment Zone in terms of (a) outcomes, (b) costs and (c) other factors; if he will place the findings in the Library; and if he will make a statement. | | (140481) | 1007
| Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much benefit he estimates was fraudulently claimed by claimants using false identities in 2002-03. | | (140565) | 1008
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the means testing of pensions. | | (141448) | 1009
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what targets his Department set for the number of people opting to use (a) bank or building society accounts and (b) Post Office card accounts to receive their benefits payments; and where these targets are published. | | (141507) | 1010
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of the New Deal for Communities since 1998 in (a) West Derbyshire and (b) the East Midlands on (i) reducing crime, (ii) creating jobs and (iii) raising standards in education. | | (141434) | 1011
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proposals he has to (a) continue and (b) develop New Deal for Communities schemes in (i) West Derbyshire and (ii) the East Midlands. | | (141435) | 1012
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the (a) schemes and (b) funding made available to West Derbyshire since 1998 under the New Deal for Communities. | | (141436) | 1013
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in West Derbyshire (a) are receiving pension credit, (b) are entitled to pension credit but are not yet claiming it, (c) are receiving pension savings credit, (d) are entitled to pension savings credit but are not yet claiming it, (e) received free eye tests in the last year for which figures are available, (f) received free TV licences in the last year for which figures are available and (g) will be entitled to winter fuel payment (i) at the standard rate and (ii) at the higher rate for older pensioners in 2003-04; and if he will make a statement. | | (141437) | 1014
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners he estimates have yet to apply through the pension credit scheme in (a) West Derbyshire, (b) the East Midlands and (c) the UK; and what efforts are being made to simplify the pension credit process to make it easier for pensioners to claim their entitlement. | | (141438) | 1015
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Blackpool received council tax benefit in the last year for which figures are available. | | (141340) | 1016
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of pensioners eligible for council tax benefit in Blackpool. | | (141362) | 1017
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) other Government departments, (b) voluntary sector organisations and (c) local authorities on measures to improve take-up of council tax benefit among pensioners. | | (141363) | 1018
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made in addressing the health and safety needs of small and medium sized enterprises in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the funding of further measures. | | (141036) | 1019
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the (a) quality of medical advice given in the assessment of benefit claims and (b) training of medical staff used to assess claimants. | | (141062) | 1020
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation sponsored by his Department in 2002-03 was introduced to implement EU requirements. | | (141128) | 1021
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pages of (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation the Department put through Parliament in 2002-03. | | (141169) | 1022
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of incapacity benefit paid to sufferers of chronic pain in the UK was in 2002-03. | | (140477) | 1023
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of disability payments paid to sufferers of conditions associated with chronic pain was in 2002-03. | | (140478) | 1024
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many working days were lost in each of the past five years as a result of chronic back pain; and how many days were lost to mental illnesses. | | (140479) | 1025
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times the Ministerial Group for Older People and Age Discrimination has met in the last 12 months. | | (141588) | 1026
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have (a) registered with a new New Deal for Disabled People job broker, (b) been placed in work by a job broker and (c) achieved sustained work with a job broker's help since the extension of the New Deal for Disabled People. | | (141496) | 1027
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish statistics for New Deal for Disabled People job broker programmes regularly on the internet. | | (141498) | 1028
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's hospitality budget was for (a) 2003-04 and (b) each of the last six years; and if he will provide a breakdown of the expenditure by main budget heading. | | (141524) | 1029
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of Child Support Agency parents with care were in receipt of (a) income-based jobseeker's allowance and income support and (b) working families tax credit in each of the last six years. | | (141528) | 1030
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the (a) monetary value and (b) percentage of maintenance that was paid to Child Support Agency parents with care in receipt of (i) income based jobseeker's allowance and income support and (ii) working families tax credit in each of the last six years. | | (141529) | 1031
N | David Winnick (Walsall North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will reply to the letter of 23rd October from the honourable Member for Walsall North, ref POS610644/0032. | | (140456) | 1032
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which projects have been (a) wholly and (b) partly funded by his Department in St Helens since 1997; when each project was announced; when it started or was expected to start; what funding was provided by (i) Government and (ii) a third party; what third party provided funding; what the target group of the project was; what the projected outcome of the project was; and what the name of the project was. | | (141274) | 1033
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average sum paid (a) in child support payments and (b) in child benefit to families in (i) St Helens, (ii) Merseyside and (c) the North West region was in each year since 1992. | | (141298) | 1034
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of families are entitled to child support payments in (a) St Helens, (b) Merseyside and (c) the North West region in the last year for which figures are available. | | (141299) | 1035
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average pensioner income in St Helens was in each year since 1992. | | (141300) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1036
| Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much per head of population has been spent by the Government on preventative health strategies in (a) 2001, (b) 2002 and (c) 2003. | | [Transferred] (140497) | 1037
| Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much working families tax credit was received on average by an eligible family in (a) St Helens, (b) Merseyside and (c) the North West region in each year since its introduction. | | [Transferred] (141296) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 1038
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many hazardous sites the Coalition estimates there are in Iraq; how many of these relate to cluster bombs; what steps are being taken to make them safe; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (141183) | 1039
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK civilian fire officers have been operating in Iraq in each month since May; and what plans there are for future deployment. | | [Transferred] (141146) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 1040
| Sue Doughty (Guildford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what guidance the Government is giving local authorities regarding the purchase of recycled paper. | | [Transferred] (140594) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 1041
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list the projects to be funded by the sums pledged by (a) the UK and (b) the EU as reconstruction aid to Iraq indicating the sum allocated to each project; what the expected UK contribution to (i) the World Bank loan and (ii) the IMF loan is; to what purposes these contributions are expected to be put; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (141118) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 1042
| Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the number of adults living on an income of less than (a) £5,000, (b) £7,500, (c) £10,000, (d) £15,000, (e) £20,000, (f) £30,000, (g) £35,000, (h) £40,000, (i) £50,000, (j) £75,000, (k) £100,000, (l) £150,000, (m) £200,000, (n) £500,000, (o) £1 million and (p) £10 million in London in each of the last six years for which information is available. | | [Transferred] (140853) |
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