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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 9 February 2004

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


 

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 9 February 2004
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 9 February 2004


This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 9 February 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 9 February of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 9 February see Part 2 of this paper.


Questions to the Advocate General
1
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Advocate General, how many staff work in the office of the Advocate General.
[R] (154169)
2
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Advocate General, what the total cost of running the office of the Advocate General was in the latest year for which figures are available.
[R] (154170)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
3
N
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost of the Strategy Unit's report on the UK fishing industry was; how many copies of the report will be produced; how many people have worked on the project; and when the report will be made public.
(153992)
4
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, by what percentage he estimates that the recorded number of disabled civil servants will change as a result of the proposed change in methodology used to calculate the number of disabled staff in the Civil Service to the percentage of those responding to a questionnaire.
(154110)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
5
Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to introduce a research and development tax incentive in Northern Ireland.
(154124)
6
N
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, to whom the minutes of the Tripartite Committee on Financial Stability are distributed; and when and under what circumstances they can be made available to honourable Members.
(153726)
7
N
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the agenda items covered by the monthly meetings of the Tripartite Committee on Financial Stability in the last six months.
(153727)
8
N
Mr Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he authorised the giving of a speech by his principal special advisor, Mr Ed Balls, in Leeds on 3rd February which included comments on the policy behind setting the level of interest rates; and whether the authorisation of such a speech on the day before a meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England complies with the Government's policy on the independence of the Bank and the proper conduct of monetary policy.
(153775)
9
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the latest figures for the death rate from (a) cancer and (b) coronary heart disease are for the (i) East Riding of Yorkshire and (ii) United Kingdom; and what they were in 1997.
(154166)
10
N
Annabelle Ewing (Perth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reasons are for the delay in the publication of the Penrose Report on Equitable Life.
(153796)
11
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) value of pirate (i) videos and (ii) DVDs seized by Customs and Excise since 1st January 2003; what the titles of the videos and DVDs were; and if he will make a statement.
(154117)
12
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer of the sale of pirate (a) videos and (b) DVDs at (i) car-boot sales, (ii) record fairs, (iii) markets, (iv) online auctions and (v) other premises since 1st January 2003.
(154130)
13
N
Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions took place between the Treasury, the National Federation of Sub-Postmasters and non-governmental organisations representing the elderly prior to the decision to withdraw the National Savings Bank Blue Ordinary Account; and if he will make a statement.
(153474)
14
N
Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what provision will be made to enable National Savings Bank Blue Ordinary Account holders without bank accounts to transfer funds to a National Savings Bank Easy Access Account.
(153475)
15
N
Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether post office card accounts are acceptable in lieu of bank accounts for the purpose of transferring from National Savings Bank Blue Ordinary accounts to National Savings Bank Easy Access accounts.
(153476)
16
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 4th February, Official Report, columns 934-5W, on future tax yield, what design methodology was used to produce the automated system introduced in April 1998 to calculate the compliance performance of the Inland Revenue's Large Business Office; at which stage in the methodology the design faults occurred and who authorised the faulty design to proceed to the next stage of development; whether the Large Business Office's compliance performance for the year 1998-99 has been correctly recorded in Inland Revenue Annual Reports to date; whether the new reporting system was tested prior to introduction against base data from recent years to ensure that the results produced by the new automated system matched those produced by the previous unautomated system; who signed for acceptance of the new system in 1998; when the integrity of the results produced by the automated system introduced in 1998 was first questioned, and by whom; upon what dates the errors were first detected; upon what dates the matter was brought to the attention of (a) the Director Large Business Office, Internal Audit (b) the Inland Revenue Fraud Champion, (c) the Commissioner responsible for the Large Business Office, (d) the Board of Inland Revenue, (e) the Paymaster General, (f) the National Audit Office and (g) himself; whether the automated system had a purpose other than to produce a single number recording the Large Business Office's total compliance performance; how many man days of effort were required to produce the automated system as introduced in April 1998; for how long it was under development; what programming language or software package was employed; and what the cost of the system to the point of introduction was.
(154389)
17
Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what effect he estimates the Inland Revenue ruling of 24th October 2003 will have on Bridgend's ability to achieve the 2010 decent homes standard; and whether additional Government support will be available to meet this target.
(154228)
18
Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect on the welfare of tenants of Valleys to Coast Housing Limited if the Inland Revenue's ruling of 24th October 2003 is upheld.
(154229)
19
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on branding the Department, broken down by (a) consultancy fees, (b) design and orders for new stationery between 1997-98 and 2003-04, (c) website design and (d) other material featuring new logos.
(154066)
20
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which organisations have bid successfully for the Invest to Save budget since it began; and how much each received.
(154321)
21
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the next round of bidding for the Invest to Save budget will take place.
(154322)
22
Mr George Osborne (Tatton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the future of the Invest to Save budget.
(154354)
23
Mrs Barbara Roche (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to achieve the Government's targets of (a) ending child poverty by 2020, (b) halving it by 2010 and (c) reducing it by a quarter by 2004-05; and if he will make a statement.
(154363)
24
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to bring forward proposals for a carbon tax to replace existing levies.
(154226)
25
N
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the amount of tax relief on pension contributions provided in each financial year since 1996-97 (a) in total and (b) broken down by (i) higher rate taxpayers, (ii) basic rate taxpayers and (iii) non-taxpayers.
(153904)
Questions to the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs
26
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 18th December 2003, Official Report, column 1112W, on the 1911 Census, for what reasons the 1921, 1951 and 1961 census records for England and Wales are listed in Public Records Act Instruments No. 5, No. 23 and No. 38; and whether those census records are closed to public inspection solely under the provisions of Public Records Act Instrument No. 12.
(154025)
27
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much was paid in salaries to those employed in dealing with or administering the work of the Legal Services Commission during calendar year 2003; and if he will make a statement.
(154287)
28
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much was paid in salaries to those employed in dealing with or administering the work of the Legal Aid Board in 1996; and if he will make a statement.
(154288)
29
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the average annual percentage salary rise awarded to those employed in dealing with or administering criminal legal aid was between 1st January 1996 and 31st November 2003; and if he will make a statement.
(154289)
30
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much the Department and its predecessors spent on branding the Department between 1997-98 and 2003-04, broken down by (a) consultancy fees, (b) design and orders for new stationery, (c) website design and (d) other material featuring new logos.
(154063)
31
Ian Lucas (Wrexham):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many solicitors' firms in Wrexham carried out publicly funded matrimonial legal help work in the last three years for which records are available.
(154021)
32
Ian Lucas (Wrexham):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much has been spent on family mediation in Wrexham from the Legal Help Fund.
(154034)
33
Ian Lucas (Wrexham):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many matrimonial matter legal help starts were (a) allocated and (b) used in Wrexham in the last three years for which figures are available.
(154035)
34
Ian Lucas (Wrexham):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much was paid to solicitors' firms in Wrexham for matrimonial legal help work in the last three years for which records are available.
(154036)
35
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if he will make a statement on constitutional changes necessary for the transfer of powers to regional assemblies.
(154392)
36
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many staff in his Department have been (a) suspended, (b) dismissed, (c) prosecuted and (d) convicted for involvement in benefit fraud in each of the last six years; and what the amounts involved in each of the cases listed were.
(154373)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
37
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the largest amount of National Lottery money is that has been awarded to an organisation since its inception.
(154292)
38
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many organisations in Southend West who have applied for National Lottery funding have had their application turned down; and on what grounds these decisions were made.
(154293)
39
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which National Governing Body coaching awards for sport qualify for Learning and Skills Council funding.
(154059)
40
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the maximum grants available from the Learning and Skills Council to meet the cost of volunteers taking sports coaching qualifications are; and if she will make a statement.
(154060)
41
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the administrative costs to (a) local authorities, (b) individual licensees and (c) central government of the changes to the licensing regime resulting from the Licensing Act 2002; and if she will make a statement.
(154061)
42
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the number of coaches employed through the Coachmatch scheme who will be (a) full-time and (b) part-time in each year until 2006.
(154114)
43
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what measures her Department has taken to ensure the coaches employed through the Coachmatch scheme will be retained in employment after 2006.
(154115)
44
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) voluntary, (b) part-time and (c) full-time qualified athletics coaches in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement.
(154116)
45
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the (a) technical and financial contracts, (b) technical consultants used on a call-off basis and (c) financial consultants used on a call-off basis by Sport England since 1st January 2003; what the nature of the assignment for each consultant was; and what the value of work done by each consultant was.
(154122)
46
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much public money was spent on the Pickett's Lock stadium in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement.
(154123)
47
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the criteria are by which the sequence by region of digital switchover will take place; and if she will make a statement.
(154174)
48
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department and its predecessors spent on branding the Department between 1997-98 and 2003-04, broken down by (a) consultancy fees, (b) design and orders for new stationery, (c) website design and (d) other material featuring new logos.
(154076)
49
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with charity owners of historic buildings on the impact of the changes to gift aid relief against admission ticket revenues announced in the Pre-Budget Report.
(154402)
50
Mrs Barbara Roche (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to achieve the Government's targets of (a) ending child poverty by 2020, (b) halving it by 2010 and (c) reducing it by a quarter by 2004-05; and if she will make a statement.
(154371)
51
Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidelines she issues to BBC Governors on their appointment relating to (a) party political work and (b) commenting on the policies of political parties other than those policies directly affecting the work of the BBC.
(154222)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
52
N
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 2nd February, Official Report, column 746W, on foreign ships, what plans he has to change the process by which his Department charters foreign ships; how many foreign vessels were rejected for charter last year because they failed to meet the standards set by his Department; and what plans he has to increase the proportion of British ships flying the Red Ensign used by his Department.
(153932)
53
Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, to whom his Department distributes expenditure on research and development; how many staff are employed as a result; and how many research establishments (a) the Department and (b) its agencies have in each region and nation of the United Kingdom.
(154360)
54
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 4th February, Official Report, column 887W, on the Iraq Survey Group, how many personnel were employed in the Iraq Survey Group in June 2003, broken down by (a) nationality and (b) speciality; and what the projected figures are for the end of 2004.
(154239)
55
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's definition is of a weapon of mass destruction.
(154249)
56
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, to what use the additional investment to reduce the response times of helicopter-borne forces to deal with renegade shipping has been put; and if he will make a statement.
(154276)
57
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the ability of HMS Roebuck to remain fully operational until its planned decommissioning in 2014.
(154280)
58
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of whether there is a need to increase the number of offshore patrol ships.
(154281)
59
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost has been to public funds of the British contingent in the Iraq Survey Group; what the projected future costs are; and if he will make a statement.
(154282)
60
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list (a) each of the types of weapons of mass destruction that exist in the world and (b) the countries which possess them; and how many weapons are held by each country.
(154283)
61
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27th January, Official Report, column 245W, where information on the foreign aircraft hired by his Department is held; on what basis the decision was reached that information on the use of foreign aircraft could only be provided at disproportionate cost; who took this decision; and whether the Department has previously provided information on hire of foreign aircraft.
(154260)
62
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on branding the Department between 1997-98 and 2003-04, broken down by (a) consultancy fees, (b) design and orders for new stationery, (c) website design and (d) other material featuring new logos.
(154073)
63
Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he was informed that the 45 minute assertion related to battlefield mortar shells or small calibre weaponry.
(154024)
64
Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where and on what date (a) Rhadi Nama, (b) Ahmed Jabber Karrem, (c) Nadhem Abdulla, (d) Abd Al Jalba Mouse Ali, (e) Hazma Abdul Hussein Al-Askary, (f) Waed Jabber Raheem and (g) Jasim Yassim Jabbar Al-Shuirillway died; and what the cause of death was in each case.
(154352)
65
Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where and on what date (a) Hussan Said Shaba Al-Bata, (b) Said Shabram, (c) Waleed Fiaz Mejban, (d) Bala Nasheem Mohammed, (e) Hassan Abbad Saied, (f) Ather Karen Al-Mowafetaia, (g) Ali Salaam Ayi Mohammed and (h) Dyab Rehman Nasser died; and what the cause of death was in each case.
(154357)
66
Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated costs of plans to upgrade nuclear weapons design and production facilities at Aldermaston are; how much has been allocated for this upgrade; and what the timetable is for its completion.
(154079)
67
Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has been made of the requirement for personal role radios in Iraq.
(154015)
68
Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personal role radios (a) are in use by British forces in Iraq and (b) have been sold to US forces by his Department since the commencement of military operations last year; and if he will make a statement.
(154016)
69
Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the training received by Trooper Sarah Masters prior to deployment in Iraq.
(154022)
70
Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what minimum training requirements are in place for the (a) Regular Army and (b) Territorial Army prior to deployment on operations.
(154023)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
71
Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, to whom his Department distributes expenditure on research and development; how many staff are employed as a result; and how many research establishments (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have in each region of England.
(154358)
72
Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress has been made in the procurement of a replacement radio system for the fire service; when he expects that the contract will be awarded; and when he expects the new system to be operational.
(154347)
73
Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he is taking to ensure that local planning authorities follow planning guidance in determining applications for consent to build radio transmitters for the Airwave emergency communications network.
(154348)
74
N
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps his Department has taken to (a) reduce, (b) amalgamate and (c) devolve responsibility for area-based initiatives since the publication of the Regional Coordination Unit's report on area-based initiatives in October 2002.
(153589)
75
N
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress he has made in (a) reducing the number of area-based initiatives, (b) reducing the need for repetitive strategies of area-based initiatives, (c) reducing the administrative burden of area-based initiatives and (d) improving the ease of access by (i) target groups, (ii) community organisations, (iii) business organisations and (iv) local authority organisations to area-based initiatives in each Government department which has such initiatives.
(153590)
76
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will allow retrospective effect to be given to registered rents in cases where the Rent Service has not registered the rent within a reasonable time from application.
(154111)
77
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what targets he has set the Rent Service for the maximum time between application to register a rent and determination of that application.
(154112)
78
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what redress is available to landlords in respect of rental income lost because of unreasonable delays by the Rent Service in registering a rent.
(154113)
79
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will set a two per cent. cap on council tax increases for pensioners; and what he estimates the cost to his Department of subsidising a two per cent. cap would be.
(154306)
80
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many social housing units have been built in (a) the North West, (b) Lancashire and (c) Chorley in each year since 2000.
(154316)
81
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many homeless units operate in Lancashire; and how many homeless units are to be built in Lancashire.
(154317)
82
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much his Department and its predecessors spent on branding the Department between 1997-98 and 2003-04, broken down by (a) consultancy fees, (b) design and orders for new stationery, (c) website design and (d) other material featuring new logos.
(154065)
83
Mr Peter Pike (Burnley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on progress of each of the housing renewal pathfinder projects.
(154027)
84
Mr Peter Pike (Burnley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many of the housing renewal pathfinder project areas he has visited in the last 12 months.
(154028)
85
Mr Peter Pike (Burnley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he expects to make an announcement on the Elevate Housing Renewal Pathfinder Project Programme Bid.
(154029)
86
Mr Ken Purchase (Wolverhampton North East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he is taking to ensure that local authority housing departments rated at two stars and above have sufficient resources to meet the decency standard in a timely manner, where tenants vote to remain with their council landlord.
(154026)
87
Mr Ken Purchase (Wolverhampton North East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Oral Answer of 4th February, Official Report, column 748, if he will list (a) local authorities which have held ballots of tenants in the process of transferring stock to other ownership or management bodies and (b) those which have not.
(154309)
88
Mr Ken Purchase (Wolverhampton North East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Oral Answer of 4th February, Official Report, column 748, when he expects that council houses remaining in the ownership and management of local authorities will meet the decency standard; and if he will make available the resources necessary to achieve his estimate.
(154310)
89
Mr Ken Purchase (Wolverhampton North East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Oral Answer of 4th February, Official Report, column 748, how many of the 790,000 council homes have been transferred to arm's length management organisations; and what proportion of the extra £8 billion private investment to which he referred has been attracted to ALMOs.
(154311)
90
Mr Ken Purchase (Wolverhampton North East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Oral Answer of 4th February, Official Report, column 748, what estimate he has made of the return anticipated by investors on the £8 billion private investment made in former council housing to which he referred; and what part of the £8 billion private investment and servicing charges being made in former council housing will be recouped by investors in charges (a) to the Exchequer and (b) to tenants.
(154312)
91
Mrs Barbara Roche (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps his Department is taking to achieve the Government's targets of (a) ending child poverty by 2020, (b) halving it by 2010 and (c) reducing it by a quarter by 2004-05; and if he will make a statement.
(154370)
92
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on devolved government in the regions.
(154386)
93
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the establishment of referendums for regional government.
(154387)
94
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much has been spent by the Department on (a) research and (b) preparation for regional referendums on devolved government.
(154388)
95
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the cost of running a regional referendum.
(154390)
96
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether his Department has a special unit to organise and operate referendums.
(154391)
97
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he plans that regional assemblies would be able to levy taxes.
(154393)
98
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the proposed powers of regional assemblies.
(154394)
99
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the responsibilities which he plans should not be devolved to regional assemblies.
(154395)
100
N
Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to require a full planning application for the approval of mezzanine retail floor space within existing retail premises; and if he will make a statement.
(153837)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills
101
Mrs Patsy Calton (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many charges and of what value have been made in error to graduates whose income did not reach a level where repayment was required for failure to make repayments of student loans.
(154001)
102
Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, to whom his Department distributes expenditure on research and development; how many staff are employed as a result; and how many research establishments of (a) the Department and (b) its agencies there are in each region of England.
(154355)
103
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many one-and two-parent households will be eligible for the maximum combined up-front university grant for academic year 2006-07.
(154012)
104
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when (a) he, (b) his Ministers and (c) officials in his Department last met (i) Sir Roy Meadows and (ii) David Southall.
(154403)
105
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what procedures are followed by the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service in cases where one parent is a non-UK resident.
(154080)
106
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what arrangements he intends to put in place to recover fees and loans paid for study at British universities to students from other EU countries; and what plans he has to refuse admission to other EU students unless such recovery arrangements are accepted by the countries from which they come.
(154241)
107
Mr Peter Pike (Burnley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he will announce his decisions on the Building Schools for the Future programme; and if he will make a statement.
(154030)
108
Mrs Barbara Roche (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to achieve the Government's targets of (a) ending child poverty by 2020, (b) halving it by 2010 and (c) reducing it by a quarter by 2004-05; and if he will make a statement.
(154369)
109
Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many courses for adult learning have been made available in each year since 1997.
(154232)
110
Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many courses are provided for adult learning in 2003-04 in the whole of England and Wales.
(154233)
111
Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much funding has been made available for adult learning in further education colleges for each year since 1997.
(154234)
112
Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much funding will be made available for adult learning in further education colleges for 2003-04.
(154235)
113
Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many adults have been trained at local colleges in each year since 1997.
(154236)
114
Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which region had the highest proportion of vacancies as a result of skill shortages in 1997.
(154237)
115
Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many job vacancies he estimates are unfilled as a result of skill shortages.
(154238)
116
N
Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what changes have been made to central government funding allocations for the Children's Fund in this financial year, broken down by region; what assessment he has made of the impact such changes will have on services provided by the Children's Fund; and if he will make a statement.
(153242)
117
N
Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what procedures are in place for carrying out Criminal Records Bureau checks on (a) overseas teachers and (b) other overseas workers coming to work in schools in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
(153725)
118
Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Spelthorne, dated 9th December 2003, regarding the funding of nursery education at Knowle Park Infant School, Staines; and if he will make a statement.
(154196)
119
Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average waiting time has been for claims for payment from the terminated individual learning accounts to be assessed and paid.
(154339)
120
Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that claims for payment to training providers are settled promptly from the terminated individual learning accounts.
(154340)
121
Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he will provide a substantive reply to the honourable Member for Spelthorne to his letter of 27th November 2003, departmental reference 2003/0068433PO.
(154344)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
122
Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to whom her Department distributes expenditure on research and development; how many staff are employed as a result; and how many research establishments of (a) her Department and (b) its agencies there are in each region of England.
(154359)
123
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what procedures are used to deal with complaints relating to the Warm Front scheme.
(154163)
124
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the Warm Front scheme is administered.
(154164)
125
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has a national waste strategy.
(154290)
126
N
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice her Department has (a) given to and (b) received from the UK delegates attending European Commission regulatory standing and management committees on GM seed.
(153905)
127
N
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to (a) announce her policy on growing GM crops in the UK and (b) decide the outcome of applications for licences to grow GM crops which are the responsibility of the UK to determine.
(153906)
128
N
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will ensure that UK decisions on applications to (a) grow and (b) use GM crops and foodstuffs are subject to parliamentary approval.
(153907)
129
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the basis of the decision by the Belgian government to refuse an application for a licence to grow GM oilseed rape in the EU.
(154000)
130
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in the (a) Scottish Executive and (b) National Assembly for Wales about the promotion of sales of (i) beef and (ii) lamb; and what assessment she has made of the level of spending on promotion in (A) Scotland and (B) Wales.
(154319)
131
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department and its predecessors spent on branding the Department between 1997-98 and 2003-04, broken down by (a) consultancy fees, (b) design and orders for new stationery, (c) website design and (d) other material featuring new logos.
(154068)
132
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the capacity of the combined heat and power unit run by her Department is.
(154208)
133
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she last conducted an environmental audit on the combined heat and power unit run by her Department.
(154209)
134
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of (a) the sustainability, (b) the effectiveness and (c) the efficiency of her Department's combined heat and power unit.
(154210)
135
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the latest figure for cost per unit of operating the Department's combined heat and power plant is.
(154211)
136
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of damage to (a) information technology equipment and (b) stationery within her Department caused by the Department's combined heat and power unit.
(154212)
137
Mr Bill Olner (Nuneaton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures the Government is taking to tackle illegal wildlife trade on the internet.
(154013)
138
Mr Bill Olner (Nuneaton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made regarding the fulfilment of conditions for the proposed sales of elephant ivory stockpiles under the Convention on Trade in Endangered Species from Botswana, Namibia and South Africa in (a) importing countries and (b) exporting countries.
(154014)
139
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on her policy on the trade in elephant ivory; what discussions she has had with Ministers from other countries about the trade in elephant ivory; and if she will make a statement.
(154207)
140
Mrs Barbara Roche (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to achieve the Government's targets of (a) ending child poverty by 2020, (b) halving it by 2010 and (c) reducing it by a quarter by 2004-05; and if she will make a statement.
(154368)
141
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what meetings she has had with ministerial colleagues from other departments to ensure that the Waste Implementation Programme has a co-ordinated approach with waste-related programmes in other departments.
(154243)
142
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action she is taking to encourage local authorities to ensure that blocks of flats have recycling bins.
(154244)
143
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what household recycling levels have been attained in each year since 1997.
(154245)
144
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average recovery level achieved by licensed UK plants in respect of CFC R12 from refrigeration equipment was in each year for which figures are available.
(154285)
145
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many items of equipment containing chloro-fluorocarbons (CFCs) were processed in each year for which CFC recovery figures are available.
(154286)
146
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether home composting is taken into account in the setting of recycling targets at (a) local and (b) national level.
(154294)
147
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to include home composting in recycling figures at (a) local and (b) national level.
(154300)
148
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Environmental Agency plans to audit all refridgerator recycling plants, with particular reference to those licensed to recover chlorofluorocarbons from the refridgeration circuit.
(154307)
149
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the possible rise in sea level in the Thames Estuary as a result of (a) climate change and (b) other factors in the next (i) 25, (ii) 50 and (iii) 75 year terms; and what research her Department has (A) carried out and (B) commissioned into the subject.
(154230)
150
N
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the prospects of obtaining approval under Article 30 of the Treaty of Rome to ban the live transport of horses to the Continent.
(153628)
151
Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will respond to the letter from the honourable Member for Spelthorne of 6th January regarding Mr M. Gillard of Staines.
(154345)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
152
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of Iraqi women who will be elected to the first Iraqi parliament.
(154118)
153
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what factors underlay the decision by coalition forces in Iraq to reject a plan by the Iraqi Census Board to take a nationwide census on 30th June and then make an electoral roll available by 1st September.
(154246)
154
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people have been detained by coalition forces in Iraq since major hostilities ceased; how many are in custody; and how many of these are non-Iraqis, broken down by nationality.
(154278)
155
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people in custody in Iraq have proven links to Al Qaeda, broken down by nationality; and how many of these are believed to have entered Iraq since 20th March 2003.
(154279)
156
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many visits the Governor of Tristan da Cunha has made to (a) Tristan da Cunha and (b) the Ascension Islands in the last five years.
(154198)
157
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many ministerial visits have been made to (a) Tristan da Cunha and (b) the Ascension Islands in the last five years.
(154199)
158
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much financial support has been given to (a) St Helena, (b) Tristan da Cunha and (c) the Ascension Islands in each of the last five years.
(154200)
159
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on branding the Department between 1997-98 and 2003-04, broken down by (a) consultancy fees, (b) design and orders for new stationery, (c) website design and (d) other material featuring new logos.
(154067)
160
Mr John McFall (Dumbarton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Iranian government on (a) cultural and (b) educational programmes.
(154094)
161
N
Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many visits by (a) UK and (b) foreign journalists to Basra have been facilitated by the Government in the last month; on which dates such visits took place; and which journalists were involved.
(153903)
162
Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will investigate the allegations of (a) genocide, (b) crimes against humanity and (c) war crimes against General Mohammed Hersi Morgan, whilst Governor of Hargeisa in 1988.
(154132)
163
Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will pursue at the United Nations the allegations of (a) genocide, (b) war crimes and (c) crimes against humanity in Hargeisa in 1988.
(154133)
164
Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will assist the Government of the Republic of Somaliland in pursuing those responsible for the alleged war crimes in Hargeisa in 1988.
(154135)
165
Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, who attended the Somali National Reconciliation Conference at the Safari Park Hotel outside Nairobi.
(154137)
166
Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost was to the UK Government of the Somali National Reconciliation Conference held at the Safari Park Hotel outside Nairobi.
(154138)
167
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what transitional arrangements for the free movement of workers from relevant states among the countries acceding to the European Union have been put in place by (a) Ireland, (b) Denmark, (c) Sweden, (d) Finland, (e) Germany, (f) Austria, (g) the Netherlands, (h) Belgium, (i) Luxembourg, (j) France, (k) Spain, (l) Portugal, (m) Italy and (n) Greece; what transitional arrangements EU partners have indicated they will put in place; and if he will make a statement.
(154171)
168
Ann Taylor (Dewsbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many overseas students applied for visas to study in the UK in the last year for which figures are available; and how many of those were renewals.
(154119)
169
Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Israeli Government concerning Israel's citizenship law.
(154195)
170
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to visit the Comoros Islands; and if he will make a statement.
(154083)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
171
N
Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients recorded as first contacts for chiropody services (a) had a foot condition that was cured within the year and (b) did not go on to receive foot care in the last year for which statistics are available.
(153800)
172
N
Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance is given to primary care trusts when considering the provision of chiropody services; and how compliance with such guidance is monitored.
(153801)
173
N
Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many chiropody patients were cured within a year of first being referred in the last year for which statistics are available.
(153802)
174
N
Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what responses the Government has received to its consultation on the abolition of the KT23 chiropody statistics; and when a decision will be announced.
(153838)
175
N
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for each (a) NHS region, (b) strategic health authority and (c) NHS trust the (i) monetary value of approvals to use capital for revenue purposes, (ii) the number of approvals and (iii) the total capital allocation for 2002-03.
(153933)
176
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the (a) cost and (b) work force implications of National Institute for Clinical Excellence clinical guidance for multiple sclerosis specialist services.
(154004)
177
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total funding for mental health services was in the NHS in England in each year since 1997.
(154005)
178
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many in-patient beds have been available in England for patients with (a) mental health conditions and (b) learning disabilities in each year since 1997, broken down by (i) NHS region and (ii) strategic health authority.
(154006)
179
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS trusts have gamma cameras; and what the date of their acquisition was in each case.
(154007)
180
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) organisations and (b) regulators are entitled to (i) inspect and (ii) regulate NHS hospital trusts in England.
(154009)
181
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 2nd February, Official Report, column 687W, on mental health, how many carer support workers are employed in the NHS.
(154010)
182
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what safeguards are in place to prevent foundation trust boards of governors being taken over by special interest groups.
(154011)
183
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reasons are for establishing a risk fund for foundation trust applicants implementing the new financial flows reforms.
(154098)
184
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much NHS land has been included on the register of surplus public sector land which can be sold off on the open market.
(154099)
185
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the total cost of his Department's policy to franchise the management of failing NHS trusts.
(154100)
186
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's policy is on franchising the management of failing NHS trusts.
(154141)
187
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, from which budget the funding for the risk fund for foundation trust applicants implementing the new financial flows reforms was transferred; and if he will make a statement.
(154142)
188
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy for the (a) height and (b) weight of (i) pre-school, (ii) infant school and (iii) junior school children to be monitored on a regular basis.
(154143)
189
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many teenagers were treated for sexually transmitted diseases in England in each of the last 10 years, broken down by (a) NHS region and (b) strategic health authority.
(154144)
190
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to public funds of the consultant contract.
(154145)
191
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether there will be a risk fund for all NHS trusts implementing the new financial flows reforms over the next five years.
(154146)
192
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons his Department did not roll out the Care Direct scheme.
(154147)
193
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects all consultants to have a job plan.
(154148)
194
Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, to whom his Department distributes expenditure on research and development; how many staff are employed as a result; and how many research establishments of (a) the Department and (b) its agencies there are in each region of England.
(154356)
195
Sue Doughty (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on his Department's strategy for diagnosis and management of allergies in the National Health Service; what guidance is issued to primary care staff on diagnosis and treatment options; what provision is made for access to allergy specialists; and what support and funding is provided for research into the (a) causes and (b) treatment of allergies.
(154225)
196
Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in the procurement of a replacement radio system for the ambulance service; when he anticipates the contract will be awarded; and when he expects the new system to be in operation.
(154346)
197
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the take-up rates for influenza vaccine were at 1st January (a) in England and (b) broken down by (i) primary care trust and (ii) strategic health authority.
(154353)
198
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS trusts have developed integrated care pathways for stroke patients.
(153142)
199
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many stroke units have speech therapists working in that unit; and what proportion of their time was spent there in the last period for which figures are available.
(153143)
200
Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he last met his counterparts from the Welsh Assembly and Scottish Parliament in the joint consultative forum.
(154090)
201
N
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the NHS of prescribing (a) anti-depressant drugs and (b) Ritalin was for each year since 1985-86; what his estimate is of the cost for 2003-04; and if he will make a statement.
(153017)
202
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department and its predecessors spent on branding the Department between 1997-98 and 2003-04, broken down by (a) consultancy fees, (b) design and orders for new stationery, (c) website design and (d) other material featuring new logos.
(154071)
203
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the (a) hospitals, (b) doctors' surgeries and (c) other NHS clinics which have been closed since 1997.
(154401)
204
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many school nurse whole-time equivalents are employed in each of the primary care trusts in Sussex; and what their responsibilities are.
(154404)
205
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of the crisis resolution teams which are operational are open 24 hours per day, seven days per week.
(154405)
206
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which professionals make up an assertive outreach team.
(154406)
207
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of the assertive outreach teams which are operational are multi-disciplinary.
(154407)
208
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of the assertive outreach teams are operational 24 hours per day, seven days per week.
(154408)
209
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list which trusts depend on home treatment teams for additional cover to their assertive outreach teams.
(154409)
210
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons no more than 27 early intervention teams have been established.
(154410)
211
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many early intervention teams the National Service Framework for Mental Health recommends establishing.
(154423)
212
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the full complement of (a) early intervention, (b) assertive outreach and (c) crisis resolution teams to be established, as set out in the National Service Framework for Mental Health.
(154424)
213
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many trusts offer women-only mental health day care facilities in England.
(154425)
214
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the susceptibility of different (a) gender and (b) age groups to pulmonary hypertension.
(154296)
215
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the recent increase in the number of patients with pulmonary hypertension.
(154297)
216
N
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many UK drug addicts are on (a) subutex maintenance, (b) methadone maintenance and (c) naltraxone.
(153981)
217
N
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the use of subutex in drugs treatment.
(153982)
218
N
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the success rates in (a) France and (b) Sweden in treating heroin addiction; and what the success rate is in the UK.
(153988)
219
N
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of methadone prescriptions under the average dosage recommended by the National Treatment Agency which were issued in the last year for which figures are available.
(153989)
220
N
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the waiting list is for general practitioner training in substance misuse treatment.
(153990)
221
N
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) plans he has made and (b) resources he has assigned for the treatment of migrants from EU accession states from 1st May.
(153798)
222
N
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the likely impact on the NHS of migration from EU accession states.
(153799)
223
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the impact of availability of care home places in London and the South on the well-being of elderly people.
(153998)
224
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the support structures in place to promote the well-being of the rural elderly.
(153999)
225
Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what capital allocation has been made available in 2003-04 for the development of renal services in (a) Merseyside and (b) Cheshire.
(154298)
226
Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding is available in 2003-04 to the local health authorities in (a) Merseyside and (b) Cheshire for the development of renal services.
(154299)
227
Mrs Barbara Roche (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to achieve the Government's targets of (a) ending child poverty by 2020, (b) halving it by 2010 and (c) reducing it by a quarter by 2004-05; and if he will make a statement.
(154367)
228
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what standards on (a) furniture and (b) accessories the Government sets for those caring for mental health patients in an effort to reduce the risk of suicide; and whose responsibility it is to ensure that these standards are met.
(154416)
229
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the Government's policy is on reducing the risks of suicide in mental health hospitals.
(154417)
230
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in mental health institutions died in each of the last five years through (a) hanging, (b) hanging with the use of a non-collapsible curtain track and (c) hanging with the use of a collapsible curtain track.
(154418)
231
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, to what (a) precedent cases and (b) expert knowledge (i) the Government and (ii) relevant bodies refer when seeking to reduce the risks of suicide in mental health hospitals.
(154419)
232
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the links between suicide in mental health institutions and high drug abuse and dependency rates.
(154420)
233
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what standards are applied to the building of mental health institutions in order to lower the risk of patient suicides.
(154421)
234
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on anti-ligature policies for standard NHS environments.
(154422)
235
N
Mrs Gillian Shephard (South West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what role is envisaged for school nurses arising from proposals for improved child protection in the Children Green Paper.
(153898)
236
N
Mrs Gillian Shephard (South West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what part in community nursing teams is played by school nurses.
(153899)
237
N
Mrs Gillian Shephard (South West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are employed in England as school nurses.
(153900)
238
Mr Neil Turner (Wigan):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which constituencies in England are covered (a) in whole and (b) in part by each of the primary care trusts in England.
(154139)
239
Mr Neil Turner (Wigan):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the ratio is of general practitioners per 1,000 population in each English primary care trust.
(154140)
240
N
Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the progess in the negotiations with Mercury Healthcare for the setting up of a new treatment centre at Ashford Hospital, Middlesex.
(153276)
241
N
Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to centralise the holding of patients' records; and if he will make a statement.
(153629)
242
N
Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce fines for patients who miss hospital appointments; and if he will make a statement.
(153630)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
243
N
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 3rd February to the honourable Member for Southend West, Official Report, column 615, how much money was raised in fines from (a) speed cameras and (b) speed traps in each year since their inception in (i) Southend West and (ii) Southend.
(153473)
244
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been released on the home detention curfew scheme.
(154320)
245
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many girls aged (a) 15, (b) 16 and (c) 17 years were held in prisons in England and Wales in each of the last five years; in which establishments they were held; and whether there are girls of these ages in prison now.
(154217)
246
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many pregnant women there are in prison; how many there were in each of the last five years; what policies the Prison Service has in place for the care and treatment of pregnant women; and whether these policies cover (a) dietary requirements, (b) access to showers and (c) requirements for the safe and respectful transfer of pregnant prisoners.
(154218)
247
Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to whom his Department distributes expenditure on research and development; how many staff are employed as a result; and how many research establishments (a) the Department and (b) its agencies have in England and Wales.
(154361)
248
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will break down, by occupation, work permits awarded in each year since 1997.
(154150)
249
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the content of the advertising campaign his Department commissioned from the International Organisation for Migration regarding immigration from the Czech Republic to Britain.
(154151)
250
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has paid to the International Organisation for Migration to launch an advertising campaign in the Czech Republic regarding migration to Britain; and if he will make a statement.
(154152)
251
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons his Department asked the International Organisation for Migration to launch an advertising campaign in the Czech Republic; and whether such campaigns have been considered for other countries joining the European Union on 1st May.
(154153)
252
Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects the Airwave service to be fully operational within Gwent police force.
(154349)
253
Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Airwave service will be available on a national basis.
(154350)
254
Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what he expects the operational benefits to the police of the investment in the Airwave services will be; and if he will make a statement.
(154351)
255
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of pirate (a) videos and (b) DVDs sold at (i) car-boot sales, (ii) record fairs, (iii) markets, (iv) online auctions and (v) other premises since 1st January 2003; what the titles of the videos and DVDs were; and if he will make a statement.
(154128)
256
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many volunteers working in athletics have (a) applied for and (b) been approved by Criminal Record Bureau checks in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(154129)
257
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which agency handled the 2004 advertisement campaign to reiterate that cannabis is an illegal drug.
(153983)
258
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the schedule of advertising was for the 2004 cannabis advertising campaign; and what the full cost of the campaign was, broken down by media outlet.
(153984)
259
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who is carrying out the survey to identify suitable sites for new, large prisons; and what the terms and conditions of the survey are.
(153985)
260
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the sites available in (a) London, (b) the South East, (c) the West Midlands, (d) the North West and (e) Wales where new large prisons could be located.
(153986)
261
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) arrests have been made, (b) convictions have been obtained and (c) cautions have been issued in each police force area in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available for offences relating to (i) possession of and (ii) dealing in (A) Class A, (B) Class B and (C) Class C drugs.
(153987)
262
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners escaped from prisons in each of the past six years, broken down by (a) date, (b) category of offender and (c) prison; and on what date each was recaptured.
(154121)
263
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the recommendation in the House of Lords report on Animals in Scientific Procedures for a Centre for the 3Rs, with particular regard to its projected (a) terms of reference and (b) budget.
(154277)
264
Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he last met members of the representative bodies for shooting to discuss the future of the Firearms Consultative Committee.
(154084)
265
Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he last met representatives of the police to discuss the future of the Firearms Consultative Committee.
(154085)
266
Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which members of the Firearms Consultative Committee have met Home Office Ministers to discuss the Committee and its future; and when.
(154086)
267
Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what reasons underlay his decision not to consult representatives of shooting associations on the dissolution of the Firearms Consultative Committee.
(154087)
268
Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what correspondence Home Office Ministers have (a) received from and (b) sent to members of the Firearms Consultative Committee during (i) 2003 and (ii) 2004.
(154088)
269
Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to his Department was of convening meetings of the Firearms Consultative Committee since its inception.
(154089)
270
Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list (a) recommendations made by the Firearms Consultative Committee and (b) actions taken by his Department in response to its recommendations.
(154091)
271
Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which consultations he undertook with stakeholders before the decision was taken to dissolve the Firearms Consultative Committee.
(154092)
272
Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the most recent members of the Firearms Consultative Committee, indicating the companies or organisations they work for.
(154093)
273
Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to announce the appointment of successor committees to the Firearms Consultative Committee.
(154131)
274
Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 6th January from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Raymond McGinty.
(154062)
275
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department spent on branding the Department between 1997-98 and 2003-04, broken down by (a) consultancy fees, (b) design and orders for new stationery, (c) website design and (d) other material featuring new logos.
(154064)
276
Tom Levitt (High Peak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what offences arrests can be carried out only by a police officer in uniform; and what the reason is for this condition.
(154003)
277
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the reliability of electronic evidence.
(154018)
278
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to introduce electronic evidence sealing technology into (a) investigation of relevant crimes and (b) his Department's electronic communications.
(154019)
279
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of systems for the sealing of electronic evidence; and what trials have taken place.
(154020)
280
Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there is a warrant for the arrest of Colonel Abdullahi Yusuf, the ruler of Puntland, Somalia.
(154134)
281
Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there is a warrant for the arrest of General Mohammed Hersi Morgan, of Somalia, the former Governor of Hargeisa.
(154136)
282
Mrs Barbara Roche (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to achieve the Government's targets of (a) ending child poverty by 2020, (b) halving it by 2010 and (c) reducing it by a quarter by 2004-05; and if he will make a statement.
(154385)
283
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the percentage change in (a) domestic burglary, (b) juvenile anti-social behaviour, (c) arrests for violent crime, (d) incidents of violent crime, (e) road traffic collision involving fatality or serious injury, (f) domestic burglary per 1,000 households, (g) robberies per 1,000 population and (h) vehicle crimes per 1,000 population was between 2001-02 and 2002-03 for (i) each division of the North Wales Police and (ii) each local authority in North Wales.
(154295)
284
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the crime and disorder partnerships in England and Wales that (a) have and (b) have not had a full inspection; and if he will make a statement.
(154301)
285
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the (a) police authorities and (b) local authorities that have not incorporated section 17 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998; and what measures are open to members of the public if they feel that their local police authority or local authority is failing to implement section 17.
(154302)
286
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the 10 local authorities that have most successfully implemented section 17 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998; and what measures he has taken to spread best practice.
(154303)
287
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the incidence of (a) domestic violence and (b) hate crimes was for each local authority area in North Wales in each of the last 10 years.
(154304)
288
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list (a) the Home Office funding streams available to crime and disorder parnerships in North Wales and (b) the funding stream that have been accessed by each local authority, giving the amounts each local authority has been allocated.
(154305)
289
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) anti-social behaviour orders, (b) acceptable behaviour contracts, (c) child curfew orders and (d) injunctions have been issued in the County of Denbighshire in each year since 1998.
(154313)
290
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the crime and disorder steering groups that include honourable Members; and if he will make a statement on the involvement of honourable Members on crime and disorder groups.
(154314)
291
Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what regulations govern the use of special cells for young offenders; and if he will make a statement.
(154201)
292
Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many young offenders have been kept in solitary confinement for over (a) a day, (b) two days, (c) three days, (d) four days, (e) five days, (f) six days and (g) a week in each of the last five years.
(154202)
293
Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the longest period of time that a young offender has been in solitary confinement is since 1997.
(154203)
294
Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many young offenders from Wales were placed in special cells at youth prisons in each of the last five years.
(154204)
295
N
Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when HMP Bronzefield will open.
(153275)
296
Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter, reference: PO 17891/3, from the Member for Spelthorne, dated 22nd December 2003, regarding Mr and Mrs H. Doba, Home Office reference: D 1006253; and if he will make a statement.
(154197)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
297
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department spent on branding the Department between 1997-98 and 2003-04, broken down by (a) consultancy fees, (b) design and orders for new stationery, (c) website design and (d) other material featuring new logos.
(154078)
298
Mr John Randall (Uxbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what activities his Department has planned to mark the beginning of the UN's decade of Education for Sustainable Development in 2005.
(154032)
299
Mr John Randall (Uxbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what resources his Department has allocated to support the UN's decade of Education for Sustainable Development.
(154033)
300
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of his Department's funding was paid to (a) governments and (b) non-governmental organisations in each year since 1997.
(154250)
301
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much of the Overseas Development Administration's funding was paid to (a) governments and (b) non-governmental organisations in each year between 1974 and 1997.
(154251)
302
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his Department's total annual budget was in each year since 1997.
(154264)
303
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the Overseas Development Administration's total annual budget was in each year between 1974 and 1997.
(154265)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
304
Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what (a) data and (b) methodology were used to produce the statistical tables which appear in the Costello Report.
(154125)
305
Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has received an application from Belfast City Airport to review the present operational planning agreement.
(154126)
306
Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent meetings he has held with (a) the Secretary of State for Education and (b) representatives from universities to discuss the implications of the Higher Education Bill for Northern Ireland's universities and students; and if he will make a statement.
(154127)
307
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding has been provided from (a) central government funds, (b) European funds and (c) other public funds to (i) football, (ii) rugby, (iii) hockey, (iv) cricket and (v) Gaelic games in Northern Ireland in each financial year since 2000-01.
(154154)
308
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what action he is taking to reduce the number of patients who wait on a trolley longer than two hours for a hospital bed once they have been admitted to hospital.
(154155)
309
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what action was taken in Northern Ireland to support the United Kingdom theme for the European Year of Disabled People to promote rights and participation.
(154156)
310
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many projects in Northern Ireland received funding to promote participation by disabled people in the workplace in each year since 1997.
(154157)
311
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which Education and Library Boards in Northern Ireland have taken steps to manage asbestos by (a) undertaking a survey of all premises, (b) compiling a register indicating where asbestos is present and (c) preparing a plan for managing any associated risks.
(154158)
312
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) schools and (b) premises used by school children are assessed as properties with a (i) low, (ii) medium and (iii) high risk of asbestos having been used.
(154159)
313
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures are in place to train maintenance staff in the (a) management, (b) surveying and (c) sampling of asbestos in Education and Library Boards in Northern Ireland.
(154160)
314
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what work each Education and Library Board in Northern Ireland has carried out to inform schools in their area of procedures to safeguard children, staff and members of the public in relation to asbestos in schools and other board properties.
(154161)
315
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many asbestos leaks occurred in buildings owned by each of the Education and Library Boards in Northern Ireland in each year since records were kept; and where these leaks occurred.
(154162)
316
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average length of time taken to replace pension books when they expired was in Northern Ireland in the last year for which figures are available.
(154411)
317
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many pension books were issued in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
(154412)
318
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the impact of the introduction of automated credit transfer for payment of pensions in Northern Ireland.
(154413)
319
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Education and Library Boards in Northern Ireland have in place (a) an Asbestos Register and (b) an Asbestos Management Plan.
(154414)
320
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he has taken to ensure that there is a recognised procedure in place to minimise the risk of exposure to asbestos in (a) schools and (b) premises used by schoolchildren in Northern Ireland.
(154415)
321
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department and its predecessors spent on branding the Department between 1997-98 and 2003-04, broken down by (a) counsultancy fees, (b) design and orders for new stationery, (c) website design and (d) other material featuring new logos.
(154072)
Questions to the Prime Minister
322
Mr William Cash (Stone):To ask the Prime Minister, whether he intends Lord Butler's Committee to report on differences between (a) the intelligence gathered, evaluated and used by the Government before the conflict and (b) the intelligence and what has been discovered by the Iraq Survey Group since the end of the conflict.
(154214)
323
N
Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library a copy of his letter dated 19th March 2003 to Mr Greg Dyke in his capacity as Director General of the BBC.
(153478)
324
N
Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the telephone calls made by Mr Alastair Campbell to members of BBC staff between 12th March 2003 and 14th April 2003.
(153479)
325
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd February of the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Official Report, column 713W, on what dates (a) the then Cabinet Secretary reported that he had been approached by IBM UK to join its advisory board, (b) the then Cabinet Secretary sought the Prime Minister's permission to take up the appointment and (c) the Prime Minister gave his approval for the appointment to be taken up; and what the conditions were on that approval.
(154362)
326
Andy King (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Prime Minister, how many FTSE 350 companies have (a) made representations to him regarding his challenge of October 2000 to produce reports on their social and environmental impacts and (b) published such reports.
(154274)
327
Andy King (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will restate his challenge of October 2000 that all the FTSE 350 companies should publish annual environmental reports by the end of 2005.
(154275)
328
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Prime Minister, whether (a) the Secretary of State for Defence and (b) other ministers informed him (i) orally and (ii) in writing that they believed the weapons of mass destruction which could be deployed within 45 minutes were battlefield weapons.
(154082)
329
Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his oral Answer of 4th February, Official Report, column 772, when he indicated when it had come to his attention that the 45 minute assertion related to battlefield mortar shells or small calibre weaponry.
(154017)
330
N
Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Prime Minister, what efforts have been made to identify the three additional sources of information within the wider intelligence community mentioned by Mr Andrew Gilligan in his evidence to the Hutton Inquiry.
(153901)
331
N
Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Prime Minister, which honourable and Right honourable Members were (a) asked by him to comment on a draft version of the September dossier, (b) given a briefing by Sir John Scarlett in advance of publication and (c) given an advance copy pre-publication.
(153902)
332
N
Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Prime Minister, whether a complete list of those who were asked to comment on draft versions of the 24th September dossier on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction was provided to members of the Intelligence and Security Committee for the purpose of its inquiry published in September 2003 on weapons of mass destruction and intelligence assessment.
(153931)
333
Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Prime Minister, whether he was informed of the e-mail by Mr Jonathan Powell, published on page 657 of Lord Hutton's Report, on the evidence of an imminent threat from Iraq contained in the Draft Iraq Weapons of Mass Destruction Dossier, dated 17th September 2002, before he authorised the publication of the final version of the dossier.
(153996)
334
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Prime Minister, when he last spoke with the United States (a) President and (b) Secretary of State.
(154081)
335
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Prime Minister, what recent discussions he has had with the EU accession countries on the expected number of migrants coming to the UK after enlargement.
(154223)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
336
N
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd February, Official Report, column 757W, on the whisky industry, what previous meetings he has had with representatives of the Scottish whisky industry; and what representations he has made to the Treasury on the impact of introducing a tax strip for the sector.
(153934)
337
N
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many copies of the leaflet, What the Pre-Budget Report means for Scotland, have been produced; and what the costs of (a) producing and (b) distributing the document were.
(153991)
338
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department and its predecessors spent on branding the Department between 1997-98 and 2003-04, broken down by (a) consultancy fees, (b) design and orders for new stationery, (c) website design and (d) other material featuring new logos.
(154070)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
339
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the (a) levels and (b) cost of regulations imposed on business by her Department since 1997.
(154323)
340
N
Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many people were employed by the Export Credit Guarantee Department in each year from 1996 to 2003.
(153935)
341
John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 3rd February, Official Report, column 781W, on wage levels, how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful prosecutions have been brought against employers found not to be complying with the national minimum wage in each year since the introduction of the national minimum wage.
(154008)
342
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of man hours involved in the construction of offshore oil and gas facilities destined for UK waters are required by her Department to be based in the UK.
(154267)
343
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what regulatory regime governs the UK labour content of the construction of facilities for the oil and gas industries based on the UK continental shelf.
(154268)
344
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what arrangements are in place to enforce the provisions of the EU Social Chapter throughout the supply chain in construction projects for Britain's offshore oil and gas industries; and what the relationship is between these obligations and her Department's licensing regime.
(154269)
345
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations she has made to the European Commission concerning fair competition in the supply of installations for the gas and oil industry on the UK continental shelf.
(154271)
346
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps the (a) Government and (b) European Commission are taking to prevent improper support payments to contractors and sub-contractors by (a) governments and (b) government agencies competing for construction work in Britain's offshore gas and oil industries.
(154272)
347
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the principal conditions attached to the licence issued by her Department to Encana to develop the Buzzard field in the North Sea were.
(154273)
348
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what arrangements are in place to enforce European Union health and safety at work standards at each stage of the construction and installation process in projects for Britain's offshore oil and gas industries; and what the relationship is between health and safety legislation and her Department's licensing regime.
(154284)
349
N
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list (a) arms export licences granted and (b) products exported under such licences to (i) Jamaica, (ii) Morocco, (iii) Nepal, (iv) Russia and (v) Indonesia in (A) 2003 and (B) 2004; and if she will make a statement.
(151907)
350
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) children and (b) elderly people are living in fuel poor households in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
(154165)
351
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she will announce the minimum payment under the Miners' Compensation Fund; and if she will make a statement.
(154266)
352
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) call centres and (b) call centre jobs there are in (i) the North West and (ii) Lancashire.
(154315)
353
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how her Department assists North West businesses to export.
(154338)
354
Andy King (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she intends to publish the draft regulations for the forthcoming Operating and Financial Review; and what technical improvements have been recommended to her Department for the Review.
(154270)
355
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much her Department spent on branding the Department between 1997-98 and 2003-04, broken down by (a) counsultancy fees, (b) design and orders for new stationery, (c) website design and (d) other material featuring new logos.
(154075)
356
Mr John McFall (Dumbarton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has had with her European counterparts on corporate social responsibility issues.
(154096)
357
Mr John McFall (Dumbarton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has had with industry representatives on corporate social responsibility issues.
(154097)
358
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how the (a) Office of Fair Trading and (b) her Department will assess acquisition strategies in the convenience sector of the grocery market.
(154261)
359
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the impact on the consumer of dominance by large chains of the mainstream grocery market.
(154262)
360
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to increase (a) fair competition for retailers and (b) choice for consumers in the convenience sector of the grocery market.
(154263)
361
N
Mr Kerry Pollard (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of trends in the amount of time businesses spend on dealing with regulation; and if she will make a statement.
(153774)
362
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether she has made requests to the Board of National Grid Transco to permit her to disclose the findings of the Engineering Inspectorate's investigation into the cause of the power cuts in London and the West Midlands last August; and if she will make a statement.
(154213)
363
Mrs Barbara Roche (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps her Department is taking to achieve the Government's targets of (a) ending child poverty by 2020, (b) halving it by 2010 and (c) reducing it by a quarter by 2004-05; and if she will make a statement.
(154366)
364
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether she has met representatives from the UN Global Compact to discuss the global future of Corporate Social Responsibility.
(154247)
365
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what consultations she has recently held with business leaders to identify priorities for action in Corporate Social Responsibility; what her priorities for action in CSR are; and what incentives she will provide to businesses to encourage them to comply with her Department's CSR guidelines.
(154248)
366
Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the contract for the consultation paper on proposals for intermediate level radioactive waste substitution, published in January 2004, was put out to competitive tender; how NAC International Consultancy was chosen to prepare the document; who the other bidders were; and what account was taken of NAC International's existing contracts with BNFL in making the selection.
(154206)
367
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what policies she is pursuing to encourage a shift towards low carbon technologies.
(154219)
368
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to amend the Government's UK emissions targets for carbon dioxide; and if she will make a statement.
(154221)
369
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations she has received from (a) business and (b) industry representatives on the Government's Climate Change Programme, with particular reference to the viability of the emissions targets for (i) 2010 and (ii) 2020.
(154227)
370
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the level of bilateral trade between Britain and the Comoros Islands was in the last year for which figures are available; and what steps are being taken to establish a diplomatic presence on the Comoros Islands.
(154220)
371
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the means by which community broadband networks can access advice and financial support from her Department for their campaigns.
(154120)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
372
N
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) serious injuries and (b) fatalities caused by road accidents have occurred in (a) Southend and (b) Southend West in each of the last 20 years.
(153477)
373
John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 19th January, Official Report, column 1006W, on Edinburgh Airport, if he will place in the Library a list of addresses for the 33 households.
(154168)
374
Jim Dowd (Lewisham West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what powers there are to permit the installation of collapsible plates to enforce one-way traffic on public highways.
(154172)
375
N
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to stop the system of public transport concessions for pensioners being based on postcode.
(153621)
376
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles he estimates are powered by (a) liquefied petroleum gas, (b) compressed natural gas, (c) petrol and (d) diesel, broken down by (i) cars, (ii) buses, (iii) coaches and (iv) trucks in (A) the UK, (B) the North West, (C) Lancashire and (D) Chorley.
(154318)
377
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department and its predecessors spent on branding the Department between 1997-98 and 2003-04, broken down by (a) counsultancy fees, (b) design and orders for new stationery, (c) website design and (d) other material featuring new logos.
(154069)
378
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much money raised in fines from speed cameras during the last year for which records are available was spent in (a) West Sussex and (b) the East Worthing and Shoreham constituency.
(154400)
379
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the average additional cost to car insurance premiums resulting from damage from uninsured vehicles involved in accidents.
(154101)
380
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of the effect of the availability of transport on the well-being of elderly people.
(153997)
381
Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough & Whitby):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement about the role of independent economic regulation in the rail industry.
(154173)
382
Mrs Barbara Roche (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to achieve the Government's targets of (a) ending child poverty by 2020, (b) halving it by 2010 and (c) reducing it by a quarter by 2004-05; and if he will make a statement.
(154365)
383
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what safety inspections are undertaken on aircraft flying from the UK which are owned by airlines that are banned on safety grounds from landing in certain other European countries.
(154216)
384
N
Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what action the Civil Aviation Authority intends to take about official under-reporting of oil fume exposures by aircrews.
(153410)
385
N
Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps (a) his Department and (b) the Civil Aviation Authority have taken to ensure that (i) aircrews and (ii) passengers are fully aware of the need to seek appropriate medical advice and assistance to avoid long term ill health following cabin fume incidents.
(153411)
386
N
Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what implications for the air services at publicly owned airports in the UK he has identified in the decision of the European Commission in the case affecting Ryanair; and if he will make a statement.
(153412)
387
N
Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research the Civil Aviation Authority has undertaken on the chronic low dose effects of repeat inhalation by aircrews of organophosphates and other substances leaking from engine oil into aircraft air supplies.
(153413)
388
N
Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the Civil Aviation Authority has details of all (a) defect reports, (b) air safety reports and (c) mandatory occurrence reporting reports during 2003 regarding fume, smoke or oil leak incidents relating to the (i) BAE 146 and (ii) Boeing 757 aircraft.
(153414)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
389
Donald Anderson (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the most recent figure is for sums paid for compensation in (a) final and (b) interim settlements to sick miners in Wales, their widows or families for vibration white finger and respiratory deceases.
(154308)
390
Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether he has planned discussions with the First Minister of the National Assembly with regard to hastening progress towards the implementation of the Dee Cockle Regulation Order.
(154149)
391
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department and its predecessors spent on branding the Department between 1997-98 and 2003-04, broken down by (a) consultancy fees, (b) design and orders for new stationery, (c) website design and (d) other material featuring new logos.
(154077)
392
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many staff in his Department have been (a) suspended, (b) dismissed, (c) prosecuted and (d) convicted for involvement in benefit fraud in each of the last six years; and what the amounts involved in each of the cases listed were.
(154372)
Questions to the Minister for Women
393
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister for Women, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of IVF treatment in the UK; and what the criteria are for IVF treatment on the NHS.
(154324)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
394
N
Tony Cunningham (Workington):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on progress in moving manual pension payments to direct payment, with particular reference to Post Office accounts.
(153631)
395
N
Annabelle Ewing (Perth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will respond to the Citizens Advice Scotland Report, Riding the Benefits Rollercoaster; and if he will make a statement.
(153797)
396
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what changes to the social security and benefit system will be made to take account of the free movement of workers and dependants from the EU accession states from 1st May.
(154095)
397
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department and its predecessors spent on branding the Department between 1997-98 and 2003-04, broken down by (a) consultancy fees, (b) design and orders for new stationery, (c) website design and (d) other material featuring new logos.
(154074)
398
Tom Levitt (High Peak):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps against internet sites which exist to help people reduce or avoid their obligations to the Child Support Agency.
(154002)
399
Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will provide additional assistance to those families on low incomes who receive a Social Fund (a) grant and (b) loan where the amount awarded is insufficient to cover basic household goods.
(154205)
400
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, to which benefits dependent children of citizens of the EU accession states resident in the UK will be entitled after 1st May.
(154031)
401
N
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to enhance the security of files in departmental file stores.
(153188)
402
Mrs Barbara Roche (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to achieve the Government's targets of (a) ending child poverty by 2020, (b) halving it by 2010 and (c) reducing it by a quarter by 2004-05; and if he will make a statement.
(154364)
403
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) representations he has received and (b) assessment he has made of the (i) human rights implications and (ii) possible grounds for legal complaint arising from the unequal Child Support Agency assessments made between clients prior to and after April 2002.
(154215)
404
Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the claims of widowers bereaved before 9th April 2001 for equal access to benefits; and if he will make a statement.
(154240)
405
Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what resources are made available to New Deal advisers to provide practical advice to members of the public on the New Deal programme who are not graduates, who wish to acquire additional skills to pursue careers which require graduate level entry.
(154341)
406
Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what procedures are followed to ensure that training programmes and allied support within the New Deal are tailored to an individual's requirements.
(154342)
407
Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to ensure that individuals are not placed on New Deal training courses which provide guidance and advice on skills the person has already acquired.
(154343)
408
N
Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what additional resources he will offer to resolve the ongoing problems in the housing benefit department at Swale Borough Council.
(153728)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills
409
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions he intends to have with other EU governments on putting in place the machinery for recovery from their country of fees and loans made to students at British universities through (a) the tax system of their country of origin and (b) the tax system of other countries in which they work.
[Transferred] (154242)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
410
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, following the granting of leave by the High Court for a case against the Food Supplements Directive to be taken to the European Court of Justice, if he will press the Commission to attempt to achieve a political agreement that the European Food Safety Authority will only set maximum limits for permitted levels of nutrients in supplements on grounds of safety.
[Transferred] (154109)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
411
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money was raised in fines from speed cameras in the Humberside area in the last three years.
[Transferred] (154167)
412
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money was raised in fines from speed cameras in the last year for which records are available in (a) West Sussex and (b) the East Worthing and Shoreham constituency.
[Transferred] (154399)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
413
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost to public funds of setting up devolved government in Northern Ireland was.
[Transferred] (154398)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
414
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the cost was to public funds of setting up devolved government in Scotland, excluding the cost of building the new parliament building in Edinburgh.
[Transferred] (154396)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
415
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to (a) re-examine and (b) change the renewables obligation on electricity suppliers; and if she will make a statement.
[Transferred] (154231)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
416
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will fund off-peak travel for all pensioners in England.
[Transferred] (154291)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
417
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the cost to public funds of setting up devolved government in Wales was.
[Transferred] (154397)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
418
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of pensioners were eligible for council tax benefit in each year since 2000 in (a) the North West, (b) Lancashire and (c) Chorley.
[Transferred] (154224)

 
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