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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 4 May 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 Tuesday 4 May 2004
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 4 May 2004


This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 4 May 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 4 May of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 4 May see Part 2 of this paper.


Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
1
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what percentage of the (a) crockery, (b) cutlery and (c) glassware procured by his Department over the last five years is of British manufacture.
(170793)
2
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the production of the Cabinet Office's latest annual report cost; how many copies were printed; how many copies of it were sold at its cover price; to whom copies of the report have been provided free of charge; and how many copies were provided free of charge.
(171142)
3
N
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which of the regulatory impact assessments used in the Burdens Barometer 2004 published by the British chambers of commerce relate to legislation originating from (a) the UK Parliament and (b) the EU.
(170310)
4
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) ordinary written and (b) named day questions his Department received in (i) 2002-03 and (ii) this parliamentary session, broken down by month.
(171174)
5
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of (a) ordinary written questions to his Department were answered within five sitting days of tabling, and (b) questions for written answer on a named day received a substantive answer on that day in (a) the 2002-03 parliamentary session and (b) this parliamentary session, broken down by month.
(171175)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
6
Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the deprivation indicators for the electoral wards in the City of Newcastle as designated in 2003.
(171157)
7
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses in the Huntingdon constituency have benefited from 100 per cent. tax exemption for the purchase of computer and internet equipment.
(170843)
8
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the level of unemployment was in the Huntingdon constituency in each year since 1997.
(170844)
9
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many senior citizens in the Huntingdon constituency qualified for the 10 pence rate of income tax in each year since its introduction.
(170847)
10
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in the Huntingdon constituency are in receipt of child tax credit.
(170849)
11
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many jobs have been created in the Huntingdon constituency since 1997.
(170850)
12
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) change and (b) percentage change was in full-time permanent jobs in the Huntingdon constituency from 1997 to 31st December 2003.
(170851)
13
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many job vacancies there were in the Huntingdon constituency in (a) 1997 and (b) 2003.
(170855)
14
N
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to increase the UK aid budget to meet the UN target of 0.7 per cent. of GDP spent on overseas aid.
(170217)
15
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of the (a) crockery, (b) cutlery and (c) glassware procured by his Department over the last five years is of British manufacture.
(170810)
16
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how long it took to finalise the claim for child beneift submitted by Mr B Bentley of Quigley Street, Birkenhead; and if he will make a statement on his policy of transferring child benefit to grandparents when they become the main carer of the child.
(170656)
17
N
Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's latest estimate is of the total sum of money lying dormant and unclaimed in United Kingdom bank accounts.
(167602)
18
N
Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made with the initiative announced by his Department to reunite unclaimed assets with their rightful owners; and if he will make a statement.
(167603)
19
N
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures the Office of National Statistics uses to measure the productivity of education spending.
(170727)
20
N
Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list (a) the official meetings he has had with the Mayor of London since July 2000 and (b) the dates and subject of each meeting.
(170570)
21
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when HM Customs and Excise were first informed of the discovery of the informant record for Mr. Alfred Allington; and for what reasons the existence of this record was not referred to in the Butterfield Review.
(171048)
22
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on effects of excise diversion fraud on London City bonded warehouses.
(171049)
23
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what checks are made on the national insurance numbers used by employment agencies and gang-masters; what action is taken if a non-valid national insurance number is being used for an individual employed by an agency or a gangmaster; and if he will make a statement.
(171050)
24
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what effect the proposed merger of the Inland Revenue and HM Customs and Excise will have on (a) plans to establish an independent Customs and Excise prosecutions office and (b) the implementation of other recommendations in the Butterfield Review; and if he will make a statement.
(171051)
25
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he intends to re-open the Butterfield Inquiry following recent court evidence concerning Mr Alfred Allington's relationship with HM Customs and Excise.
(171058)
26
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the implementation of the recommendations of the Butterfield Review.
(171059)
27
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Written Ministerial Statement of 8th December 2003, if he will make a further statement on the practices and procedures of disclosure, associated investigation techniques and case management in HM Customs and Excise criminal cases.
(171060)
28
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, to what extent lawyers acting on behalf of HM Customs and Excise have relinquished responsibility for prosecutions resulting from Customs investigations.
(171061)
29
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Written Ministerial Statement of 8th December 2003, Official Report, column 72-3WS on the Butterfield Review, when he intends to establish an independent Customs and Excise prosecutions office; what practical issues he is discussing with the Attorney General regarding the creation of an independent Customs and Excise prosecutions office; and if he will make a statement.
(171062)
30
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department were first informed of the existence of the informant record for Mr. Alfred Allington; and if he will make a statement.
(171074)
31
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many prosecutions relating to London City Bond (a) have been reviewed, (b) are to be reviewed and (c) have been overturned.
(171075)
32
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the production of his Department's latest annual report cost; how many copies were printed; how many copies of it were sold at its cover price; to whom copies of the report have been provided free of charge; and how many copies were provided free of charge.
(171143)
33
N
Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the effect that Budget 2004 will have on the Kingston upon Hull North constituency.
(169736)
34
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the National Audit office (a) has made and (b) has been asked to make of the loss to the taxpayer from double charging by solicitors under the coalminers' compensation scheme.
(170742)
35
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many job vacancies there were in Oldham West and Royton in (a) 1997 and (b) 2003.
(170898)
36
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many senior citizens in Oldham West and Royton qualified for the 10 pence rate of income tax in each year since its introduction.
(170899)
37
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in Oldham West and Royton have received child tax credit.
(170900)
38
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses in Oldham West and Royton have benefited from the 100 per cent. tax exemption for the purchase of computer and internet equipment.
(170901)
39
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the level of unemployment was in Oldham and West Royton in each year since 1997.
(170902)
40
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) change and (b) percentage change was in full-time permanent jobs in Oldham West and Royton from 1997 to 31st December 2003.
(170903)
41
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many new jobs have been created in Oldham West and Royton since 1997.
(170904)
42
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were employed in tourism-related jobs in Oldham West and Royton on the latest date for which figures are available.
(170905)
43
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the payment of working tax credit from the start of the current financial year and the adequacy of computer systems.
(171088)
44
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the payment of family tax credit from the start of the current financial year and the adequacy of computer systems.
(171089)
45
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what compensation is available to people whose (a) working tax credit and (b) family tax credit payments are improperly stopped; and if he will make a statement.
(171090)
46
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) Ordinary Written and (b) Named Day Questions his Department received in (i) the 2002-03 and (ii) this parliamentary session up to the most recent date for which figures are available, broken down by month.
(170764)
47
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of (a) Ordinary Written Questions to his Department were answered within five sitting days of tabling and (b) Questions for a Named Day received a substantive answer on that day in (i) 2002-03 and (ii) this parliamentary session up to the most recent date for which figures are available, broken down by month.
(170765)
48
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will reply to question 163123 tabled on 18th March, on meetings with the Chairman of the Strategic Rail Authority.
(170870)
49
N
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects awards for (a) child tax credit and (b) working tax credit in 2003-04 to be finalised.
(170220)
Questions to the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs
50
N
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 27th April, Official Report, columns 896-7W, on Special Immigration Appeals Commission Hearings, if he will place in the Library transcripts from open sessions of the Commission (a) with sensitive appellants' details excised and (b) in cases where the appellant has either identified himself or agreed to his identity being revealed; and if he will make a statement.
(170169)
51
N
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many appeals to the Special Immigration Appeals Commission against detention under anti-terrorism and removal of nationality legislation are outstanding; what dates have been set for each of those appeals; what the expected timetable is for each of those appeals (a) for open session hearings and (b) in total for each case; and if he will make a statement.
(170170)
52
N
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many appeals have been heard by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission; and for how many (a) days and (b) hours in total the Commission has sat in open session in relation to appeals against detention under anti-terrorism legislation and removal of nationality.
(170171)
53
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what percentage of the (a) crockery, (b) cutlery and (c) glassware procured by his Department over the last five years is of British manufacture.
(170794)
54
N
Mr John Horam (Orpington):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, when the contract was signed (a) to digitise and (b) to micro film the returns for the 1911 Decennial Census of population for England and Wales; when the census returns for 1911 will be made available to the contractors; and if he will make a statement about the progress which has been made with the 1911 Census project.
(169821)
55
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much the production of the Lord Chancellor's Departments' 2003 annual report cost; how many copies were printed; how many copies of it were sold at its cover price; to whom copies of the report have been provided free of charge; and how many copies were provided free of charge.
(171149)
56
Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what his policy is on the apportionment of public funds to the (a) No and (b) Yes campaigns on the European Constitution Referendum.
(170985)
57
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many (a) Ordinary Written and (b) Named Day Questions his Department received in (i) 2002-03 and (ii) this parliamentary session up to the most recent date for which figures are available, broken down by month.
(170760)
58
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what proportion of (a) Ordinary Written Questions to his Department were answered within five sitting days of tabling and (b) Questions for a Named Day received a substantive answer on that day in (i) 2002-03 and (ii) the current parliamentary session up to the most recent date for which figures are available, broken down by month.
(170761)
59
N
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd March, Official Report, columns 852-53W, on emergency protection orders, how many applications were heard for emergency protection orders in each county in England in each year from 1997 to 2001, and what proportion was granted.
(170973)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
60
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of the (a) crockery, (b) cutlery and (c) glassware procured by her Department over the last five years is of British manufacture.
(170796)
61
N
Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much public funding has been spent on the Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme; what sums are committed for (a) the current year and (b) future financial years; how many students are expected to be supported in 2004-05; and if she will make a statement.
(171043)
62
N
Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list (a) the official meetings she has had with the Mayor of London since July 2000 and (b) the dates and subject of each meeting.
(170568)
63
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the production of her Department's latest annual report cost; how many copies were printed; how many copies of it were sold at its cover price; to whom copies of the report have been provided free of charge; and how many copies were provided free of charge.
(171138)
64
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much money from the New Opportunities Fund was allocated to Oldham West and Royton in each year since 1997.
(170943)
65
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much money has been spent on the digitisation of content in libraries in Oldham West and Royton since 1997.
(170944)
66
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the work of regional development agencies in developing tourism in Oldham West and Royton.
(170945)
67
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) Ordinary Written and (b) Named Day Questions her Department received in (i) 2002-03 and (ii) this parliamentary session up to the most recent date for which figures are available, broken down by month.
(170778)
68
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of (a) Ordinary Written Questions to her Department were answered within five sitting days of tabling and (b) Questions for a Named Day received a substantive answer on that day in (i) 2002-03 and (ii) this parliamentary session up to the most recent date for which figures are available, broken down by month.
(170779)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
69
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimates he has made of the cost to the Department of awarding a medal for service on the Arctic convoys.
(171121)
70
N
Mr A.J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of the land occupied by RAF Boulmer other than for married quarters is (a) publicly owned and (b) rented; and whether any of it is governed by (i) lease conditions under which the landowner can require reinstatement to agricultural condition and (ii) other restrictions which if enforced would lead to a cut to public funds when the lease is surrendered.
(169173)
71
Mr Martin Caton (Gower):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the items of military equipment gifted to the Government of Nepal since January 2000.
(170991)
72
Mr Martin Caton (Gower):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the methods the Government employs to ensure that military helicopters it has provided to the Royal Nepalese Army are only used for logistical, medical and humanitarian purposes.
(170992)
73
N
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether HMS Trafalgar is seaworthy; and if he will make a statement.
(170720)
74
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of the (a) crockery, (b) cutlery and (c) glassware procured by his Department over the last five years is of British manufacture.
(170797)
75
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the safety concerns of the crew members who left HMS Trafalgar.
(170739)
76
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what areas are considered by his Department to be key industrial capabilities which the UK defence industry must maintain.
(170744)
77
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will name (a) customer one and (b) customer two for the (i) Advanced Air-Launched Anti-Armour Weapon, (ii) Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile, (iii) Airborne Stand-Off Radar Astute Class Submarine, (iv) Attack Helicopter WAH-64 Apache, (v) Conventionally Armed Stand-Off Missile, (vi) Typhoon Extended Range Ordnance/Modular Charge System and (vii) Hercules C-130J projects.
(170745)
78
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will name (a) customer one and (b) customer two for the (i) Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft, (ii) Ground Based Air Defence, (iii) Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System, (iv) Indirect Fire Precision Attack, (v) Light Forces Anti-Tank Guided Weapon Systems, (vi) Next Generation Anti-Armour Weapon and (vii) Terrier projects.
(170746)
79
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will name (a) customer one and (b) customer two for the (i) High Velocity Missile System, (ii) Landing Platform Dock (Replacement), (iii) Merlin HC Mk3 Helicopter, (iv) Merlin HM Mk1 Helicopter, (v) Multi-Role Armoured Vehicle, (vi) Nimrod Maritime Reconnaissance and Attack Mk4, (vii) Seawolf Mid-Life Update, (viii) Spearfish Heavyweight Torpedo and (ix) Sting Ray Lightweight Torpedo projects.
(170747)
80
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will name (a) customer one and (b) customer two for the (i) Swiftsure and Trafalgar Class Submarine Update, (ii) Tornado GR1 Mid-Life Update, (iii) Challenger II, (iv) A400M, (v) Landing Ship Dock (Auxiliary) (formerly Alternative Landing Ship Logistic), (vi) Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile, (vii) Typhoon Aircrew Synthetic Training Aids, (viii) Future Joint Combat Aircraft and (ix) Short Term Strategic Airlift projects.
(170748)
81
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is regarding ownership of the United Kingdom's submarine building capability.
(170749)
82
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with BAE Systems regarding the proposed disposal of its shipbuilding business; and if he will make a statement.
(170750)
83
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will name (a) customer one and (b) customer two for the (i) Sonar 2087, (ii) Successor Identification Friend or Foe, (iii) Trojan and Titan, (iv) Type 45 Destroyer, (v) Skynet 5 Support Vehicle, (vi) Battlefield Light Utility Helicopter, (vii) Future Aircraft Carrier and (viii) Future Integrated Soldier Technology projects.
(170751)
84
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the assistance being provided by the Royal Air Force and his Department to the inquiry into allegations that a Royal Air Force Harrier aircraft was involved in the crash of a civilian Twin Otter near Mehamn in Norway in 1982.
(171052)
85
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the production of his Department's latest annual report cost; how many copies were printed; how many copies of it were sold at its cover price; to whom copies of the report have been provided free of charge; and how many copies were provided free of charge.
(171139)
86
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 9th March, Official Report, column 1405W, on Tomahawk Cruise Missiles, what estimate he has made of the (a) cost and (b) practicability of fitting Tomahawk cruise missiles to a Type 45 destroyer; and which would be the first in the series of these ships to which the missiles could be fitted.
(170655)
87
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the safety of HMS Trafalgar following its repairs.
(170663)
88
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of allegations by crew members that major defects in HMS Trafalgar remain to be rectified.
(170664)
89
N
Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any member of the UK armed forces has been charged in relation to the deaths of civilians in Iraq caused by Coalition action.
(170226)
90
Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been paid in compensation to farmers for livestock losses caused by low flying military aircraft in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales in each year since 1994.
(170874)
91
Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many training sorties have been undertaken within the mid-Wales military tactical training area by military aircraft flying below 250 feet in each year since 1994 for which figures are available.
(170875)
92
Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) representations and (b) complaints have been received by the (i) RAF and (ii) Department about low flying military aircraft in (A) England, (B) Scotland and (C) Wales in each year since 1994.
(170876)
93
Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) his Department, (b) non-departmental public bodies or executive agencies responsible to his Department and (c) consultants contracted to his Department used non-human primates in experiments to test the effects of weapons in each of the last three years.
(170996)
94
Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on safety reviews conducted on nuclear submarines.
(171000)
95
Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 19th April, Official Report, column 339W, on nuclear contingent liability arrangements, what criteria he used to determine what constituted an objection.
(171120)
96
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Ordinary Written and (b) Named Day Questions his Department received in (i) the 2002-03 and (ii) this parliamentary session up to the most recent date for which figures are available, broken down by month.
(170774)
97
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of (a) Ordinary Written Questions to his Department were answered within five sitting days of tabling and (b) Questions for a Named Day received a substantive answer on that day on (i) 2002-03 and (ii) this parliamentary session up to the most recent date for which figures are available, broken down by month.
(170775)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
98
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many planning applications for mobile phone masts have been refused in Essex in the last 12 months; and if he will list the (a) applicants and (b) sites.
(171097)
99
Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what advice his Department offers local authorities regarding the sale of roadside and roundabout advertising.
(171122)
100
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what percentage of the (a) crockery, (b) cutlery and (c) glassware procured by his Department over the last five years is of British manufacture.
(170795)
101
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many administrators were involved, and at what annual cost, in each fire and rescue authority to deal with paperwork resulting from emergency vehicles captured on speed cameras contravening speed limits.
(170732)
102
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the cost to fire and rescue authorities of dealing with the paperwork resulting from fire engines on emergency calls captured on speed cameras contravening speed limits.
(170734)
103
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on how many occasions in each of the last 12 months fire authority vehicles on emergency calls have been captured on speed cameras contravening speed limits in each fire and rescue authority.
(170735)
104
N
Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list (a) the official meetings he has had with the Mayor of London since July 2000 and (b) the dates and subject of each meeting.
(170567)
105
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much the production of his Department's latest annual report cost; how many copies were printed; how many copies of it were sold at its cover price; to whom copies of the report have been provided free of charge; and how many copies were provided free of charge.
(171141)
106
N
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library a copy of the submissions made by the Government Office for the South East to the Examination in Public of plans for housing developments in the Milton Keynes and South Midlands area to 2031.
(170356)
107
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of how the change in the level of council funding for housing has affected the residents of Oldham West and Royton since 1997.
(170877)
108
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Starter Homes Initiative on the residents of Oldham West and Royton.
(170878)
109
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will publish figures for the estimated amount of undeveloped land zoned for industrial use in England.
(171110)
110
N
Mr Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he intends to publish the final version of PPS 6.
(169866)
111
N
Mr Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many responses have been received to the consultation paper Planning Policy Statement (PPS) 6: Planning for Town Centres; and if he will list them.
(169867)
112
N
Mr Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many organisations and individuals were invited to respond to Planning Policy Statement (PPS) 6: Planning for Town Centres; and if he will list them.
(169868)
113
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many (a) Ordinary Written and (b) Named Day Questions his Department received in (i) 2002-03 and (ii) this parliamentary session, broken down by month.
(171187)
114
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of Ordinary Written Questions to his Department were answered within five sitting days of tabling, and what proportion of Questions for a Written Answer on a named day received a substantive answer on that day, in (a) the 2002-03 parliamentary session and (b) this parliamentary session, broken down by month.
(171188)
115
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the percentage of houses in multiple occupation in England and Wales which will fall within the scope of the mandatory licensing scheme in the Housing Bill.
(171220)
116
Brian White (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to ensure that local authority trading standards departments take action against people selling counterfeit goods.
(171108)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills
117
Mr Joe Benton (Bootle):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many women in Bootle have visited an information and communications technology training centre in order to learn skills to return to work.
(171124)
118
Mr Joe Benton (Bootle):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much public funding has been spent on computers for schools in Bootle in each of the last seven years.
(171125)
119
Mr Joe Benton (Bootle):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many Capital Modernisation Fund computer-learning centres have been established in Bootle.
(171126)
120
Mr Joe Benton (Bootle):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) teachers and (b) families in Bootle have benefited from the Computers in Reach programme.
(171127)
121
Mr Joe Benton (Bootle):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much money has been allocated to Bootle from the Capital Modernisation Fund since its establishment.
(171128)
122
Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much school funding (a) in 2003-04 was and (b) is planned for 2004-05 will be provided from (i) central government and (ii) council tax revenue, broken down by local education authority.
(171083)
123
Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what (a) proportion and (b) amount of funding for secondary schools in England comes from the (i) Delegated Budget, (ii) Standards Fund, (iii) School Standards Grant and (iv) post-16 Learning and Skills Council funding streams.
(171084)
124
Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what grants for primary and secondary schools have been available through the Standards Fund since its creation; and on what date each was (a) introduced and (b) closed.
(171085)
125
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on success rates of (a) the North London Learning and Skills Council and (b) the learning and skills councils in England on average in the latest year for which figures are available.
(170660)
126
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on achievement levels of (a) young people and (b) adults in relation to basic skills in the North London Learning and Skills Council area.
(170661)
127
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much public funding was spent, per pupil, in the Huntingdon constituency in each of the last seven years.
(170838)
128
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much money has been invested in the Huntingdon constituency since 1997 to build long-term sustainable facilities for school sports.
(170839)
129
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teaching assistants there were in schools in the Huntingdon constituency in (a) each of the last seven years and (b) on the latest date for which figures were available.
(170840)
130
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teacher vacancies there were in schools in the Huntingdon constituency on the latest date for which figures are available; and what steps he has taken to reduce them.
(170841)
131
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what public funding has been spent on adult (a) literacy and (b) numeracy in Cambridgeshire in the last five years.
(170842)
132
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much funding each school in the Huntingdon constituency received from the New Deal for Schools.
(170845)
133
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) free nursery and (b) pre-school places were available for (i) three and (ii) four year olds in the Huntingdon constituency in each of the last seven years.
(170846)
134
Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to provide funding to help further education colleges in (a) Heywood and Middleton and (b) the North West specifically to refurbish and rebuild their estates.
(171133)
135
Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many extra people in the North West he expects to stay in education as a result of the introduction of education maintenance allowances; and what plans he has to provide extra funding to further education colleges in the North West to support these extra students.
(171134)
136
Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students from Barnsley East and Mexborough are attending university; and how many of these students pay (a) no tuition fee and (b) a partial tuition fee.
(170659)
137
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of the (a) crockery, (b) cutlery and (c) glassware procured by his Department over the last five years is of British manufacture.
(170798)
138
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many places are available on the NVQ level 2 course to study care (a) in England and (b) broken down by region; and if he will make a statement.
(171008)
139
N
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what procedures are used to (a) collect information on the results of (i) SATs, (ii) GCSEs and (iii) A levels from schools and (b) prepare that information for publication.
(170312)
140
N
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps have been taken to assess the validity of the methodology for producing school value-added results; and how the results have been verified.
(170313)
141
N
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance his Department has produced on the education of children in hospital; and when this guidance was last updated.
(170314)
142
N
Mr John Horam (Orpington):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, for what reasons further education lecturers are not permitted to apply for higher equity loans under the Key Worker Living housing programmes announced in March.
(169822)
143
Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, under what circumstances the Minister for Lifelong Learning and Higher Education received a copy of the letter written by the honourable Member for Barnsley Central to Professor Boucher, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Sheffield, dated 26th January.
(171105)
144
Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many letters received during this session by (a) Ministers and (b) officials from universities enclosed letters written by honourable Members or which included details of any honourable Members' comments on, or their voting intentions in respect of, the Higher Education Bill.
(171106)
145
Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on his recent discussions with the North West Regional Development Agency on the links between industry and higher education in the North West.
(171014)
146
Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent discussions he has had on the links between industry and higher education which relate to the development of the Omega site in Warrington; and if he will make a statement.
(171015)
147
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of field trips available to (a) GCSE science and (b) A-level biology students.
(171054)
148
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if his Department will commission research to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the state of fieldwork in secondary science education for 14 to 19 year olds.
(171055)
149
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the report by the National Foundation for Educational Research on Outdoor Learning; and if he will make a statement.
(171056)
150
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his address to the NASUWT conference, if he will make a statement on funding support for residential experiences for school children.
(171057)
151
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much the production of his Department's latest annual report cost; how many copies were printed; how many copies of it were sold at its cover price; to whom copies of the report have been provided free of charge; and how many copies were provided free of charge.
(171137)
152
Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 19th April, Official Report, column 51W, on student finance, if he will make a statement on the outcome of his discussions with Scottish Ministers.
(171114)
153
N
Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of progress in meeting his Department's target to improve adult literacy and numeracy skills.
(169738)
154
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the effects on schools of changes since 1997 in the level of investment in school sports in Oldham West and Royton.
(170906)
155
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much money has been invested in school sports in Oldham West and Royton since 1997.
(170907)
156
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what public funding has been spent on adult (a) literacy and (b) numeracy in Oldham West and Royton in each of the last five years.
(170908)
157
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teacher vacancies there were in Oldham West and Royton on the latest date for which figures are available; and what steps he is taking to reduce them.
(170909)
158
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teaching assistants there were in schools in Oldham West and Royton (a) in each of the last seven years and (b) on the latest date for which figures are available.
(170910)
159
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much public funding was spent per pupil in Oldham West and Royton in each of the last seven years.
(170911)
160
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) free nursery and (b) pre-school places were available for (i) three and (ii) four year olds in Oldham West and Royton in each of the last seven years.
(170912)
161
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) Sure Start centres and (b) early excellence centres have been created in Oldham West and Royton.
(170913)
162
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many new nurseries have been established in Oldham West and Royton since 1997.
(170914)
163
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the number of children in Oldham West and Royton who have gained from the National Childcare Strategy.
(170915)
164
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much public funding has been spent on repairing schools in Oldham West and Royton in each year since 1997.
(170916)
165
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children in Oldham West and Royton were taught in classes of more than 30 on the latest date for which figures are available.
(170917)
166
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much funding each school in Oldham West and Royton has received from the New Deal for Schools.
(170918)
167
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children in Oldham West and Royton have benefited from the Excellence in Cities programme; and what the per pupil spending was in each year since the programme's inception.
(170919)
168
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools in Oldham West and Royton deemed to be failing since 1997 have since reached satisfactory standards.
(170920)
169
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of pupils in Oldham West and Royton reached the (a) mathematics and (b) English standard in each of the last seven years.
(170921)
170
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of 11 year old pupils in Oldham West and Royton reached level four in (a) mathematics and (b) English in each of the last seven years.
(170922)
171
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of 15 and 16 year olds in Oldham West and Royton achieved five or more GCSRs at grade A* - C or GNVE equivalent in each of the last seven years.
(170923)
172
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much public funding has been spent on higher education in Oldham West and Royton in each of the last seven years.
(170924)
173
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much public funding has been spent on computers for schools in Oldham West and Royton in each of the last seven years.
(170925)
174
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many Capital Modernisation Fund computer-learning centres have been established in Oldham West and Royton.
(170926)
175
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) teachers and (b) families in Oldham West and Royton have benefited from the Computers within Reach programme.
(170927)
176
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much money was allocated to Oldham West and Royton from the Capital Modernisation Fund.
(170928)
177
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many women in Oldham West and Royton have visited an information and communications technology training centre in order to learn skills to return to work.
(170929)
178
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people in Oldham West and Royton have received a computer to assist in seeking employment or retraining.
(170930)
179
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much money has been allocated to schools in Oldham West and Royton for information and communications technologies since 2001.
(170931)
180
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many childcare places have been created in Oldham West and Royton since 1997.
(170932)
181
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many residents of Oldham West and Royton have undertaken apprenticeships in each of the last five years.
(170933)
182
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the extent to which continence problems are a factor for exclusion in schools.
(171131)
183
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what psychological support is available in schools to help children with continence conditions.
(171135)
184
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) Ordinary Written and (b) Named Day Questions his Department received in (i) 2002-03 and (ii) this parliamentary session, broken down by month.
(171185)
185
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of Ordinary Written Questions to his Department were answered within five sitting days of tabling, and what proportion of Questions for a Written Answer on a named day received a substantive answer on that day, in (a) the 2002-03 parliamentary session and (b) this parliamentary session, broken down by month.
(171186)
186
N
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answers of 1st April to the honourable Member for the Isle of Wight, Official Report, columns 1549-50W, if he will list (a) for each higher education institution and (b) in total (i) the number of students who were UK nationals, (ii) the number of non-EU students and (iii) the number of EU students from countries other than the United Kingdom; if he will list for each total the (A) aggregate fee-income and (B) average fee-income per student; and what the (1) aggregate fee-income foregone and (2) average fee-income per student foregone was (y) at cost to the institution and (z) at cost to the public purse through treating EU students from outside the UK in the same way as students from the UK.
(171206)
187
N
Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what reports he has received on the impact of the Teachers TV pilot; and whether he expects it to go live as planned in August.
(170463)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
188
Mr A.J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress she has made in setting up regional fisheries advisory councils.
(171136)
189
N
Mr David Curry (Skipton & Ripon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what basis the single farm payment will be established for farmers who were in the dairy sector prior to the foot and mouth disease outbreak whose flocks were slaughtered because of the outbreak of foot and mouth disease and who restocked with (a) dairy cows and (b) beef and sheep.
(169465)
190
N
Mr David Curry (Skipton & Ripon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has for redefining the moorland line for purposes of the single farm payment in areas where established hay meadows lie within the moorland zone.
(169466)
191
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the farm income levels for farmers in Cambridgeshire in the last five years.
(170854)
192
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of the (a) crockery, (b) cutlery and (c) glassware procured by her Department over the last five years is of British manufacture.
(170800)
193
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what Government funding is provided to the Woodcraft Folk; what the purpose of that funding is; and what its constitution and governance arrangements are.
(170752)
194
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any of the Department's (a) present and (b) previous staff are members of the Friends of the Woodcraft Folk.
(170753)
195
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions have been held between her officials and Chichester District Council about the Woodcraft Folk.
(170755)
196
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Minister for Rural Affairs is a member of the Cooperative Party.
(170756)
197
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the relationship is between the Woodcraft Folk and the Cooperative Party.
(170757)
198
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to the Government has been of the introduction of (a) horse passports and (b) the equine database.
(170758)
199
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the cost to the horse industry of the introduction of (a) horse passports and (b) the equine database.
(170759)
200
N
Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list (a) the official meetings she has had with the Mayor of London since July 2000 and (b) the dates and subject of each meeting.
(170569)
201
Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidelines she issued to English Nature prior to English Nature's recent assessment of sites of special scientific interest.
(171071)
202
Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what English Nature's policy is regarding informing relevant landowners of its intention to conduct assessments of sites of special scientific interest.
(171072)
203
Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what English Nature's policy is on allowing relevant landowners (a) to see the information it holds on sites of special scientific interest and (b) to comment on it before it is published.
(171073)
204
Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letter from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton dated 25th March, with regard to Jenny Edwards.
(170703)
205
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the production of her Department's latest annual report cost; how many copies were printed; how many copies of it were sold at its cover price; to whom copies of the report have been provided free of charge; and how many copies were provided free of charge.
(171140)
206
Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farms in Cumbria are still affected by the radioactive fall out from the 1986 Chernobyl accident.
(170662)
207
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on farm income levels for farmers in Oldham West and Royton in the past five years.
(170880)
208
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many homes in Oldham West and Royton have benefited from the Warm Front and Home Energy Efficiency Schemes.
(170881)
209
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many employees in her Department took early retirement and at what total cost, in the last financial year.
(170824)
210
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which councils and bodies are responsible for monitoring pollution on Two Tree Island in the constituencies of Castle Point and Southend West.
(170825)
211
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list (a) the works and (b) the cost of works on (i) Canvey Island's sea defences and (ii) Two Tree Island which are envisaged; and if she will make a statement.
(170826)
212
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the increased risk of flooding to Canvey Island; and what (a) research and (b) action she plans to take in the light of the increased assessment of flooding risk.
(170827)
213
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has assessed the case for closing beaches in the vicinity of Two Tree Island as a result of the pollution from the old waste dump.
(170828)
214
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the cost of stopping the old Two Tree Island Waste Dump polluting the environment.
(170829)
215
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential and actual impact on (a) bird life, (b) marine life and (c) mammals of the pollutants within and seeping from the old Two Tree Island waste dump.
(170830)
216
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will give advice to (a) walkers and (b) bathers regarding the pollutants in and seeping from the old Two Tree Island waste dump.
(170831)
217
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the health hazards to (a) walkers and (b) bathers around and on Canvey Island and Two Tree Island resulting from pollutants from the old Two Tree Island waste dump.
(170832)
218
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the toxic substances (a) within and (b) seeping into the Thames and surrounding areas from the old Two Tree Island waste dump; and if she will make a statement.
(170833)
219
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the extent of leakage of pollutants from the old Two Tree Island waste dump.
(170834)
220
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the Halcrow Report into environmental problems associated with Two Tree Island in the Castle Point constituency.
(170835)
221
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received about the collection and disposal of discarded needles and other drug paraphenalia; and if she will make a statement.
(170836)
222
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received regarding the recent increased assessment of flood risk in the South East; and if she will make a statement.
(170837)
223
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28th April to Question no. 167068, to what uses the tobacco grown in EU countries is put; and what proportion was exported from the EU in the last period for which figures are available.
(171184)
224
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of Ordinary Written Questions to her Department were answered within five sitting days of tabling, and what proportion of Questions for a Written Answer on a named day received a substantive answer on that day, in (a) the 2002-03 parliamentary session and (b) this parliamentary session, broken down by month.
(171183)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
225
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what formal assistance his Department's overseas offices offer to UK-based recruitment agencies in the recruitment of education workers; and how many departmental staff are dedicated to offering such assistance.
(170986)
226
Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the UK Government has made to the Government of Brazil over its stance on international inspection access to its uranium enrichment facilities.
(170864)
227
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what percentage of the (a) crockery, (b) cutlery and (c) glassware procured by his Department over the last five years is of British manufacture.
(170799)
228
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 27th April, Official Report, column 965W, on Iraq, if he will place a copy of the Transitional Administrative Law (TAL) agreed by the Iraqi Governing Council on 8th March, and the annexe to the TAL, in the Library.
(171123)
229
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27th April, Official Report, columns 964-5W, on Iraq, who will be consulted; what the consultation process will be prior to 30th June; and who will be eligible to vote to elect the Advisory Council.
(171158)
230
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 30th January, Official report, column 581W, on Iraq, whether his reference to the intelligence that the Government understands was discussed with the International Atomic Energy Authority is to the second source referred to in paragraph 93 of the Intelligence and Security Committee's report, Iraq Weapons of Mass Destruction.
(171178)
231
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much the production of his Department's latest annual report cost; how many copies were printed; how many copies of it were sold at its cover price; to whom copies of the report have been provided free of charge; and how many copies were provided free of charge.
(171144)
232
Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the EU Common Position on Myanmar/Burma.
(171115)
233
Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will press the UN for a full implementation of the resolutions that the General Assembly has passed on Myanmar/Burma.
(171116)
234
Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the human rights situation in Sudan and what steps his Department is taking to encourage progress towards peace.
(171117)
235
Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Israeli Government concerning the effect of border restrictions on the ability of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency to distribute emergency food aid to refugees in the Gaza Strip.
(171119)
236
N
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many honourable Members other than Privy Councillors have been sent invitations to banquets, receptions and other official events organised or hosted by the (a) Royal Family and (b) Government for the forthcoming visit of the President of Poland; and if he will make a statement.
(170355)
237
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the annual overall running cost was for the UK embassy in (a) Washington and (b) Paris in 2003-04; and how many staff were employed in each of these embassies.
(170819)
238
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the Council of Europe's reports on the human rights situation in Belarus.
(171129)
239
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) Ordinary Written and (b) Named Day Questions his Department received in (i) the 2002-03 and (ii) this parliamentary session up to the most recent date for which figures are available, broken down by month.
(170768)
240
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of (a) Ordinary Written Questions to his Department were answered within five sitting days of tabling, and (b) Questions for a Named Day received a substantive answer on that day, in (i) 2002-03 and (ii) this parliamentary session up to the most recent date for which figures are available, broken down by month.
(170769)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
241
N
Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of new nursing recruits into the NHS have been recruited through recruitment agencies which have not signed up to the Government's code of practice on ethical recruitment.
(170315)
242
N
Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of all nursing recruits into the NHS have been through recruitment agencies.
(170316)
243
N
Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the country of origin was of nurses recruited into the NHS from overseas in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
(170317)
244
N
Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms are in place to ensure the Government can guarantee that no recruitment agencies are used by the NHS to recruit nurses which have not signed up to the Government's code of practice on ethical recruitment.
(170318)
245
N
Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what percentage of healthcare workers from overseas who have been granted work permits were employed by (a) the NHS and (b) the private health sector for their first job on entering the United Kingdom in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
(170665)
246
N
Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what checks are in place in ensure that foreign healthcare workers who have been granted work permits are employed in the provision of healthcare upon entering the United Kingdom.
(170666)
247
N
Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what checks are in place in ensure that foreign healthcare workers who have been granted work permits are employed as stated on their application upon entering the United Kingdom.
(170667)
248
N
Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of whether NHS organisations adhere to the Code of Practice on Ethical Recruitment in the granting of work permits to foreign healthcare applicants.
(170668)
249
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Bounty packs were distributed to new mothers within maternity units in Britain in each year since 1995.
(171042)
250
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the compliance of the distribution and content of Bounty packs in maternity units with the World Health Organisation's International Code of Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes.
(171076)
251
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the implications of the content of Bounty packs provided to new mothers in maternity units for the Government's policy of increasing the number of women who breastfeed and increasing the length of time for which they breastfeed.
(171160)
252
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions the Department has had with the producers of Bounty packs concerning the content of such packs.
(171161)
253
N
Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1st March, Official Report, column 703W, on the Health Ombudsman's Report (Long-term Care), how many cases have been reviewed so far; how many wrong assessments have been discovered; and what action (a) has been and (b) is to be taken to rectify the wrong assessment cases.
(169229)
254
N
Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the guidance which his Department has given strategic health authorities for reviewing long-term care assessments in the light of the Ombudsman's report.
(169230)
255
N
Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1st March, Official Report, column 703W, on Health Ombudsman's Report (Long-term Care), in which areas of the country the reviews of this issue have (a) been fully completed and (b) not been fully completed.
(169231)
256
N
Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1st March, Official Report, column 703W, on Health Ombudsman's Report (Long-term Care), when he expects all the cases of people suspected of wrongly paying for their long-term care following the Health Ombudsman's report on the subject will be (a) reviewed and (b) resolved.
(169232)
257
N
Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1st March, Official Report, column 703W, on Health Ombudsman's Report (Long-term Care), how many of the reviews of long-term care have been completed; whether the deadline of the end of March 2004 was met; and when he expects all the reviews to be completed.
(169233)
258
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) staff and (b) community electors each foundation trust had at the time of the election for governors; and how many electors took part in each election.
(170999)
259
Tony Cunningham (Workington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many senior citizens in Workington constituency have access to free eye tests.
(170704)
260
Tony Cunningham (Workington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many residents in Workington constituency aged over 60 years have benefited from the abolition of charges for eye tests.
(170705)
261
Tony Cunningham (Workington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the numbers of NHS (a) doctors and (b) nurses in Workington constituency in each of the last seven years.
(170706)
262
Tony Cunningham (Workington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS (a) therapists and (b) scientists were located in Workington constituency in each of the last seven years.
(170707)
263
Tony Cunningham (Workington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes there have been to NHS waiting list time in the last seven years for the residents of Workington constituency.
(170708)
264
Tony Cunningham (Workington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what percentage of suspected cancer patients in Workington constituency saw an NHS consultant within two weeks in each of the last seven years.
(170709)
265
Tony Cunningham (Workington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on NHS waiting times for heart surgery in Workington constituency.
(170710)
266
Tony Cunningham (Workington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many residents in Workington constituency awaiting heart surgery have had the option of choosing an alternative hospital for quicker treatment in the last 12 months.
(170711)
267
Tony Cunningham (Workington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the levels of elective admissions to the NHS in Workington constituency in the past five years.
(170712)
268
Tony Cunningham (Workington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many rapid access chest pain clinics there are in Workington constituency.
(170713)
269
Tony Cunningham (Workington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether there is a diagnostic and treatment centre located in Workington constituency.
(170714)
270
Tony Cunningham (Workington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the effect on residents of Workington constituency of the Health Development Agency.
(170715)
271
Tony Cunningham (Workington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much public funding has been spent on heart disease and cancer care in Workington constituency in each of the last five years.
(170716)
272
Tony Cunningham (Workington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what percentage of women in Workington constituency with suspected breast cancer saw a specialist within two weeks in each of the last five years.
(170717)
273
Tony Cunningham (Workington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much public funding has been spent on health in Workington constituency in each of the last seven years.
(170718)
274
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS (a) doctors and (b) nurses there were in the Huntington constituency in each of the last seven years; and if he will make a statement.
(170852)
275
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the provision of NHS dental services in (a) the Huntingdon constituency and (b) Cambridgeshire.
(170858)
276
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what percentage of suspected cancer patients in the Huntingdon constituency saw an NHS consultant within two weeks in each of the last seven years.
(170859)
277
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes there have been to NHS waiting list times in the last seven years for the residents of the Huntingdon constituency.
(170860)
278
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of the (a) crockery, (b) cutlery and (c) glassware procured by his Department over the last five years is of British manufacture.
(170801)
279
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has made available on the maximum amount of time that a patient seeking elective surgery should have to wait (a) for an appointment with a consultant and (b) for an operation following that consultation before being offered the choice of faster treatment in an alternative hospital.
(170657)
280
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of breast screening sites are providing screening for women aged 65-70 years; and if he will make a statement.
(170975)
281
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many intermediate care places there were (a) in March 2004 and (b) at the 1999-2000 baseline; and if he will make a statement.
(170976)
282
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the number of home care workers who have (a) obtained and (b) have yet to obtain NVQ level 2 in care.
(171006)
283
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the availability of courses in NVQ level 2 in care; and if he will make a statement.
(171007)
284
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what age-related policies have been reported by local health authorities in response to the National Service Framework for Older People; and if he will make a statement.
(171020)
285
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of National Service Framework local implementation teams have reported that an intermediate care co-ordinator is in place; and if he will make a statement.
(171021)
286
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many administrators are involved, and at what annual cost in each Trust, in dealing with the resulting paperwork from emergency service staff captured on speed cameras contravening speed limits.
(170729)
287
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Home Affairs on the annual cost to health trusts of dealing with the paperwork generated by ambulances on emergency calls captured on speed cameras contravening speed limits.
(170730)
288
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions in each of the last 12 months ambulances on emergency calls in each health trust area have been captured on speed cameras contravening speed limits.
(170731)
289
Helen Jackson (Sheffield, Hillsborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to raise awareness of the particular problems of patients and carers suffering from lupus.
(170726)
290
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS trusts have (a) met the targets for reducing assaults on staff, (b) failed to meet those targets and (c) reported an increase in such assaults in the latest period for which figures are available.
(169462)
291
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of assaults on NHS staff who work in clients' homes; and if he will make a statement.
(169463)
292
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of assaults on NHS staff which take place (a) in clients' homes, (b) in isolated units and (c) at night.
(169464)
293
Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve the way that the NHS communicates with patients who are deaf or who have a hearing impairment.
(171013)
294
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the production of his Department's latest annual report cost; how many copies were printed; how many copies of it were sold at its cover price; to whom copies of the report have been provided free of charge; and how many copies were provided free of charge.
(171145)
295
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the stroke milestone in the older people's National Service Framework is defined; and how many hospitals have access to (a) peripatetic specialised teams and (b) a team in place in the hospital.
(171077)
296
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the change in the number of contraceptive injections given to school-aged girls in the last five years.
(171067)
297
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what protocols apply to the giving of the contraceptive injection to school-aged girls.
(171068)
298
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the primary method of contraception was of teenage girls (a) below the age of 16 years and (b) over the age of 16 years in each of the last five years.
(171069)
299
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons implants were not used as the primary method of contraception for school aged girls between 1997-98 and 1999-2000.
(171221)
300
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many senior citizens in Oldham West and Royton have access to free eye tests.
(170882)
301
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many residents in Oldham West and Royton aged over 60 years have benefited from the abolition of charges for eye tests.
(170883)
302
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS (a) doctors and (b) nurses there were in Oldham West and Royton in each of the last seven years.
(170884)
303
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS (a) therapists and (b) scientists there were located in Oldham West and Royton in each of the last seven years.
(170885)
304
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes there have been to NHS waiting list times for the residents of Oldham West and Royton in the last seven years.
(170886)
305
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what percentage of patients with suspected cancer in Oldham West and Royton saw an NHS consultant within two weeks in each of the last seven years.
(170887)
306
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on NHS waiting times for heart surgery in Oldham West and Royton.
(170888)
307
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many residents in Oldham West and Royton awaiting heart surgery have had the option of choosing an alternative hospital for quicker treatment in the last 12 months.
(170889)
308
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the levels of elective admissions to the NHS in Oldham West and Royton in the past five years.
(170890)
309
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many rapid access chest pain clinics there are in Oldham West and Royton.
(170891)
310
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether there is a diagnostic and treatment centre located in Oldham West and Royton.
(170892)
311
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS beds were available in Oldham West and Royton in each year since 1997.
(170893)
312
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the benefits for residents of Oldham West and Royton of the Health Development Agency.
(170894)
313
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much public funding has been spent on (a) heart disease and (b) cancer care in Oldham West and Royton in each of the last five years.
(170895)
314
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what percentage of women in Oldham West and Royton with suspected breast cancer saw a specialist within two weeks in each of the last five years.
(170896)
315
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much public funding has been spent on health in Oldham West and Royton in each of the last seven years.
(170897)
316
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether a failed asylum seeker is entitled to free NHS prophylactic bronchodilators from a general practitioner.
(171044)
317
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department plans to offer financial support to the compulsory continued education and training programmes for (a) opticians and (b) dispensing opticians.
(171045)
318
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how a doctor who has treated a failed asylum seeker may demonstrate to a funding primary care trust that the person's treatment was immediately necessary.
(171046)
319
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which ailments will entitle failed asylum seekers requiring NHS treatment to free treatment in (a) primary care and (b) secondary care.
(171047)
320
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the number of children with continence problems assessed and managed by (a) school nurses, (b) general practitioners and (c) specialist nurses.
(171130)
321
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of treatment and care received by children with continence conditions.
(171132)
322
Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines his Department issues for experimentation on non-human primates in order to improve cures to illnesses shared by primates and humans; and what plans he has to introduce alternatives to the use of primates in medical research.
(170995)
323
N
Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to undertake further research into the health effects of G3 technology mobile telecommunication masts.
(170128)
324
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the meningitis risk to young people entering universities; and if he will make a statement.
(170818)
325
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what immunisation advice he has given to young people due to enter higher education this year in respect of meningitis.
(170821)
326
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential health risk from exposure to low-level (a) ionising and (b) non-ionising radiation; and if he will make a statement.
(170822)
327
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the implementation of the modernising hearing aid services programme.
(171091)
328
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what continuation funding will be available for the modernising hearing aid services programme after central funding ends in 2005; and if he will make a statement.
(171092)
329
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of NHS hearing aids are digital in (a) Essex and (b) England; and if he will make a statement.
(171093)
330
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in Essex on the modernising hearing aid services programme.
(171094)
331
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects full take-up of NHS digital hearing aids to be achieved in (a) Essex and (b) England.
(171095)
332
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures are in place to ensure that patients who are deaf or have hearing problems have full access to the NHS's services by October.
(170965)
333
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans there are to introduce deaf and disability awareness training for front-line NHS staff.
(170967)
334
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures are in place to ensure that the NHS will be in full compliance with the relevant provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 by October.
(170968)
335
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to address the problems experienced by deaf or hard of hearing patients who miss NHS appointments due to poor communication.
(170969)
336
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans there are to introduce (a) loop systems for hearing aid users and (b) visual displays in (i) reception areas and (ii) consulting rooms in general practitioner surgeries.
(170970)
337
N
Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures he is taking to ensure that NHS dentists understand the detail of the new NHS contract.
(169817)
338
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) Ordinary Written and (b) Named Day Questions his Department received in (i) 2002-03 and (ii) this parliamentary session, broken down by month.
(171191)
339
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of Ordinary Written Questions to his Department were answered within five sitting days of tabling, and what proportion of questions for written answer on a named day received a substantive answer on that day, in (a) the 2002-03 parliamentary session and (b) this parliamentary session, broken down by month.
(171192)
340
Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what costs were incurred by his Department in changing the preferred bidder for the proposed diagnostic treatment centre at Ashford Hospital.
(171112)
341
Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date it was decided to remove preferred bidder status from Mercury Healthcare for the provision of a diagnostic treatment centre at Ashford (Middlesex) Hospital; and on what date this decision was communicated to the company.
(171113)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
342
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his strategy is for enforcing legislation on the use of mobile phones whilst driving.
(171096)
343
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions have been brought against people speaking on a mobile phone whilst driving.
(171104)
344
Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers and their dependants in each parliamentary constituency in the City of Newcastle in December 2003 were supported by the National Asylum Support Service; and how many of those were (a) from the EU accession countries and (b) potentially covered by amnesty schemes.
(170863)
345
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to visit Huntingdon Life Sciences in Huntingdon.
(170856)
346
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information his Department collects on assaults on those working in animal research during the course of their work.
(170857)
347
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of the (a) crockery, (b) cutlery and (c) glassware procured by his Department over the last five years is of British manufacture.
(170802)
348
Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police community support officers were employed by the Metropolitan Police on 1st January.
(170871)
349
Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fully qualified police officers were employed by the Metropolitan Police on (a) 1st May 1997 and (b) 1st January.
(170872)
350
Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of the total Metropolitan Police uniformed force is accounted for by police community support officers.
(170997)
351
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which companies are being considered as potential suppliers of systems for issuing identity cards.
(170814)
352
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the Office of Government Commerce has carried out of the identity card programme as referred to at paragraph 1.11 of his consultation document, Legislation on Identity Cards (Cm 6178).
(170815)
353
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what biometric information he intends to store on (a) passports and (b) driving licences; and what databases will be established to store such information centrally.
(170816)
354
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an individual will have the right to see all the information contained on his or her entry in the National Identity Register under proposals in the draft Identity Cards Bill.
(170817)
355
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the efficacy of products used to detect the presence of date rape drugs in drinks; and if he will make a statement.
(171022)
356
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of (a) drug rape and (b) sexual abuse where drugs had been administered were reported in England in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(171023)
357
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Initial Crime Investigators Department Programme will include training of uniformed officers who deal with sexual offence investigation; and if he will make a statement.
(171024)
358
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs has to appoint a working group on drug rape; and if he will make a statement.
(171025)
359
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to repeat the Spiked initiative.
(171026)
360
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the impact of section 55 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 on female asylum seekers; and what assessment he has made of the number that are forced into prostitution.
(171041)
361
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many administrators were involved, and at what cost, in each police authority, to deal with the paperwork resulting from emergency police vehicles captured on speed cameras contravening speed limits.
(170733)
362
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is with regard to drivers of emergency service vehicles who are captured on speed cameras contravening speed limits.
(170736)
363
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to recompense (a) police authorities, (b) fire and rescue authorities and (c) health trusts, for the annual costs of dealing with the paperwork which is triggered by their emergency vehicles captured on speed cameras contravening speed limits.
(170737)
364
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions in each of the last 12 months police vehicles on emergency calls have contravened speed cameras, broken down by police authority area.
(170738)
365
Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton dated 1st March, with regard to Ms N Islam, transferred from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
(170698)
366
Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton dated 19th March, with regard to Wajid Shamsul Hasan.
(170699)
367
Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton dated 18th March, with regard to Miss Z. Patel.
(170700)
368
Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton dated 29th March, with regard to Henry Morgan Crowe.
(170701)
369
Andy King (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will assess the compensation scheme for people remanded in custody and subsequently found not guilty which operates in New Zealand.
(171109)
370
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the production of his Department's latest annual report cost; how many copies were printed; how many copies of it were sold at its cover price; to whom copies of the report have been provided free of charge; and how many copies were provided free of charge.
(171146)
371
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total budget for expenditure by the Active Communities Unit on the voluntary sector (a) was for 2003-04 and (b) is for 2004-05.
(171063)
372
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who the recipients of grants made by the Active Communities Unit were in (a) 2003-04 and (b) in each of the previous five years.
(171064)
373
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Active Communities Unit's expenditure on research was in 2003-04, broken down by topic.
(171065)
374
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Active Communities Unit's budget is for 2004-05.
(171066)
375
N
Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the racial equality councils that have been successful in securing section 44 funding; and what the total funding allocation was.
(169737)
376
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the percentage change in full-time police officers in Oldham West and Royton has been since 1997.
(170953)
377
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the percentage change in (a) overall recorded crime, (b) recorded violent crime, (c) burglaries and (d) vehicle thefts in Oldham West and Royton has been since 1997.
(170954)
378
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times powers to prevent racial harassment have been used in Oldham West and Royton.
(170955)
379
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much public funding has been spent on CCTV security cameras in Oldham West and Royton since 1997.
(170956)
380
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what public funds were spent on tackling drugs misuse in Oldham West and Royton in (a) 1997-98 and (b) 2003-04.
(170957)
381
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many gas-cartridge air weapons have been (a) surrendered to the police and (b) granted section 1 Firearms Certificates since the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003 became law; and how many gas-cartridge weapons he estimates remain in circulation.
(170721)
382
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects the Care Custody computer system to be fully operational throughout England and Wales.
(170722)
383
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) the Care Custody computer system will contain all data held in England and Wales regarding an individual and (b) the information will be limited to locally-held data.
(170723)
384
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what timescale targets he intends to set for the input of data into the Care Custody system regarding custody decisions, bail and court decisions.
(170724)
385
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what level of integration of data he expects among the (a) Care Custody systems, (b) Police National Computer, (c) fingerprint database, (d) DNA database and (e) firearms database.
(170725)
386
N
Gareth Thomas (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with the National Assembly for Wales Government about the use of Private Finance Initiative by North Wales Police (a) for refurbishment and replacement of police stations and (b) generally.
(170319)
387
N
Gareth Thomas (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the use of Private Finance Initiative in relation to capital investment for use of modernising police stations in North Wales.
(170320)
388
N
Gareth Thomas (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much each police force in England and Wales has spent through Private Finance Initiative (a) on refurbishment and replacement of police stations and (b) in total.
(170322)
389
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) Ordinary Written and (b) Named Day Questions his Department received in (i) the 2002-03 and (ii) this parliamentary session up to the most recent date for which figures are available, broken down by month.
(170772)
390
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of (a) Ordinary Written questions to his Department were answered within five sitting days of tabling and (b) Questions for a Named Day received a substantive answer on that day in (i) 2002-03 and (ii) this parliamentary session up to the most recent date for which figures are available, broken down by month.
(170773)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
391
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many international aid workers have left the British controlled sector of Southern Iraq in the last month.
(171153)
392
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many international aid workers there were in the British controlled sector of Iraq on the latest date for which figures are available.
(171154)
393
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many international aid workers have left Iraq in the last month.
(171155)
394
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many international aid workers there were in Iraq on the latest date for which figures are available.
(171156)
395
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his estimate is of the level of unemployment in (a) Iraq and (b) the British-controlled sector of Iraq immediately before the start of the recent conflict.
(171172)
396
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his estimate is of the level of unemployment in the British-controlled sector of Iraq immediately after the cessation of hostilities in the recent conflict.
(171173)
397
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of international aid workers based in the British-controlled sector of Southern Iraq are Iraqi citizens.
(171176)
398
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of international aid workers in Iraq are Iraqi citizens.
(171177)
399
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his estimate is of the current level of unemployment in (a) Iraq and (b) the British controlled sector of Iraq.
(171179)
400
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the level of unemployment in Iraq was immediately after the cessation of hostilities in the recent conflict.
(171180)
401
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his estimate is of the level of (a) female unemployment, (b) male unemployment and (c) unemployment amongst workers under the age of 30 in (i) Iraq and (ii) the British-controlled sector of Iraq immediately after the end of hostilities in the recent conflict.
(171181)
402
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his estimate is of the level of unemployment in (a) Iraq and (b) the British-controlled sector of Iraq immediately before the start of the recent conflict for (i) males, (ii) females and (iii) workers under the age of 30.
(171182)
403
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his estimate is of the level of female unemployment in (a) Iraq and (b) the British-controlled sector of Iraq for workers under the age of 30.
(171195)
404
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the level of inflation is in Iraq.
(171198)
405
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of Iraqi households have access to running water.
(171199)
406
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of Iraqi households in the British-controlled sector of Iraq currently have access to (a) running water and (b) electricity.
(171200)
407
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of Iraqi households in (a) Iraq and (b) the British controlled sector of Iraq had access to (i) running water and (ii) electricity immediately before the start of the recent conflict.
(171201)
408
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the total amount of investment has been in the Iraqi (a) public, (b) private and (c) voluntary sector, over the past year.
(171202)
409
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his estimate is of the level of (a) male and (b) female unemployment in (i) the British controlled sector of Iraq and (ii) Iraq.
(171203)
410
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the level of inflation was in Iraq immediately before the start of the recent conflict.
(171204)
411
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the total value of (a) exports from and (b) imports to Iraq was in the 12 months immediately before the start of the recent conflict.
(171205)
412
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his estimate is of the total value of (a) imports to Iraq and (b) exports from Iraq in 2003-04.
(171209)
413
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) domestic and (b) international representations his Department has received since 2002 concerning opposition to the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline.
(170981)
414
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list the top 20 countries in receipt of bi-lateral aid from his Department, and the amount of aid given to each, in (a) 1998-99 and (b) 2002-03.
(170982)
415
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what action his Department (a) has taken and (b) intends to take in relation to the findings of the International Plan of Action on Ageing 2002.
(170984)
416
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which consultants are retained by his Department to provide the Government of Uganda with advice on delivery of public services; what the value of the contracts with the consultants is; and what the nature of the consultants' brief is.
(171207)
417
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what research his Department has conducted on (a) the amount of disbursements made by the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in 2003 and (b) the amount of money actually spent by recipient governments; and if he will publish his findings.
(171210)
418
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much has been pledged to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria; how much has been disbursed by the Global Fund; and how much has been spent on administration costs in that period.
(171211)
419
N
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps have been taken to meet the UK's obligations arising from the agreement at the World Education Forum in Dakar in April 2000 to achieve primary education for all children by 2015.
(170218)
420
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what percentage of the (a) crockery, (b) cutlery and (c) glassware procured by his Department over the last five years is of British manufacture.
(170803)
421
Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had on improving access to primary education; and if he will make a statement.
(171016)
422
Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance he is giving to projects which improve access to clean water in the developing world.
(171017)
423
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will place in the Library a copy of the recent report on UK mine action funding policy.
(171053)
424
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much the production of his Department's latest annual report cost; how many copies were printed; how many copies of it were sold at its cover price; to whom copies of the report have been provided free of charge; and how many copies were provided free of charge.
(171147)
425
Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what actions his Department is taking to work with the UN World Food Programme and other non-governmental organisations to assist refugees in Sudan.
(171118)
426
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of (a) Ordinary Written Questions to his Department were answered within five sitting days of tabling and (b) Questions for written answer on a named day received a substantive answer on that day in (a) the 2002-03 parliamentary session and (b) this parliamentary session, broken down by month.
(171193)
Questions to the Leader of the House
427
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Leader of the House, what percentage of the (a) crockery, (b) cutlery and (c) glassware procured by his Office over the last five years is of British manufacture.
(170804)
428
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Leader of the House, how much the production of his Office's latest annual report cost; how many copies were printed; how many copies of it were sold at its cover price; to whom copies of the report have been provided free of charge; and how many copies were provided free of charge.
(171151)
429
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Leader of the House, what assessment he has made of the implications of the Independent Monitoring Commission Report for the use of House facilities by Sinn Fein.
(170658)
430
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Leader of the House, how many (a) Ordinary Written and (b) Named Day Questions his office received in (i) the 2002-03 and (ii) this parliamentary session up to the most recent date for which figures are available, broken down by month.
(170770)
431
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Leader of the House, what proportion of (a) Ordinary Written Questions to his office were answered within five sitting days of tabling and (b) Questions for a Named Day received a substantive answer on that day in (i) 2002-03 and (ii) the current parliamentary session up to the most recent date for which figures are available, broken down by month.
(170771)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
432
N
David Burnside (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what effect the ending of academic selection for entry to secondary schools as recommended by the Costello Report would have on the Two Tier Dickson system in use in Craigavon; and if he will make a statement.
(170458)
433
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the annual changes in Northern Ireland housing executive rents were over the last six years.
(171001)
434
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will amend the relevant legislation to reduce the number of pupils Translink is entitled to carry on each school bus journey.
(171002)
435
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps are being taken to assist those people in Northern Ireland who suffer from respiratory illnesses and as a result of their condition have severe restriction in their mobility.
(171003)
436
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what provision is being made to assist disabled people in undertaking courses at each of Northern Ireland's universities.
(171004)
437
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many minors in Northern Ireland have been questioned and cautioned in each of the last five years.
(171005)
438
N
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the staff and administrative costs associated with the operation of the Police Fund have been in each year since its introduction, broken down by main budget heading.
(170219)
439
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of the (a) crockery, (b) cutlery and (c) glassware procured by his Department over the last five years is of British or Northern Ireland manufacture.
(170805)
440
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much the production of his Department's latest annual report cost; how many copies were printed; how many copies of it were sold at its cover price; to whom copies of the report have been provided free of charge; and how many copies were provided free of charge.
(171150)
441
Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many formal complaints alleging breaches of fair employment and equal opportunity legislation by the Northern Ireland Policing Board have been made to the Office of Industrial Tribunals and the Office of Fair Employment Tribunals in (a) 2002, (b) 2003 and (c) 2004 to date.
(170728)
442
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what penalties will be imposed on contracts to build schools awarded through public private partnership if handover dates are not realised; and if he will make a statement.
(171027)
443
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what action has been taken to ensure Castlereagh College is able to offer assistance and training to people who face redundancy in the Castlereagh/East Belfast and Strangford areas; and if he will make a statement.
(171028)
444
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps were taken to ensure Castlereagh College's involvement in assisting employees of TK ECC following closure of the factory at Dundonald; and if he will make a statement.
(171029)
445
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take steps to ensure that (a) the new regional cancer unit at the Belfast City Hospital and (b) local research prioritise childhood tumours; and if he will make a statement.
(171030)
446
Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many respondents were (a) in favour of and (b) against the Government's proposals set out in the consultation document Civil Partnerships: A Legal Status for Committed Same Sex Couples in Northern Ireland.
(170719)
447
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) Ordinary Written and (b) Named Day Questions his Department received in (i) the 2002-03 and (ii) this parliamentary session up to the most recent date for which figures are available, broken down by month.
(170766)
448
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of (a) Ordinary Written Questions to his Department were answered within five sitting days of tabling and (b) Questions for a Named Day received a substantive answer on that day in (i) 2002-03 and (ii) the current parliamentary session up to the most recent date for which figures are available, broken down by month.
(170767)
Questions to the Prime Minister
449
N
Mr William Cash (Stone):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will veto the legislative instrument proposing the European Evidence Warrant.
(170781)
450
N
Mr William Cash (Stone):To ask the Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of whether the European Evidence Warrant complies with the Human Rights Act 1998.
(170782)
451
N
Mr William Cash (Stone):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will refuse to accept the European Constitution if at the next Summit on the European Constitution the European Evidence Warrant forms part of the corpus of the draft Constitution and laws of the EU.
(170783)
452
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Prime Minister, what percentage of the (a) crockery, (b) cutlery and (c) glassware procured by his Office over the last five years is of British manufacture.
(170806)
453
N
Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Statement on Europe, of 20th April, Official Report, columns 155-57, whether it is his policy to describe the draft Constitution for Europe as a tidying-up exercise.
(170572)
454
N
Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Statement on Europe, of 20th April, Official Report, columns 155-57, what factors he took into account in reaching his decision on whether to hold a referendum.
(170573)
455
N
Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer, of 21st April, Official Report, column 287, what discussions he held with ministerial colleagues prior to his decision to hold a referendum on the European constitution.
(170574)
456
N
Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Statement on Iraq and the Middle East Peace Process, of 19th April, Official Report, columns 21-23, whether he urged President Bush that the Quartet should be involved in further decisions affecting the peace process rather than for such decisions to be decided bilaterally between the United States and Israel.
(170575)
457
N
Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Statement on Iraq and the Middle East peace process, of 19th April, Official Report, columns 21-23, what representations he made to President Bush before the President announced his endorsement of Prime Minister Sharon's plans.
(170576)
458
Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the recent open letter on Government policies on Iraq and the Israel/Palestine situation, signed by former British diplomats; and whether he plans to respond to the letter.
(170994)
459
Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Prime Minister, on what date he last raised the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change with President Bush.
(170998)
460
N
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the overseas (a) cities and (b) countries which he has visited on official business in the first four months of 2004, broken down by date of visit.
(170972)
461
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Prime Minister, what steps he proposes to take to bring the immigration procedures and rules up to date.
(171080)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
462
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what percentage of the (a) crockery, (b) cutlery and (c) glassware procured by his Department over the last five years is of British manufacture.
(170807)
463
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much the production of his Department's latest annual report cost; how many copies were printed; how many copies of it were sold at its cover price; to whom copies of the report have been provided free of charge; and how many copies were provided free of charge.
(171152)
464
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (a) Ordinary Written and (b) Named Day Questions his Department received in (i) 2002-03 and (ii) this parliamentary session, broken down by month.
(171196)
465
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what proportion of (a) Ordinary Written Questions to his Department were answered within five sitting days of tabling and (b) Questions for written answer on a named day received a substantive answer on that day in (i) the 2002-03 parliamentary session and (ii) this parliamentary session, broken down by month.
(171197)
Questions to the Solicitor General
466
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Solicitor General, what percentage of the (a) crockery, (b) cutlery and (c) glassware procured by her Department over the last five years is of British manufacture.
(170813)
467
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Solicitor General, how much the production of the Law Officers' Department's latest annual report cost; how many copies were printed; how many copies of it were sold at its cover price; to whom copies of the report have been provided free of charge; and how many copies were provided free of charge.
(171148)
468
Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Solicitor General, what assessment she has made of whether prosecutions can be brought against those United Kingdom citizens whose names appear on the list of non-Iraqis who are alleged to have benefited from the United Nations oil for food programme for Iraq.
(170743)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
469
N
Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many people have legitimately not been paid the minimum wage in each year since its introduction; what the reason was in each case; what estimate she has made of the number of people not being paid the minimum wage for illegitimate reasons; and she will make a statement.
(170311)
470
N
Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many employees have been affected by employers not complying with the National Minimum Wage in each year since its introduction.
(170464)
471
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many new businesses started up in Huntingdon constituency in each year since 1997.
(170780)
472
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many residents of the Huntingdon constituency have benefited from a reduction of the working week to 48 hours.
(170848)
473
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many workers in Huntingdon constituency have benefited from the national minimum wage.
(170862)
474
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of the (a) crockery, (b) cutlery and (c) glassware procured by her Department over the last five years is of British manufacture.
(170811)
475
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of (a) the effect of size-based pricing on mail order companies and (b) the accuracy of Royal Mail's assertion that 30 per cent. of mail will be affected by these changes.
(171010)
476
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the introduction of size-based pricing by Royal Mail.
(171011)
477
N
Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list (a) the official meetings she has had with the Mayor of London since July 2000 and (b) the dates and subject of each meeting.
(170571)
478
Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the impact of the development of the Omega site in Warrington on (a) Warrington and (b) the regional economy.
(171019)
479
Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she will reply to the letter from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton dated 25th March, with regard to Jenny Edwards.
(170702)
480
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much the production of her Department's latest annual report cost; how many copies were printed; how many copies of it were sold at its cover price; to whom copies of the report have been provided free of charge; and how many copies were provided free of charge.
(171078)
481
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her policy is on renewable energy.
(170792)
482
N
Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the impact of UK Trade and Investment in the last financial year.
(169739)
483
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the average final settlement for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and vibration white finger was for the top 10 solicitors as determined by fees charged to her Department under the miners' compensation scheme.
(170740)
484
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which 10 solicitors had the most new claims lodged under the miners' compensation scheme in 2004.
(170741)
485
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the effect of recent trends in investment in renewable energy on residents of Oldham West and Royton.
(170879)
486
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many new businesses have started up in Oldham West and Royton since 1997.
(170934)
487
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps the Government has taken to help small businesses in Oldham West and Royton since 1997.
(170935)
488
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many new businesses have been established in Oldham West and Royton since 1997.
(170936)
489
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many workers in Oldham West and Royton have benefited from the national minimum wage.
(170937)
490
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many and what percentage of women in Oldham West and Royton have taken 26 weeks' maternity leave since 1997.
(170938)
491
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the effects of the EU Social Chapter on the residents of Oldham West and Royton.
(170939)
492
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the benefits to the residents of Oldham West and Royton of new rights for night-shift workers.
(170940)
493
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many residents of Oldham West and Royton qualify for paid leave entitlements.
(170941)
494
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many residents of Oldham West and Royton have benefited from a reduction of the working week to 48 hours.
(170942)
495
Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the average number of coal health compensation claims settled each month was in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales since the scheme began; how many claims are awaiting settlement; and what the timetable is for settling outstanding claims.
(170873)
496
Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the annual cost to her Department of participation in the Pilot joint taskforce on the future of the UK oil and gas industry (a) has been and (b) is expected to be in the next five years; and how her Department measures value for money from participation in the Pilot taskforce.
(170977)
497
Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the members of her Department's liabilities management unit; what the qualifications of each are; and what the permanent place of employment of each secondee to the unit is.
(170978)
498
Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list in respect of the BNFL strategy review, to which reference is made at paragraph 15.27, page 126 of her Department's Annual Report, Cm 6216, (a) where the conclusions of the review were published, (b) who the members of the review were and (c) why neither the Thorp reprocessing plant nor the Sellafield Mox plant were included in the review.
(170979)
499
Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether any of the grant-in-aid to countries of the former Soviet Union in respect of nuclear legacy programmes mentioned at paragraphs 16.18 to 16.21 of her Department's Annual Report, Cm 6216, has been (a) used and (b) earmarked for future use to help deal with the surplus military plutonium stockpile in Russia.
(170983)
500
Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the operation of the (a) Joined-up and more Efficient Working on Export Licensing (JEWEL) and (b) SCOPE programmes.
(170988)
501
Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the main points were of the agreement reached with the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the exchange of nuclear security information to which reference is made at paragraph 16.17 of her Department's Annual Report, Cm 6216.
(170989)
502
Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the Minister of State (Energy, e-Commerce and Postal Services) next plans to visit Japan.
(170993)
503
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) Ordinary Written and (b) Named Day Questions her Department received in (i) the 2002-03 and (ii) this parliamentary session up to the most recent date for which figures are available, broken down by month.
(170776)
504
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what proportion (a) Ordinary Written Questions to her Department were answered within five sitting days of tabling and (b) Questions for a Named Day received a substantive answer on that day in (i) 2002-03 and (ii) this parliamentary session up to the most recent date for which figures are available, broken down by month.
(170777)
505
Brian White (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the Government's stance is on the proposed EU Software Patents Directive.
(171107)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
506
N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average duration of utility works involving occupation of the highway was in (a) 2000, (b) 2001, (c) 2002 and (d) 2003.
(170650)
507
N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of congestion on local authority roads in each year since 2000 was caused by (a) street works carried out by utilities and (b) street works carried out by or on behalf of highway authorities.
(170651)
508
N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average duration of works carried out by highway authorities necessitating occupation of (a) Highways Agency roads and (b) local authority roads was in (i) 2000, (ii) 2001, (iii) 2002 and (iv) 2003.
(170652)
509
N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he received the final report by Halcrow on the lane rental pilot in Camden and Middlesbrough; and on what date it will be made public.
(170653)
510
Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West & Penistone):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which management consultants undertook work for (a) his Department and its predecessor and (b) London Underground in respect of the London Underground Public Private Partnership; and if he will list the total payments in each management consultancy company.
(171222)
511
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rural bus services in (a) the Huntingdon constituency and (b) Cambridgeshire are supported by rural bus grants.
(170861)
512
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of the (a) crockery, (b) cutlery and (c) glassware procured by his Department over the last five years is of British manufacture.
(170812)
513
N
Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to make an announcement concerning the Government's decision on the upgrading of the A358 and the A303 following the decision to be made by the Regional Assembly on 30th April.
(170110)
514
N
Mr John Horam (Orpington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many peak-time train services serving Petts Wood, Orpington and St Mary Cray there are (a) at present and (b) proposed by the Strategic Rail Authority in the Integrated Kent Franchise consultation document.
(169818)
515
N
Mr John Horam (Orpington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assumptions were made by the Strategic Rail Authority in the Integrated Kent Franchise document about (a) current and (b) future capacity in the peak-hour services between Petts Wood, Orpington, St Mary Cray and London.
(169819)
516
N
Mr John Horam (Orpington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the passenger usage data for (a) Petts Wood, (b) Orpington and (c) St Mary Cray that the Strategic Rail Authority used in their consultation document on the Integrated Kent Franchise, broken down by (i) passengers buying season tickets and those not and (ii) passengers taking fast peak-hour trains to London and those taking slow, stopping trains in the peak period.
(169820)
517
Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had on providing public transport links to the Omega site in Warrington as it is developed.
(171018)
518
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the production of his Department's latest annual report cost; how many copies were printed; how many copies of it were sold at its cover price; to whom copies of the report have been provided free of charge; and how many copies were provided free of charge.
(171079)
519
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which train operating companies are run on (a) management contracts and (b) a cost plus basis; and when each contract began.
(171212)
520
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with which stakeholders he has held direct discussions in connection with his review of the structure and organisation of the railways.
(171213)
521
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been paid by his Department and its predecessors to management consultants in respect of the national railways in each year since 1997.
(171214)
522
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which management consultants have worked for his Department and its predecessors in each year since 1997; and what payments were made to each management consultancy for work in connection with the national rail network in each year.
(171215)
523
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) has paid to management consultants in respect of the national railways in each year since the SRA was created.
(171216)
524
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which management consultants have worked for the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA), and what payments have been made to each for work in connection with the national rail network, in each year since the creation of the SRA.
(171217)
525
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much Network Rail has paid to management consultants for work in connection with the national railways in each year since its creation.
(171218)
526
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what payments have been made for work in connection with the national rail network by Network Rail to each management consultancy which has carried out such work, broken down by year.
(171219)
527
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the percentage change in (a) deaths and (b) serious injuries on the roads of Oldham West and Royton has been since 1997.
(170959)
528
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of new cycle lanes have been provided using public funds in Oldham West and Royton since 1997.
(170960)
529
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rural bus services in Oldham West and Royton are supported by rural bus grants.
(170961)
530
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of priority bus lanes have been created in Oldham West and Royton since 1997.
(170962)
531
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the effect of investment in railway improvements over the next 10 years upon residents of Oldham West and Royton.
(170963)
532
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to (a) improve and (b) fund improvements to the A13 Sadlers Farm Junction in Benfleet, Essex.
(171086)
533
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what investigations he has (a) conducted and (b) planned into solutions to the congestion problem on the A13 in Hadleigh.
(171087)
534
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of foreign registered (a) cars and (b) other vehicles in the UK on (i) permanent and (ii) temporary import; and how many he estimates have exceeded the maximum stay period.
(170865)
535
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what measures are taken to ensure that vehicles on temporary import are unable to exceed their maximum stay period; and what measures are taken against those vehicles which have exceeded this period.
(170866)
536
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made towards delivering the targets relating to Transport Direct set out in the 10 year plan; and when he expects remaining components to be operational.
(170867)
537
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the consultants used to conduct work for the Department related to Transport Direct, broken down by (a) value of work and (b) nature of the work.
(170868)
538
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent by his Department on Transport Direct, broken down by year; and how this has changed since original estimates of the cost of the work were made.
(170869)
539
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) Ordinary Written and (b) Named Day Questions his Department received in (i) 2002-03 and (ii) this parliamentary session, broken down by month.
(171189)
540
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of (a) Ordinary Written Questions to his Department were answered within five sitting days of tabling and (b) Questions for a Written Answer on a named day received a substantive answer on that day in (i) the 2002-03 parliamentary session and (ii) this parliamentary session, broken down by month.
(171190)
541
N
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 25th March to the honourable Member for the Isle of Wight, Official Report, column 982W, on rail services (a) what information he collects and (b) if he will make a statement on the punctuality and reliability of trains destined for Portsmouth Harbour.
(171208)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
542
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what percentage of the (a) crockery, (b) cutlery and (c) glassware procured by his Department over the last five years is of British manufacture.
(170809)
543
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much the production of his Department's latest annual report cost; how many copies were printed; how many copies of it were sold at its cover price; to whom copies of the report have been provided free of charge; and how many copies were provided free of charge.
(171082)
544
N
Gareth Thomas (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the National Assembly for Wales Secretaries about the use of Private Finance Initiative by North Wales Police (a) in respect of refurbishment and replacement of police stations and (b) generally.
(170321)
545
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many (a) Ordinary Written and (b) Named Day Questions his Department received in (i) the 2002-03 and (ii) this parliamentary session up to the most recent date for which figures are available, broken down by month.
(170762)
546
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of (a) Ordinary Written Questions to his Department were answered within five sitting days of tabling and (b) Questions for a Named Day received a substantive answer on that day in (i) 2002-03 and (ii) this parliamentary session up to the most recent date for which figures are available, broken down by month.
(170763)
Questions to the Minister for Women
547
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Minister for Women, what assessment she has made of the European Commission's Communication on Equal Opportunities and Equal Treatment between Men and Women.
(170791)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
548
John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether those registering a civil partnership will be entitled to the same pension rights as married couples; and if he will make a statement.
(171111)
549
Chris Bryant (Rhondda):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each ward in the Rhondda constituency have received incapacity benefit in each year since 1992.
(170987)
550
Mr Martin Caton (Gower):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will extend eligibility for the higher rate of the mobility component of the disability living allowance to people who become disabled after the age of 65 years to enable them to benefit from the Motability Scheme.
(170990)
551
Valerie Davey (Bristol West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if the Government will make changes to the current system to ensure that all women have access to a basic state pension in their own right.
(170966)
552
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of the (a) crockery, (b) cutlery and (c) glassware procured by his Department over the last five years is of British manufacture.
(170808)
553
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what definition he will use of the term carer in relation to the planned introduction of the right to flexible working for carers; and if he will make a statement.
(170974)
554
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when plans for the right to flexible working for carers will be implemented; and if he will make a statement.
(171009)
555
N
Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of incapacity benefit claimants covered by the new incapacity benefit pilot projects in (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2004-05.
(170459)
556
N
Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of possible savings generated by the new incapacity benefit pilot projects in each year from 2004-05 to 2008-09.
(170460)
557
N
Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of extending the new incapacity benefit pilot projects to all incapacity benefit claimants.
(170461)
558
N
Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of (a) the start-up costs and (b) the annual running costs of the new incapacity benefit pilot projects, broken down by cost of (i) personal advisers, (ii) the new return to work credit, (iii) condition management courses and (iv) other costs.
(170462)
559
Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to increase the number of qualified British Sign Language/English interpreters.
(171012)
560
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the production of his Department's latest annual report cost; how many copies were printed; how many copies of it were sold at its cover price; to whom copies of the report have been provided free of charge; and how many copies were provided free of charge.
(171159)
561
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many lone parents in Oldham West and Royton have gained work through the New Deal programme.
(170948)
562
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on measures introduced to improve the working conditions of disabled workers in Oldham West and Royton in the last seven years.
(170949)
563
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women in Oldham West and Royton have benefited from (a) the New Deal for Lone Parents and (b) the New Deal for Partners since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(170950)
564
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many senior citizens in Oldham West and Royton have benefited from the winter fuel allowance since 1997.
(170951)
565
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many mothers in Oldham West and Royton have taken up the Sure Start maternity grant.
(170952)
566
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the new Child Support Agency formula will be applied to all absent parents, irrespective of the date of claim; and if he will make a statement.
(170823)
567
Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many inspectors were employed by the Health and Safety Executive (a) in the Factory Inspectorate, (b) in the Nuclear Inspectorate and (c) on other duties in each of the last 10 years, broken down by grade; and if he will make a statement.
(170669)
568
N
Mr John Taylor (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will cause enquiries to be made into the conduct of the Child Support Agency case of Mary Ahern of Haslucks Croft, Shirley in the Solihull constituency.
(170654)
569
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of (a) Ordinary Written Questions to his Department were answered within five sitting days of tabling and (b) Questions for written answer on a named day received a substantive answer on that day in (i) the 2002-03 parliamentary session and (ii) this parliamentary session, broken down by month.
(171194)
570
N
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost in each of the next 10 financial years from 2006-07, net of savings in means-tested benefits and additional income tax revenues, of paying from April 2006 a basic state pension to all single people aged 75 or above at the rate of the guarantee credit for single people regardless of contribution record, and a basic state pension to all couples where one or both partners is aged 75 or above at the rate of the guarantee credit for couples, with that pension being indexed to earnings in subsequent years, and assuming that the savings credit is abolished for those aged 75 or above.
(170649)
571
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Written Statement of 21st April, Official Report, columns 19-21WS on child support, for what reasons some new cases were unable to be progressed on the new system.
(171098)
572
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Written Statement of 21st April, Official Report, columns 19-21WS on the child support scheme, when he estimates that reliable figures on (a) compliance and (b) throughput will be available.
(171099)
573
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd April, Official Report, column 709W, on pension forecasts, how many (a) employers and (b) pension providers participated in the service in each year since its introduction.
(171100)
574
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd April, Official Report, column 709W, on pension forecasts, which (a) employers and (b) pension providers delivered combined pension forecasts in each year since their introduction.
(171101)
575
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd April, Official Report, column 709W, on pension forecasts, how many individuals have received a combined pension forecast; and how many of that number have received a forecast on (a) one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) more than three occasions.
(171102)
576
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd April, Official Report, column 709W, on pension forecasts, how many combined pension forecasts have been issued in each month since their introduction; and how frequently they are reissued to individuals.
(171103)
577
N
Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average period was between a disability living allowance application form being received and it being considered by a decision maker in respect of applications (a) from Wales, (b) from England, (c) in Welsh and (d) in English in each of the last three years.
(170221)
578
N
Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of disability living allowance decision makers are able to work through the medium of Welsh.
(170222)
579
N
Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the target period is for the time between the receipt of a disability living allowance application form and its consideration by a decision maker.
(170223)
580
N
Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of disability living allowance claims submitted in Welsh are considered using (a) the original Welsh versions and (b) a translation into English; and what criteria are employed in decisions as to whether claims submitted in Welsh are translated for consideration in English.
(170224)
581
N
Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what arrangements are in place for the translation into English of disability living allowance application forms completed in Welsh.
(170225)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
582
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many teenage girls (a) below the age of 16 years and (b) over the age of 16 years fell pregnant in (i) 2003-04 and (ii) each of the previous five years.
[Transferred] (171070)
583
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many workers in Oldham West and Royton have benefited from the national minimum wage.
[Transferred] (170946)
584
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the levels of long-term (a) adult and (b) youth employment in Oldham West and Royton in the last seven years.
[Transferred] (170947)
585
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total funding allocation for his Department was in 2003-04 for child benefit.
[Transferred] (170820)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
586
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent discussions she has had on exempting camping sites in West Sussex from revised planning controls.
[Transferred] (170754)
587
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress has been made on implementing the EC directive on the energy performance of buildings; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred] (170971)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
588
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in Oldham West and Royton are receiving drug treatment.
[Transferred] (170958)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
589
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to bring the number of employees from ethnic minority backgrounds in (a) the Police Service and (b) the judiciary into line with ethnic breakdown of the population in Britain.
[Transferred] (171081)
590
Mr Alan Williams (Swansea West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects the Security Industry Authority to introduce regulations to control the activities of clamping companies.
[Transferred] (170964)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
591
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the effect of recent trends in investment in renewable energy upon the residents of Cambridgeshire.
[Transferred] (170853)

 
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