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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 10 February 2004
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 10 February 2004
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 10 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 Tuesday 10 February of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 10 February see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
N | Mr Tony Banks (West Ham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many prosecutions have resulted from seizures of ivory and ivory products in each of the last five years. | | (153055) | 2
N | Mr Tony Banks (West Ham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what disposal methods have been used for ivory tusks and products seized by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise since 1999. | | (153056) | 3
N | Mr Tony Banks (West Ham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 29th January, Official Report, column 496W, on ivory, what type of ivory products were seized; and what information he has collated on the country of origin in each case. | | (153093) | 4
N | Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge & Chryston):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what quantities of Atrazine have been imported through each British port in the last 12 months. | | (153909) | Questions to the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs 5
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many meetings he has had with Peers to discuss reforming the House of Lords. | | (154428) | 6
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if he will make a statement on progress with the review of the Queen's Counsel system. | | (154498) | 7
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if he will list the 10 barristers who have received the highest fees for (a) civil and (b) criminal work from the Community Legal Service, broken down by (i) amount received, (ii) number of cases, (iii) Queen's Counsel and (iv) junior counsel; and if he will make a statement. | | (154499) | 8
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, for what reason individual trustees have to disclose their date of birth when making the annual return to the Charity Commission. | | (154374) | 9
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many complaints he has received in the last 12 months from members of the (a) legal profession and (b) public concerning the competence of named judges; and if he will make a statement. | | (154502) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 10
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the rationale was for the decision not to abolish the maximum stake for lotteries. | | (153018) | 11
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to bring the regulation of prize competitions into line with that of society lotteries. | | (153019) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 12
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the outcome was of the investigation into the deaths of the six Royal Military Police soldiers killed in Iraq on 24th June 2003; what documents relating to the case have so far been made public; whether he plans to make public the relevant communications log; and if he will make a statement. | | (154451) | 13
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reports he has received about the case of former NATO employee Jan Willem Matser convicted of forgery and fraud in the Netherlands; what discussions he has had with the NATO Secretary General on the implications of the case; and if he will make a statement. | | (154454) | 14
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK representatives there are on the Iraq Survey Group; how many there have been in total since the Group was established; what the cost to date has been of UK representation; and what estimate he has made of the total cost of UK participation in the Group. | | (154455) | 15
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what sales of surplus equipment have been approved in the last 12 months, broken down by (a) equipment type, (b) country to which it was sold and (c) value ; what further equipment is being considered for sale to other countries; and if he will make a statement. | | (154456) | 16
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 29th January to the honourable Member for North Cornwall, Official Report, column 505W, on Sea King helicopters, what other helicopters were operating in the area. | | (154491) | 17
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 29th January to the honourable Member for North Cornwall, Official Report, column 505W, on Sea King helicopters, how many sorties each helicopter had completed before the accident; and whether they had reported difficulty with (a) flying conditions, (b) restricted vision, (c) restricted flight path and (d) malfunction of equipment. | | (154492) | 18
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 29th January to the honourable Member for North Cornwall, Official Report, column 505W, on Sea King helicopters, what experience the crews of the two helicopters had had of flying in these conditions in respect of (a) use of radar, (b) use of radio, (c) lighting, (d) restricted vision and (e) restricted flight path. | | (154493) | 19
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 29th January to the honourable Member for North Cornwall, Official Report, column 505W, on Sea King helicopters, what assessment he has made of whether senior officers are satisfied that there was no malfunction of equipment during the exercise. | | (154494) | 20
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 29th January to the honourable Member for North Cornwall, Official Report, column 505W, on Sea King helicopters, whether both Sea Kings had been permitted radio contact with (a) each other and (b) HMS Ark Royal throughout the exercise. | | (154495) | 21
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 29th January to the honourable Member for North Cornwall, Official Report, column 505W, on Sea King helicopters, whether the crews of each helicopter had a radar surveillance and advice warning from Mission Control on board HMS Ark Royal. | | (154496) | 22
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 29th January to the honourable Member for North Cornwall, Official Report, column 505W, on Sea King helicopters, whether the crews of each helicopter had radio communications with Mission Control on board HMS Ark Royal. | | (154497) | 23
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 29th January to the honourable Member for North Cornwall, Official Report, column 505W, on Sea King helicopters, what (a) lights and (b) equipment were not permitted for use on this occasion that are permitted in normal night-time flying conditions. | | (154500) | 24
N | Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy was in March 2003 on whether use by Iraq of battlefield chemical and biological weapons would generate the very serious consequences to which he referred in debate on 26th March 2003, Official Report, column 302. | | (154325) | 25
N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date he was informed that the 45 minutes claim related to battlefield weapons. | | (154102) | 26
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the United Kingdom has spent on all aspects of ballistic missile defence in each year since 1997. | | (154103) | 27
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the planned decommissioning dates are for (a) HMS Vanguard, (b) HMS Victorious, (c) HMS Vigilant and (d) HMS Vengeance. | | (154104) | 28
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) maximum and (b) planned lifespans are for the UK Trident missile system. | | (154105) | 29
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what has been the cost, in real terms, of the Trident submarine fleet, including missiles and warheads, for each year since its initial deployment; and what the overall cost was of acquiring (a) the submarines and (b) the missiles and warheads. | | (154106) | 30
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to make a decision on replacing the strategic nuclear deterrent with a new system; and what the latest date is by which this decision must be made. | | (154107) | 31
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the second tranche of Typhoon fast jets will be ordered. | | (154501) | 32
N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date he first became aware to which Iraqi weapons the 45-minutes claim in the Iraq's weapons of mass destruction dossier applied. | | (154180) | 33
N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the incidents for which boards of inquiry have been initiated since the commencement of military operations in Iraq; and which such boards have reported. | | (154038) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 34
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what action his Department has taken to ensure that all social sector homes have (a) adequate loft and cavity wall insulation, (b) an efficient heating system and (c) a minimum energy efficiency rating. | | (153278) | 35
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what studies his Department has commissioned into the standards of (a) insulation and (b) heating systems in social sector housing. | | (153279) | 36
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the adequacy of the decent homes standard set for social housing. | | (153280) | 37
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will rank each county council and unitary authority according to the per capita level per authority, listing the grant amount in each case. | | (154377) | 38
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether, after 1st May, citizens of the EU accession states (a) without dependent children and (b) with dependent children will be entitled to council housing provision in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (154040) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 39
| Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what changes will be made to the sources of funding for environmental education in schools when the landfill tax credit scheme is amended. | | (154460) | 40
N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 5th February, Official Report, columns 1032-3W, on student loans, what proportion of graduates the model assumed would have debts on graduation due to (a) maintenance loans, (b) fee loans and (c) fee and maintenance loans combined, broken down by bands of £1,000. | | (154379) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 41
| Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will hasten implementation of the Dee Cockle Regulation Order following the incident in Morecambe Bay on Thursday 5th February. | | (154461) | 42
| Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of whether funding for environmental education in schools will change when the landfill tax credit scheme is amended. | | (154458) | 43
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received on the impact on hill farmers on the implementation by English Nature of EU directives setting environmental standards in (a) North Yorkshire, (b) Cumbria and (c) other parts of England. | | (154445) | 44
N | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the conclusions of the recent report by the Hazardous Waste Forum in respect of her Department's hazardous waste management strategy. | | (154188) | 45
N | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the possible impact of implementing EU Directives relating to hazardous waste on the number of available dumping sites after July. | | (154190) | 46
N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the cost of introducing a single Traffic Restriction Order (TRO) for all those parts of the whole Ridgeway where she and the relevant local authorities have agreed that such a TRO would be appropriate; and what estimate she has made of the total cost were each local authority to impose a separate TRO for its own section of the Ridgeway. | | (154378) | 47
N | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent (a) representations and (b) proposals she has received from the National Assembly of Wales Government regarding the further devolution of provisions relating to animal welfare. | | (154254) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 48
N | Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the legal personality is of the Coalition Provisional Authority; and if he will make a statement. | | (152339) | 49
N | Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in what capacity and on whose behalf UK secondees to the Coalition Provisional Authority are acting; who pays their (a) salaries and (b) expenses; to whom they are answerable for their activities; and if he will make a statement. | | (152340) | 50
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the human rights situation in the Sudan. | | (153993) | 51
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Government of North Korea about their (a) ownership and (b) testing of (i) chemical and (ii) biological weapons. | | (153994) | 52
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the situation of Christians in Eritrea, with particular reference to Evangelicals. | | (153995) | 53
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Government of Pakistan about the recent revelations by Abdul Qadeer Khan on his disclosure of nuclear weapons secrets to Iran, Libya and North Korea. | | (154375) | 54
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of the announcement by Abdul Qadeer Khan that he has passed on nuclear weapons technology. | | (154376) | 55
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the decision of the UN to extend the Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara until 30th April; and what impact he expects this to have on Morocco. | | (154462) | 56
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the situation with regard to the imprisonment of Western Sahara Polisario activists in Morocco. | | (154463) | 57
N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date he first became aware to which Iraqi weapons the 45-minutes claim in the Iraq weapons of mass destruction dossier applied. | | (154182) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 58
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures are in place to ensure that all initial contacts for chiropody services receive foot treatment and are cured. | | (154328) | 59
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients recorded as initial contacts for chiropody services did not go on to receive foot care in each of the last six years for which figures are available. | | (154329) | 60
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients recorded as initial contacts for chiropody services had a condition that was cured within the year in each of the last six years for which figures are available. | | (154330) | 61
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dental practices have gone private in the last year; and if he will make a statement. | | (154434) | 62
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received regarding NHS dentists who only accept NHS registrations of children if their parents register privately; and if he will make a statement. | | (154435) | 63
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS orthodontists there have been in each year since 1997. | | (154436) | 64
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS orthodontists accepted new NHS patients in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (154437) | 65
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints have been received about (a) general practitioner co-operatives undertaking out of hours service provision and (b) private companies providing out of hours primary care on behalf of the NHS; and if he will make a statement. | | (154438) | 66
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's timetable is for implementation of the new consultant contract. | | (154439) | 67
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on delays in the implementation of the new consultant contract. | | (154440) | 68
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding has been allocated for implementation of the new consultant contract; and whether that funding has been spent. | | (154441) | 69
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the funding of the new consultant contract; and if he will make a statement. | | (154442) | 70
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the maximum number of programmed activities that a consultant should undertake per week is under the consultant contract. | | (154443) | 71
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to reorganise mental health trusts; and if he will make a statement. | | (154444) | 72
| Mrs Patsy Calton (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to prioritise contraceptive services within strategic health authorities' local delivery plans. | | (154429) | 73
| Mrs Patsy Calton (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department (a) has taken over the last 12 months and (b) plans to take over the next 12 months to prioritise contraceptive services within the NHS; and what impact such measures have had to date. | | (154430) | 74
| Mrs Patsy Calton (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will increase funding for contraceptive services to ensure that (a) all methods of contraception including new methods are made available and (b) medical practitioners are able to prescribe emergency contraception in advance where appropriate. | | (154431) | 75
| Mrs Patsy Calton (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on contraceptive services in each of the last five financial years. | | (154432) | 76
| Mrs Patsy Calton (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the role of the group of key experts on contraception referred to by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for State of Health on 15th January, Official Report, column 371WH. | | (154433) | 77
| Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases was in the areas covered by (a) the Greater Peterborough Primary Care Trust and (b) the Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Strategic Health Authority in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by (i) HIV, (ii) chlamydia, (iii) gonorrhoea, (iv) syphillis and (v) genital herpes; how many cases of each disease there were in the (A) under 19, (B) 20 to 25, (C) 25 to 35 and (D) 35 plus age group, broken down by gender; and what the percentage change was in each case in each of the previous five years. | | (154459) | 78
N | Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people worked in the audiology department of Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, in each of the last six years. | | (154183) | 79
N | Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) analogue and (b) digital hearing aids were fitted in (i) Taunton Deane Primary Care Trust area and (ii) Somerset Coast Primary Care Trust area in each month of 2003. | | (154184) | 80
N | Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hearing aid assessments were carried out in each month of 2003 in the (a) Taunton Deane and (b) Somerset Coast Primary Care Trust area. | | (154185) | 81
N | Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when digital hearing aids will be freely available on the NHS for residents of (a) Taunton Deane and (b) West Somerset. | | (154186) | 82
N | Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients are waiting for a hearing aid assessment in the (a) Taunton Deane and (b) Somerset Coast Primary Care Trust area. | | (154187) | 83
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of the National Care Standards Commission has been in each year since its creation. | | (154464) | 84
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what income has been raised by the National Care Standards Commission in each year since its creation. | | (154465) | 85
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the costs were of setting up the Commission for Social Care Inspection; and what estimate has been made of the costs of operation in its first year. | | (154466) | 86
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate has been made of the costs of the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection in its first five years of operation. | | (154467) | 87
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the costs have been of the Commission for Health Improvement in each year since its creation. | | (154468) | 88
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) NHS hospital doctors, (b) NHS consultants and (c) NHS general practitioners are suspended on disciplinary grounds; and if he will make a statement. | | (154255) | 89
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost is in (a) salaries and national insurance contributions and (b) other costs arising from (i) NHS hospital doctors, (ii) NHS consultants and (iii) NHS general practitioners currently suspended; and if he will make a statement. | | (154256) | 90
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average time taken to (a) investigate and (b) resolve cases regarding the suspension of NHS (i) hospital doctors, (ii) consultants and (iii) general practitioners was in the latest year for which figures are available; what percentage of those investigations found in favour of (A) those making the complaint and (B) the person suspended; and if he will make a statement. | | (154257) | 91
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the procedures for investigating the cases of suspended NHS hospital doctors, consultants and general practitioners. | | (154258) | 92
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement about the kinds of complaints which cause NHS hospital doctors, consultants and general practitioners to be suspended. | | (154259) | 93
| Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what monitoring arrangements are being put in place by his Department to ensure that the advice provided by general practices which sign up to providing contraceptive services under the new general medical services contract (a) covers all methods of contraception and (b) is of a high standard. | | (154447) | 94
| Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to meet the Faculty of Family Planning and Reproductive Healthcare's recommendation that there should be one full-time clinician in family planning and sexual and reproductive healthcare per 125,000 population. | | (154448) | 95
| Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) doctors and (b) nurses are employed in family planning community clinics; and what steps the Government is taking to (i) recruit and (ii) retain (A) doctors and (B) nurses in such clinics. | | (154449) | 96
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to protect the population from avian influenza; and whether a vaccine will be made available. | | (154446) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 97
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assistance his Department has offered to the new President of Georgia in reforming its police force; and if he will make a statement. | | (154469) | 98
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how he is measuring the success of the three-year Proactive Project to reduce self harm and suicides in prison; and when the results will be available. | | (154175) | 99
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what factors have been identified as accounting for the increase of self harming incidents in prisons between 1999 and 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | (154176) | 100
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people held in prison are the subject of a deportation order, broken down by sex. | | (154177) | 101
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women are serving sentences of 12 months or less. | | (154178) | 102
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners are serving custodial sentences of (a) less than 12 months and (b) over 12 months, broken down by nationality and gender. | | (154179) | 103
N | Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on sentencing guidance for rape convictions. | | (153662) | 104
N | Mr Iain Luke (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what facilities are granted to the US Department of Homeland Security to share information on criminal convictions required for the vetting of UK citizens on their entry to the US under the visa waiver scheme. | | (154037) | 105
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people sought asylum from Zimbabwe in the last 12 months; how many applications (a) succeeded and (b) failed; how many failed applicants have been removed; and how many were white Zimbabwean farmers in each case. | | (154041) | 106
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on the removal of failed asylum seekers from Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement. | | (154042) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 107
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans he has to ensure the continuation of funding for treatment of tuberculosis in all high burden countries under the World Health Organisation DOTS treatment scheme. | | (151624) | 108
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans he has to increase access to the World Health Organisation DOTS scheme; and if he will make a statement. | | (151625) | 109
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what action he is taking to improve the rates of sucessful treatment of tuberculosis in high burden countries. | | (151626) | 110
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the purposes were of each of the contracts awarded by his Department to the Adam Smith Institute in each of the last four years. | | (153277) | Questions to the Prime Minister 111
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Prime Minister, what the first date was on which he told President Bush that the UK would be prepared to go to war with the US against Iraq; and if he will make a statement. | | (154457) | 112
N | Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate):To ask the Prime Minister, whether the Iraqi regime was warned (a) before and (b) during the recent conflict that any use of battlefield chemical and biological weapons would meet with a response using (i) weapons of mass destruction and (ii) nuclear weapons. | | (154252) | 113
N | Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate):To ask the Prime Minister, whether he was informed of the possible range of battlefield weapons of mass destruction; and what types of armament he understood to be defined as battlefield weapons. | | (154253) | 114
N | Mr Andrew Mackay (Bracknell):To ask the Prime Minister, when firm proposals for the reform of the honours system will be laid before Parliament. | | (153664) | 115
N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling):To ask the Prime Minister, on what date he first became aware to which Iraqi weapons the 45-minutes claim in the Iraq's weapons of mass destruction dossier applied. | | (154181) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 116
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will take steps to tackle the misuse of UK-based companies to facilitate money laundering and illegal asset transfer from other countries; and if she will make a statement. | | (154452) | 117
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her policy is on company ownership arrangements which grant a majority voting right for a minority share holding. | | (154453) | 118
N | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of the (a) total and (b) yearly small business service budget was devoted to deregulatory initiatives in each year since its inception. | | (154189) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 119
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the Government's progress towards its targets of reducing the number of (a) road deaths and serious injuries by 40 per cent. and (b) child deaths and serious injuries on roads by 50 per cent. by 2010. | | (153020) | 120
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the relative effectiveness of (a) inconspicuous speed cameras accompanied by high-profile advertising and road signs and (b) single brightly-coloured speed cameras. | | (153021) | 121
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a further statement on (a) the Government's policy on the Central Railway project and (b) the timescale for Ministers to consider and decide upon the request by Central Railway plc for the Government to support a hybrid bill. | | (153144) | 122
N | Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 18th December 2003, Official Report, column 1010W, on BAe 146 aircraft, whether he expects the Air Accident Investigation Branch to publish in February its report of the investigation of a series of cabin air quality incidents involving BAe 146 aircraft and other similar incidents. | | (153908) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 123
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, to which (a) financial and (b) material benefits citizens of the EU accession states will be entitled in the UK after 1st May. | | (154039) | 124
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he is proposing any changes to the regulations governing social security entitlements for the citizens of (a) present and (b) future EU countries. | | (154331) | 125
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what health and safety regulations apply to the cockling industry; what steps are being taken to ensure that these regulations are communicated to workers of foreign origin; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (154450) |
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