Questions for Oral or Written Answer beginning on Wednesday 19 May 2004 (the 'Questions Book') Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Wednesday 19 May 2004 This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 19 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 Wednesday 19 May of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 19 May see Part 2 of this paper. Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 1 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans the Government has to establish a professional communications team in the event of a serious emergency. | (174677) | 2 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many public bodies sponsored by other departments have been (a) merged and (b) abolished since 1997 as a result of a quinquennial review by his Department; and if he will make a statement. | (174709) | 3 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many quinquennial reviews of public bodies have been carried out since 1997; on what dates; and for which departments. | (174710) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 4 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the rate of conceptions was for women aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 in England and Wales in each year since 2000; and if he will make a statement. | (174521) | 5 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many conceptions in women aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 there were in each year since 2000, broken down by strategic health authority; and if he will make a statement. | (174522) | 6 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the rate of conceptions in women aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 was in each year since 2000, broken down by strategic health authority; and if he will make a statement. | (174523) | 7 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many conceptions resulted in an abortion among women aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 years in England and Wales in each year since 2000; and if he will make a statement. | (174531) | 8 | Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the change in the number of jobs in the manufacturing sector in the Eastern Region has been in (a) the last 12 months for which figures are available and (b) in the 24 months prior to this. | (174544) | 9 | Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are employed in engineering and engineering related industries in the Eastern region; and how many were employed in these industries in (a) 2003, (b) 2002 and (c) 2001. | (174545) | 10 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the revenue which would be raised from petrol and diesel duty if pump prices rose to 90 pence a litre on average in the week beginning 17th May and stayed at that price for the rest of 2004-05. | (174568) | 11 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the tax take is from each additional one penny on the litre price of fuel at the pumps. | (174569) | 12 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of tax revenue which the Government would raise from petrol and diesel if pump prices remain at their current level for the rest of the financial year. | (174570) | 13 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest forecast is for the revenue from all taxes on petrol and diesel for 2004-05. | (174571) | 14 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Budget forecast was for all tax revenues on petrol and diesel for 2004-05. | (174572) | 15 | Mr Martin Salter (Reading West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Government has to ensure that companies promoting holiday bond schemes make potential investors aware of the financial risks involved. | (174533) | 16 | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many conceptions resulted in abortion among those aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 in each year since 2000. | (174459) | 17 | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the rate of conceptions for females aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 years was in each year since 2000. | (174466) | 18 | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what controls are available to prevent individuals importing drugs that are available in the UK by prescription only. | (174472) | 19 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Budget Statement of 17th March, if he will make a statement regarding the 2005-06 payment to headteachers of secondary schools and its relationship to planned increases in Schools Standard Grant and Devolved Formula. | (174628) | 20 | John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to ensure the availability of low sulphur petrol after 1st September in the North East of Scotland and the Highlands and Islands; and if he will make a statement. | (174481) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 21 | Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will request that Ofcom include a requirement for a periodic review of the ordering of channels on electronic programme guides (EPGs) in its new code of practice for EPG providers; and if she will make a statement. | (174670) | 22 | Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact of television channels' positioning on the electronic programme guides on viewer choice; what steps she intends to take to ensure that EPG providers facilitate a reordering of channels disadvantaged by their EPG listing; and if she will make a statement. | (174671) | 23 | Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with Ofcom about the role of the electronic programme guide in promoting fair competition between the UK 24 hour news sources on digital television; and if she will make a statement. | (174672) | 24 | Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with Ofcom about whether the new electronic programme guide code will include a requirement for a review of channel ordering on the EPG; and if she will make a statement. | (174673) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 25 | Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has held with Mr Victor Bout about the role of his companies in Iraq. | (174772) | 26 N | Mrs Patsy Calton (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) instruction and (b) guidance his (i) officials and (ii) Ministers were following prior to the decision not to make the February International Committee of the Red Cross report available to him as soon as it became available to his Department. | (173571) | 27 N | Mrs Patsy Calton (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) written and (b) oral briefing was provided by officials in his Department to inform (i) him and (ii) his Ministers of the contents of the International Committee of the Red Cross report and actions taken (A) as a result of officials having read the report and (B) prior to the full report being made available to him. | (173576) | 28 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether an Army standby unit is ready to help the emergency services immediately in the event of a serious national emergency. | (174689) | 29 | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what ongoing British involvement there will be in Iraq after the 30th June transfer of power. | (174518) | 30 | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information he has received on the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden. | (174519) | 31 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Under-Secretary of State's letter reference D/US of S /IC 1295/04/A of 5th April, what action he is taking to resolve the legal principle in international law of the ownership of wrecks; and what lessons have been learned in wreck management for his Department's work on HMS Royal Oak in Scapa Flow. | (166925) | 32 | Sue Doughty (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many hours of training on average British troops have received in Iraqi culture and customs prior to deployment in Iraq. | (174725) | 33 | Sue Doughty (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there is a minimum level of training in Iraqi culture and customs for British troops prior to deployment in Iraq. | (174726) | 34 | Sue Doughty (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what experts have been consulted in (a) formulating training programmes, (b) writing training material and (c) on the ground guidance for British troops on Iraqi culture and customs; and if he will make a statement. | (174727) | 35 | Sue Doughty (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what topics and issues are covered in training given to British troops on Iraqi culture and customs prior to deployment in Iraq. | (174728) | 36 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the saluting battery capability in the Tower of London could be provided by a regiment with no gunnery training or capability. | (174443) | 37 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the Gun Troops, Honourable Artillery Company. | (174444) | 38 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Honourable Artillery Company will maintain a gunner role. | (174445) | 39 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for how long the Honourable Artillery Company has performed a gunner role. | (174446) | 40 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the Territorial Army's role in the Royal Artillery. | (174447) | 41 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many light guns are on issue to the British Army; and to which units they have been issued. | (174448) | 42 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Territorial Army batteries have a full complement of the light gun. | (174449) | 43 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many automatic positioning systems for the light gun have been issued; and to which batteries. | (174450) | 44 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Regular and (b) Territorial Army batteries have a full complement of automatic positioning systems allocated to their light guns; and how many are using dial sights. | (174451) | 45 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the Joint Strike Fighter's ability to take off from warships, with particular reference to (a) its expected performance in combat, (b) the final cost, (c) who is liable for the cost of reconfiguring the aircraft, (d) the final in service date and (e) the reasons for not identifying the take off problems earlier. | (174632) | 46 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements are in place to ensure the safe operation of United States military unmanned air vehicles while in UK airspace; whether there have been breaches of these arrangements in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | (174542) | 47 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many battlefield helicopters are deployed on operations; in which theatres they are deployed; and with which units they are in-service. | (174543) | 48 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to reduce the proportion of applications for planning permission for off-shore windfarms to which his Department lodges objections. | (174589) | 49 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what improvements have been made to systems for combat identification in the light of experience gained from Operation Telic. | (174603) | 50 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps were taken following the judgement of the European Court of Human Rights in Ireland v United Kingdom (1978) to outlaw the use of the five techniques of interrogation found to be in breach of Article 3 of the European Convention. | (174550) | 51 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what instructions were made available to interrogators and other soldiers involved in the handling of prisoners in Iraq from March 2003 onwards in order to prevent European Convention on Human Rights violations under Article 3 occurring through each of the five techniques identified by the Court in 1978. | (174551) | 52 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he was first informed that UK forces in Iraq were practising the banned interrogation technique of hooding prisoners; if he will list the regiments in which the practice was identified; and on what date and on whose authority an order was issued to cease the practice. | (174552) | 53 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the postings were of the 1st Battalion, the King's Regiment for the last two years; and what postings are planned in the next year. | (174740) | 54 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the internal process is for the Royal Military Police Special Investigations Branch to evaluate the investigation of cases in order to improve efficiency and effectiveness; and what computer records are kept of conclusions drawn from internal evaluation. | (174741) | 55 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the Minister of State for the Armed Forces received the Amnesty International Report, Army Barracks Death: Families Demand Justice (EUR 45/004/2003); and what his response was. | (174742) | 56 | Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the US authorities about basing missile defence interceptor sites in the UK. | (174567) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 57 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans the Government has for inter-brigade co-operation in the Fire Service in the event of a serious emergency. | (174674) | 58 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what (a) regulatory framework and (b) code of conduct applies to the placement of mobile phone masts and base stations in proximity to (i) schools, (ii) hospitals and (iii) residential areas. | (174540) | 59 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, for what reasons North East Lincolnshire was not granted the full sum for gap funding for its housing transfer for which it had applied; what assessment he has made of the effect this has on the business plans for the new housing association; and what plans he has to make supplementary gap funding available to North East Lincolnshire under the new arrangements for gap funding for areas of negative equity. | (174500) | 60 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what (a) support, (b) advice and (c) guidance his officials have provided to North East Lincolnshire in connection with its campaign for the large scale voluntary transfer of its housing stock; what estimate he has made of the cost of (i) staff time, (ii) travel and (iii) other expenditure in connection with such support, advice and guidance; and how much of that cost is payable by North East Lincolnshire. | (174549) | 61 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what residual housing costs will fall on North East Lincolnshire Council's general fund following the transfer of housing stock; and what further public consultation will take place on the effects of the changes. | (174583) | 62 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when local authorities were allowed to raise resources against their assets and the income stream to improve the quality of their housing. | (174602) | 63 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much public money per council property has been allocated to (a) Hull and (b) Grimsby in each year since 2000-01; and what the projected total is for 2004-05. | (174634) | 64 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what common design, lay-out and publicity services were provided by his Department for the literature, the formal consultation document and the videos distributed to tenants in different recent large scale voluntary transfer campaigns were so similar to each other. | (174635) | 65 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the total cost is of the dowry funding allocated to housing transfers under the Estates Renewal Challenge Fund. | (174654) | 66 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what councils, how many houses and how much land have been admitted to the Stock Transfer Programme for each year since 2002-03; how many applied for inclusion; and what assessment he has made of what this means for future financing of councils which submit proposals by his deadline of July 2005. | (174655) | 67 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the role and mission statement are of his Community Housing Task Force. | (174656) | 68 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the fact that 44 per cent. of eligible tenants have voted to give away the council housing stock of North East Lincolnshire is a sufficient mandate for transfer. | (174660) | 69 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether his Community Housing Task Force has yet been integrated within the Government Office network; how many of its staff are (a) civil servants and (b) consultants; and what services they provide to local authorities whose tenants have voted to reject the Government's three options for council house privatisation. | (174661) | 70 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will publish the responses to his housing investment allowance proposals for council housing put forward in 2002. | (174662) | 71 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the supplementary gap funding he announced in the week beginning 10th May for housing transfers in areas with negative equity will be made available to North East Lincolnshire. | (174663) | 72 | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will restrict the maximum fee which a local authority can charge persons who make a complaint against a nuisance hedge grower to £100. | (174581) | 73 | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he will report on his consultation on the maximum fee which a local authority can charge persons who wish to make a complaint against a nuisance hedge grower. | (174582) | 74 | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what advice is given to local authorities on how best to assess whether developers have sought brownfield site alternatives before proposing back land development. | (174462) | 75 | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many people live in areas that are exempt from stamp duty on properties up to the value of £150,000, broken down by local authorities in England. | (174464) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 76 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps his Department takes to involve parents when under-aged pregnant girls seek the advice of a health worker at school; and if he will make a statement. | (174532) | 77 N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of pupils there were in years seven to 11 in (a) grammar, (b) modern and (c) comprehensive schools in each local authority retaining a selective admissions system in each of the last four years. | (172377) | 78 N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of pupils in maintained (a) grammar and (b) non-selective schools in each local authority retaining a selective admissions system were (i) eligible for free school meals, (ii) statemented and (iii) from ethnic minorities in each of the last four years. | (172378) | 79 N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils there were in each of the last six years aged 11 to 15 in maintained secondary schools in England; and how many and what percentage of pupils in the same period were aged 11 to 15 in maintained grammar schools in England.
| (172380) | 80 N | Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what (a) advice and (b) information he has issued to local authorities about the use of the trafficked children's resource operated by Integrated Care. | (173796) | 81 N | Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what conclusions he has reached about services for trafficked children following Operation Paladin. | (173797) | 82 | Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans the Department has to invite bids for a further Targeted Capital Fund. | (174729) | 83 | Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many bids for the 2004-05 Targeted Capital Fund were made by schools in the West Midlands region; and how many were successful. | (174730) | 84 | Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many bids for the 2004-05 Targeted Capital Fund were made by (a) state schools and (b) voluntary-aided schools. | (174731) | 85 | Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the bids he received from Staffordshire Local Education Authority for the 2004-05 Targeted Capital Fund by (a) name of school, (b) type of school, (c) location of school, (d) purpose of bid, (e) amount of bid and (f) whether the bid was successful. | (174732) | 86 | Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many state schools there are; and of them, how many are voluntary-aided schools. | (174733) | 87 | Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the 68 projects which were successful in making bids of £186 million to the 2004-05 Targeted Capital Fund. | (174734) | 88 | Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the 23 voluntary-aided projects which were successful in their bids to the 2004-05 Targeted Capital Fund. | (174735) | 89 | Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the purpose is of the 2004-05 Targeted Capital Fund. | (174736) | 90 | Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the criteria by which bids for the 2004-05 Targeted Capital Fund were judged. | (174737) | 91 | Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the projects which made successful bids to the Targeted Capital Fund by (a) name of school, (b) location of school, (c) type of school, (d) name of local education authority, (e) purpose of bid and (f) amount of money awarded. | (174738) | 92 N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, from what date students living in North Thanet will be eligible to receive funding under the Education Maintenance Allowance scheme. | (173911) | 93 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what his policy is on the most appropriate size of a secondary school to deliver an acceptable level of subject choice to pupils; and what guidance he has issued to local education authorities on this. | (174565) | 94 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the lowest number of secondary school students in a Staffordshire school is. | (174566) | 95 | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the change in the average amount spent (a) per primary school pupil and (b) per secondary school pupil has been in Warrington North since 1997. | (174658) | 96 | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much capital money has been allocated to schools in Warrington North in each year since 1997. | (174659) | 97 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 12th May, Official Report, column 428W, on statistics, if he will list the percentage of those aged 16 to 18 years participating in education, training and employment by (a) labour market status and (b) gender for the last five years. | (174758) | 98 N | Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many signatories of the 1993 Hague Convention have suspended intercountry adoption with the UK. | (172215) | 99 N | Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many intercountry adoptions have taken place in each year since 1994. | (172216) | 100 N | Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what research he has commissioned into the impact of the arrangements for intercountry adoption which came into effect on 1st June 2003. | (172217) | 101 N | Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he is taking to facilitate intercountry adoption with all signatories of the 1993 Hague Convention. | (172218) | 102 N | Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions he has had with Belarus regarding intercountry adoption. | (172219) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 103 | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date she expects to make her announcement of pesticide buffer zones. | (174764) | 104 | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the steps necessary to comply with the EU Environmental Liability Directive. | (174765) | 105 | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy not to despatch one page parliamentary answers in large heavy-duty envelopes. | (174766) | 106 | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to encourage the European Commission to take a robust line with EU members who produce over-generous national allocation plans under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme to ensure that significant reductions in carbon emissions are achieved. | (174783) | 107 | Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research she has commissioned to examine alternatives to the use of plastic sheeting used to cover fields and crops in farm production. | (174469) | 108 | Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her estimate is of the total amount of plastic waste generated by farming for each of the last three years; and what methods were used to dispose of it. | (174470) | 109 N | Sue Doughty (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will publish a revised draft version of the Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme (England) Regulations 2003; and when the final regulations will be laid before Parliament. | (173963) | 110 | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28th April, to the honourable Member for Salisbury, Official Report, column 1025W, on severely disadvantaged areas, whether she has made representations to the European Commission to ensure that British farmers are not penalised if they are unable to meet the 17th May deadline. | (174781) | 111 | Mr Boris Johnson (Henley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will define the extent of the processing premises at Heddon View. | (174539) | 112 | Mr Boris Johnson (Henley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the premises designated for processing at Heddon View Farm were analogous to the premises designated by Mr Jim Dring as direct contact. | (174541) | 113 | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which body is responsible for (a) decontamination and (b) preventing the leachate if a closed landfill site begins to leak contaminants into the water supply or environment. | (174587) | 114 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the cases of psittacosis confirmed in Sway in Hampshire in each year since 2000 and the actions taken by her Department; and if she will make a statement. | (174629) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 115 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Zimbabwe about its stockpiling of food in the run-up to national elections. | (174777) | 116 | Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what investigations the Department has carried out into the activities of Victor Bout. | (174769) | 117 | Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has held with the (a) US authorities, (b) French authorities and (c) UN about Victor Bout. | (174782) | 118 N | Mrs Patsy Calton (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) instruction and (b) guidance his (i) officials and (ii) Ministers were following prior to the decision not to make the February International Committee of the Red Cross report available to him as soon as it became available to his Department. | (173572) | 119 N | Mrs Patsy Calton (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) written and (b) oral briefing was provided by officials in his Department to inform (i) him and (ii) his Ministers of the contents of the International Committee of the Red Cross report and actions taken (A) as a result of officials having read the report and (B) prior to the full report being made available to him. | (173575) | 120 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what intra EU arrangements are in place for co-ordination between hospitals and emergency services in the event of a major civil emergency. | (174684) | 121 | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what communications his Department is undertaking with the Greek Cypriots to seek an alternative to the Annan Plan. | (174503) | 122 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Eritrean Government about the Christians imprisoned for their faith. | (174553) | 123 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Nigerian Government to curb the sectarian violence in (a) the city of Kano, (b) the town of Yelwa and (c) the state of Taraba; and if he will make a statement. | (174557) | 124 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Burmese regime over the military offensives in (a) northern Karen and (b) Karenni state; and if he will make a statement. | (174558) | 125 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to urge the European Union to strengthen sanctions against Burma in response to the atrocities against the Karen, Karenni and Shan peoples by the Burmese military. | (174559) | 126 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to recognise the actions taken by the Burmese military against the (a) Karen, (b) Karenni and (c) Shan peoples as (i) war crimes and (ii) crimes against humanity. | (174560) | 127 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to raise the Burmese military actions against the Karen, Karenni and Shan peoples at the UN Security Council. | (174561) | 128 N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date he first became aware of allegations of abuse of Iraqi detainees by British service personnel in Iraq; and from what source. | (174392) | 129 N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date officials in his Department first became aware of allegations of abuse of Iraqi detainees by British service personnel in Iraq; and from what source. | (174393) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 130 N | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money was spent on medical instruments for use in National Health Service hospitals in each year since 1994; and if he will make a statement. | (173578) | 131 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many sexually transmitted infections were reported in young people aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 years in England in each year since 2000, broken down by (i) disease and (ii) sex; and if he will make a statement. | (174501) | 132 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the prevalence rate of reported cases of sexually transmitted infections in young people aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 in England was in each year since 2000, broken down by (i) disease and (ii) sex; and if he will make a statement. | (174502) | 133 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abortions were performed on women aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 in England and Wales in each year since 2000; and if he will make a statement. | (174520) | 134 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abortions among women aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 there were in each year since 2000, broken down by strategic health authority; and if he will make a statement. | (174524) | 135 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of sexually transmitted infections in people aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 years there were in each year since 2000, broken down by strategic health authority; and if he will make a statement. | (174526) | 136 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the prevalence rate of reported cases of sexually transmitted infections in people aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 years was in each year since 2000, broken down by (i) strategic health authority, (ii) disease and (iii) sex; and if he will make a statement. | (174527) | 137 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 years were fitted with a contraception implant in each year since 2000, broken down by strategic health authority; and if he will make a statement. | (174528) | 138 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many attendances at family planning clinics by young people aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 years there were in each year since 2000, broken down by (i) strategic health authority and (ii) sex; and if he will make a statement. | (174529) | 139 | Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the standardised mortality ratios of each hospital trust were in the last year for which figures are available, listed in descending order; what the national average was; and if he will make a statement. | (174757) | 140 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how he plans to measure the impact of the proposals in Options for Change for increasing the number of NHS dental registrations; and if he will make a statement. | (174452) | 141 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how progress on Options for Change will be monitored; and if he will make a statement. | (174453) | 142 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timetable is for dentists to move onto the new NHS contract. | (174454) | 143 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the cost of (a) an electro-cardiogram , (b) a blood pressure test, (c) an electron beam tomography scan, (d) a lung function test, (e) a blood test, (f) a mammogram, (g) bowel cancer screening, (h) an X-ray and (i) a cervical smear test. | (174455) | 144 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many overseas orthopaedic surgeons are working in independent sector treatment centres; and of these, how many are registered with the Royal College specialist register. | (174473) | 145 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the success rates of orthopaedic procedures undertaken by overseas surgeons on short-term contracts. | (174474) | 146 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the success rates of orthopaedic procedures undertaken in independent sector treatment centres compared to procedures undertaken in other settings. | (174475) | 147 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made since the Drugs and Therapeutics Bulletin report of 2001 to ensure that all new drugs are labelled with a black triangle warning. | (174476) | 148 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what vetting procedures are required for clinicians recruited from abroad on short-term contracts to work in independent sector treatment centres. | (174477) | 149 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the administration costs of collecting charges for (a) eye check-ups, (b) dental check-ups and (c) prescriptions. | (174478) | 150 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the (a) average and (b) maximum waiting time to see (i) an occupational therapist, (ii) a physiotherapist and (iii) a speech and language therapist in (A) England and (B) each strategic health authority. | (174479) | 151 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to recruit dentists from abroad; and if he will make a statement. | (174480) | 152 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 30th April, Official Report, column 1354W, if he will list those bodies which are still in existence. | (174534) | 153 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's oral statement of 17th March, Official Report, column 332, on the Financial Statement, how many elective admissions there were for (a) MRI scans and (b) CT scans in each year since 1997. | (174584) | 154 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting times were for a routine scan in each year since 1997; and what procedures are included in his definition of a routine scan. | (174585) | 155 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what monitoring is being undertaken by his Department to ensure that general practitioners continue to offer routine appointments beyond 48 hours if the patient chooses them, with particular reference to the GP access target. | (174631) | 156 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether new facilities monitored by NHS Estates conform to design guidance with respect to the numbers of wash-hand basins; and what action his Department has taken to ensure compliance by new facilities that do not meet the requirements of the guidance. | (174636) | 157 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how closely co-ordinated health authorities are with those bodies that would provide airlift relief in the event of a serious emergency. | (174682) | 158 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how well advanced Government plans are for the co-ordination of NHS casualty units and co-ordination between hospitals in the event of a serious emergency. | (174683) | 159 | Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the latest figures are for heroin addiction within the Greater London area. | (174485) | 160 | Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on recent hospital developments taking place within the Greater London area; and if he will list them. | (174493) | 161 | Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients there were per general practitioner within the London Borough of Wandsworth at the most recent recorded date. | (174494) | 162 | Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many assaults there were on members of staff during the last 12 months at St. George's Hospital, Tooting. | (174495) | 163 | Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) men and (b) women are being treated for cancer in the Greater London area. | (174496) | 164 | Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated number of drug addicts was at the latest date for which figures are available. | (174497) | 165 | Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses are employed at St. George's Hospital, Tooting; and how many are (a) agency nurses and (b) recruited from overseas countries. | (174498) | 166 | Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been sent abroad for medical treatment during the last 12 months. | (174499) | 167 | Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Department will place in the Library a copy of the report by the Midland Health Consultancy Network, compiled at the time of the Griffiths Review into the research framework in North Staffordshire. | (174739) | 168 N | Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money has been (a) allocated and (b) spent for anti-obesity advertising in every year since 1997.
| (174157) | 169 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for a hip replacement operation in the Tamworth constituency was in the most recent period for which figures are available. | (174546) | 170 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS (a) doctors and (b) nurses there were in the Tamworth constituency in each of the last 10 years. | (174547) | 171 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) general practitioners' surgeries and (b) health clinics have been (i) modernised and (ii) removed to other premises in the Tamworth constituency since 1997. | (174548) | 172 | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the NHS of (a) work-related stress and (b) accidents at work. | (174657) | 173 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to develop a breastfeeding strategy. | (174623) | 174 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues in the Department of Culture, Media and Sport about restrictions on the advertising of breastmilk substitutes in line with the World Health Organisation code of practice. | (174624) | 175 | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has (a) conducted and (b) commissioned into prescription drug addiction; and if he will make a statement. | (174456) | 176 | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the United Kingdom he estimates are addicted to prescription drugs. | (174457) | 177 | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of sexually transmitted infections were reported in people aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 in each year since 2000, broken down by (i) disease and (ii) sex. | (174458) | 178 | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abortions in those aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 there were in each year since 2000. | (174460) | 179 | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the prevalence rate of reported cases of sexually transmitted infections in people aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 was in each year since 2000, broken down by (i) disease and (ii) sex. | (174483) | 180 | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abortions were carried out on women aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 in the Essex Strategic Health Authority in each year since 2000. | (174574) | 181 | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many attendances at family planning clinics by people aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 years there were in the Essex Strategic Health Authority in each year since 2000, broken down by sex. | (174575) | 182 | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of sexually transmitted infections in people aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 years were reported in the Essex Strategic Health Authority in each year since 2000, broken down by (i) disease and (ii) sex. | (174576) | 183 | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 years were fitted with a contraceptive implant in the Essex Strategic Health Authority in each year since 2000. | (174577) | 184 | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the prevalence rate of reported cases of sexually transmitted infections in people aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 years were in the Essex Strategic Health Authority in each year since 2000, broken down by (i) disease and (ii) sex. | (174586) | 185 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will reply to the letter from Mr Geoffrey Morgan of Milford-on-Sea regarding NHS dentistry of 26th February. | (174630) | 186 | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what improvements to the services available to haemophiliacs on the National Health Service have been made since 1997. | (174642) | 187 | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when haemophiliacs who contracted hepatitis C through contaminated blood will receive the ex gratia payment offers from the Department of Health that he has announced. | (174643) | 188 | Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abortions were performed on women aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 years in each year since 2000. | (174505) | 189 | Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of sexually transmitted infections were reported in people aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 years in each year since 2000, broken down by (a) disease and (b) sex. | (174507) | 190 | Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the prevalence rate of reported cases of sexually transmitted infections in people aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 years was in each year since 2000, broken down by (a) disease and (b) sex. | (174508) | 191 | Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many attendances at family planning clinics by people aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 years there were in the Essex Strategic Health Authority area in each year since 2000, broken down by sex. | (174509) | 192 | Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abortions among women aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 years there were in the Essex Strategic Health Authority area in each year since 2000. | (174512) | 193 | Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of sexually transmitted infections in people aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 years were reported in the Essex Strategic Health Authority area in each year since 2000, broken down by (a) disease and (b) sex. | (174514) | 194 | Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the prevalence rate of reported cases of sexually transmitted infections in people aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 years was in each year since 2000, broken down by (i) disease and (ii) sex. | (174515) | 195 | Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 years were fitted with a contraceptive implant in the Essex Strategic Health Authority area in each year since 2000. | (174516) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 196 | Mr John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member for Hertsmere of 2nd February, Official Report, column 700W, on asylum seekers, how many failed Iraqi asylum seekers have been removed from the UK in each month since June 2003 for which figures are available. | (174755) | 197 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to give particularly hazardous consignments a police escort in the Central London area. | (174678) | 198 | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether investigations by the police authorities have been undertaken in respect of individuals and companies for the offence of assisting or inducing weapons-related acts overseas, in particular for developing, producing or participating in the development or production of a nuclear weapon; and if he will make a statement. | (174627) | 199 | Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Northern Irish prisoners held in prisons in England and Wales have been transfered to prisons in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years. | (174487) | 200 | Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the new prisons being built in England and Wales; and what category of prisoner each will accommodate. | (174488) | 201 | Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the open prisons in England and Wales for (a) males inmates and (b) female inmates. | (174489) | 202 | Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reported cases involving domestic violence there were in England and Wales in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | (174490) | 203 | Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) men and (b) women have been convicted of domestic violence during the last 12 months for which figures are available. | (174491) | 204 | Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prison governors in England and Wales are women; and if he will list the prisons. | (174492) | 205 N | Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent on the defence of judicial review cases which the Government (a) won and (b) lost in each year since 1997. | (173301) | 206 | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received on assistance to small voluntary organisations with obtaining Criminal Records Bureau checks on volunteers; and if he will make a statement. | (174667) | 207 | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of how long the Criminal Records Bureau is taking to process applications from voluntary organisations. | (174668) | 208 | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effect on small voluntary organisations of delays in obtaining Criminal Records Bureau checks on volunteers; and if he will make a statement. | (174669) | 209 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will release to the family of the deceased the Surrey Police report into the death of Private Geoff Gray at Deepcut barracks on 17th September 2001. | (174752) | 210 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many potential witnesses were (a) contacted and (b) interviewed by MoD Police detective constables seconded to the Surrey Police for the duration of the investigations into deaths at Deepcut Army barracks. | (174753) | 211 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the future role of the Surrey police service in undertaking the coroner's assistant duty; and what estimate he has made of the annual (a) cost to the Surrey police service of undertaking the coroner's assistant duty and (b) number of hours that Surrey police spend on coroner's assistant duties. | (174754) | 212 | 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 (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful in securing section 44 funding; and which racial equality councils cover areas in which British National Party candidates are standing in this year's local government elections. | (174770) | 213 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the total allocation of section 44 funding in each year since 1997. | (174771) | 214 | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what relationship the National Offender Management Service will have to the Criminal Justice Interventions Programme; and who will allocate staffing to Criminal Justice Interventions programmes from within the National Offender Management Service management structure. | (174461) | 215 | Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many instances of theft of (a) nuclear waste and (b) spent fuel rods from nuclear plants in the UK were reported to the police in (i) 2001, (ii) 2002 and (iii) 2003. | (174611) | 216 | Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, at how many UK (a) airports and (b) border points Operation Cyclamen is being implemented. | (174612) | 217 | Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has discussed the technology used in Operation Cyclamen with his counterparts in (a) other EU and (b) other countries. | (174613) | 218 | Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the first use of the technology of Operation Cyclamen took place in the UK. | (174614) | 219 | Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training is provided to those using Cyclamen chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear technology. | (174615) | 220 | Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether those using Cyclamen technology are (a) customs officials and (b) private security officers. | (174616) | 221 | Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his response is to the recommendations made in the recent Royal Society report on the detection and decontamination of chemical and biological agents. | (174617) | 222 | Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what implications the Madrid bombings of 11th March have for Operation Cyclamen. | (174618) | 223 | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the (a) types and (b) effects of date rape drugs. | (174467) | 224 | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice he has given to (a) police forces and (b) club operators on date rape drugs. | (174468) | 225 | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research his Department has (a) conducted and (b) commissioned on the illegal use of date rape drugs; and if he will make a statement. | (174471) | 226 | Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip - Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many accompanied minors have arrived at London Heathrow Airport in each year from 1997 to 2003 inclusive without a passport or identity documents seeking entry into the UK. | (174778) | 227 | Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip - Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied minors have arrived at London Heathrow airport in each year from 1997 to 2003 inclusive seeking admission to the UK without the necessary visa or legal entitlement to entry. | (174779) | 228 | Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip - Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied minors have arrived at London Heathrow airport in each year from 1997 to 2003 inclusive seeking refugee status in the UK. | (174780) | Questions to the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission 229 | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will make it his policy to stop the practice of despatching one page parliamentary answers to honourable Members in large heavy-duty envelopes. | (174767) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 230 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what is the nature of the support being provided by his Department to assist reintegration in the Sudan. | (174773) | 231 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance his Department is providing with demobilisation disarmament and the reintegration of combatants in Sudan. | (174774) | 232 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what action his Department is taking to support the development of effective governance in Sudan. | (174775) | 233 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the continuing need for international food aid to Zimbabwe. | (174776) | 234 | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to provide humanitairan aid to those affected by Israel's demolition policy. | (174517) | 235 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the projects his Department is supporting in the Occupied Palestinian Territories specifically aimed at giving young people an alternative to violence and extremism; and at what cost in 2003-04. | (174554) | 236 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much expenditure is planned by his Department in the next three years for projects to work with young people in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. | (174555) | 237 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the level of disruption to the schooling and vocational education of young people in the Occupied Palestinian Territories over the last five years. | (174556) | 238 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what policies he intends to pursue to (a) halt and (b) reverse the decline in population on St Helena. | (174756) | 239 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether there is a minimum population of St Helena below which the Government considers the island to be unsustainable; and if he will make a statement. | (174759) | 240 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will assess the cost of maintaining St Helena over the next 10 years. | (174760) | 241 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what has been the cost to the UK taxpayer of maintaining St Helena over the past 25 years for which figures are available. | (174761) | 242 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will estimate the annual (a) saving to the UK and (b) benefit to the economy of St Helena of providing air access for St Helena. | (174762) | 243 | Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much (a) money and (b) aid in kind the UK has (i) pledged and (ii) delivered to date to (A) UNICEF and (B) the UN Industrial Development Organisation within the framework of the UN Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal for Colombia (HAP) 2003; and if he will make a statement. | (174638) | 244 | Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Department had observers at the 2004 Southern African Development Community Heads of State and Government Summit on Agriculture and Food Security held on 15th May in Dar es Salaam; what reports of the (a) proceedings and (b) conditions of this summit he has received; and if he will make a statement. | (174639) | 245 | Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of the statement released by South Africa's Deputy President Jacob Zuma's office on 11th May; what his Department's assessment is of the scale of the problem highlighted by Mr. Zuma; and if he will make a statement. | (174640) | 246 | Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions (a) he, (b) members of his Department and (c) other members and representatives of the Government have had with (i) representatives of the World Food Programme (WFP) and Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), (ii) members and representatives of the Government of Zimbabwe and (iii) members and representatives of the Government of South Africa concerning the WFP and FAO's crop assessment missions recently cancelled by Zimbabwe officials; what assessment his Department has made of this incident; and if he will make a statement. | (174641) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 247 N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many pupils aged 11 to 15 there were in each of the last six years in maintained secondary schools in Northern Ireland; and how many and what percentage of pupils in the same period were aged 11 to 15 in maintained grammar schools in Northern Ireland.
| (172379) | 248 N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to increase his Department's health budget allocation to genetic research into the causes of Alzheimer's in the current financial year. | (173302) | 249 N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the dates on which he has had meetings with the Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice since his appointment. | (173303) | 250 N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many members of staff are employed within the Northern Ireland Criminal Justice Inspectorate; and if he will make a statement on recruitment to the Inspectorate. | (173304) | 251 N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice in relation to an inspection of the Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland. | (173305) | 252 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on what date he received the request from the Irish Government for the loan of two water cannon vehicles used by the Gardai for dispersing anti-globalisation protestors on 1st May; what the duration of the loan was; how many Police Service of Northern Ireland and other personnel (a) accompanied the vehicles and (b) were involved in their operation; what the cost was of the loan arrangement; and what charge has been levied upon the Irish authorities. | (174535) | 253 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what requests for loans of water cannon vehicles have been received from the Irish authorities for days during (a) June and (b) July. | (174536) | 254 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what training in the use of water cannons has been provided for non-UK personnel; how many persons were trained over what period; what the cost was of training provided; and what charge has been levied upon the beneficiary states. | (174537) | 255 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what reports have been received from the Irish authorities concerning the effectiveness and safety of water cannon weaponry on loan from the Police Service of Northern Ireland for the period covering 1st May; what weight of water was discharged; and whether any persons were injured by the use of this equipment. | (174538) | Questions to the Prime Minister 256 N | Mrs Patsy Calton (Cheadle):To ask the Prime Minister, what (a) instruction and (b) guidance (i) his officials and (ii) Ministers were following prior to the decision not to make the February International Committee of the Red Cross report available to him as soon as it became available to his office. | (173573) | 257 N | Mrs Patsy Calton (Cheadle):To ask the Prime Minister, what (a) written and (b) oral briefing was provided by officials in his office to inform him of the contents of the International Committee of the Red Cross report and actions taken (i) as a result of officials having read the report and (ii) prior to the full report being made available to him. | (173574) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 258 | John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer regarding the provision of low sulphur petrol in the North East of Scotland and the Highlands and Islands after 1st September; and if he will make a statement. | (174482) | Questions to the Solicitor General 259 | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Solicitor General, what progress has been made towards the prosecution of individuals and companies for the offence of assisting or inducing weapons-related acts overseas, in particular for developing, producing or participating in the development or production of a nuclear weapon; and if she will make a statement. | (174626) | 260 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Solicitor General, what representations the Attorney-General has made to the United States Supreme Court concerning the Aliens Tort Act; and if she will place a copy of the submission in the Library. | (174751) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 261 | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps she is taking to promote the use of more energy efficient electrical motors within industry. | (174763) | 262 | Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West & Penistone):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many chronic obstructive pulmonary disease claimants medically examined so far have also been diagnosed to be suffering with (a) pneumoconiosis, (b) asbestosis, (c) mesothelioma and (d) asthma, broken down by (i) age and (ii) coalfield area. | (174768) | 263 | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions her Department has had with (a) Royal Mail and (b) PostWatch on the disappearance of mail. | (174530) | 264 N | Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the expenditure on consultants was for each regional development agency in each year since 1997. | (173795) | 265 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what reserve storage facilities for liquefied natural gas the Government has for use during emergency interruptions of gas supplies. | (174714) | 266 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the legal basis is for the use of emergency powers to secure energy supplies during a fuel crisis; and what parliamentary scrutiny there has been of the emergency powers which would be used to secure energy supplies during a fuel crisis. | (174637) | 267 N | Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on her proposals to ban category 4 fireworks from consumer sale. | (174382) | 268 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the numbers of jobs that were (a) created and (b) safeguarded as a result of Invest-UK activities in each year between 2000 and 2003. | (174690) | 269 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action is being taken to deal with the problems of industrial sabotage as a result of corporate identity theft. | (174691) | 270 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action is being taken to encourage UK firms to take precautions against corporate identity theft. | (174692) | 271 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many cases of corporate identity theft have been reported in each of the last five years. | (174693) | 272 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment has been made of the costs to (a) UK consumers and (b) UK companies of corporate identity theft in each of the last five years. | (174694) | 273 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what has been the research and development spending per capita in each UK region in each of the last six years. | (174695) | 274 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which of the regional development agencies have established a science council; and what the annual budget for 2004-05 is of each. | (174696) | 275 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what proportion of the budget of each of the nine regional development agencies has been spent on administration in each year since their inception. | (174697) | 276 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps are being taken to reduce the administrative load on regional development agencies. | (174698) | 277 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much money (a) the Government, (b) the private sector and (c) higher education establishments has spent on research and development in each region of the UK in each of the last six years. | (174699) | 278 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps her Department is taking to develop a national policy and strategy for science, engineering and technology exploitation. | (174700) | 279 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the projected budget is of the new Equality and Human Rights Commission in its first year of operation. | (174701) | 280 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the current annual budget is of the (a) Commission for Racial Equality, (b) Equal Opportunities Commission and (c) Disability Rights Commission. | (174702) | 281 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment has been made of the costs that will be incurred by businesses in dealing with the guidance of the Equality and Human Rights Commission; and what assessment has been made of the costs that will be incurred by businesses in complying with its codes of practice. | (174703) | 282 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment has been made of the staffing levels that will be required by the Equality and Human Rights Commission. | (174704) | 283 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many people are employed by the (a) Commission for Racial Equality, (b) Equal Opportunities Commission and (c) Disability Rights Commission. | (174705) | 284 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the benefits provided by Government-selected sponsors to UK firms that receive grants to help co-ordinate trade shows abroad. | (174706) | 285 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much money her Department has paid to small firms for help in co-ordinating trade fairs abroad in each of the last five years; and of that money, how much has then been paid to Government-selected sponsors. | (174707) | 286 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the measures in the Regulatory Reform Action plan that relate to small businesses. | (174708) | 287 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the planned regional competition deadlines are for the grant for research and development over the next 28 months; and if she will make a statement. | (174711) | 288 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what funds have been allocated for the grant for research and development between 2004 and 2007; and if she will make a statement. | (174712) | 289 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the progress her Department has made towards meeting the Spending Review 2002 targets (a) to increase the number of people considering going into business and (b) to improve the overall productivity of small firms. | (174713) | 290 | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on (a) the siting and (b) cost sharing of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor. | (174579) | 291 | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what level of fusion research funding she will make available after the decision on the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor has been taken; and if she will make a statement. | (174580) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 292 | Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who from his Department will attend the International Maritime Bureau's piracy conference in June. | (174607) | 293 | Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what level of training is required for a ship security officer to be compliant with the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code. | (174608) | 294 | Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will amend Marine Guidance Note MGN 214 (m) to take account of the enforcement of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code. | (174609) | 295 | Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) meetings he has had and (b) correspondence he has exchanged with his counterparts in (i) Malaysia and (ii) elsewhere on tackling piracy in Southern Asia. | (174610) | 296 | Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the socio-economic breakdown of bus users in London. | (174715) | 297 | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent on sound proofing to reduce noise pollution from roads in each of the last five years. | (174465) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 298 | Mr Eric Forth (Bromley & Chislehurst):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people aged from 16 years to 64 years received (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) incapacity benefit and (c) severe disablement allowance in (i) 1997 and (ii) the latest year for which figures are available; what the costs of each was in each year; and if he will make a statement. | (174484) | 299 | Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason a non-resident father's Child Support Agency payment stops when a child is born to that father in a new relationship. | (174588) | 300 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Child Support Agency's powers (a) to obtain sufficient information to make an assessment of child support and (b) to enforce payment of assessed child support; and what plans he has to alter and extend these powers. | (174599) | 301 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Child Support Agency has paid in redress payments in each year since it was set up. | (174600) | 302 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what circumstances separated parents may (a) seek a court order for the assessment of child support and (b) register with the Child Support Agency a voluntary agreement for child support as alternatives to seeking an assessment of child support by the Child Support Agency. | (174601) | 303 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons of data protection the Child Support Agency may withhold from a client information about a change of circumstances of the person liable to pay child support when such change affects the amount of child support payable. | (174604) | 304 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Child Support Agency's new computer system provided by EDS. | (174605) | 305 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the status is of the Department's contract with EDS for the Child Support Agency's new computer system; what changes have been made to the contractual terms; and what compensation he has secured from EDS. | (174606) | 306 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what circumstances the income of the household of a person liable to pay child support rather than solely the liable person's income can be taken into account for the purpose of assessing child support. | (174625) | 307 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he intends that child support cases under the old Child Support Agency system will be migrated to the new system. | (174633) | 308 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who claimed the state pension but lived outside the United Kingdom in each year from 1990-91 to 2003-04; and if he will make a statement. | (173908) | 309 | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the visits abroad made by his Department's (a) special advisers and (b) unpaid advisers without Ministers in their official capacity in each year since 1996-97. | (174644) | 310 | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the external speeches his Department's (a) special advisers and (b) unpaid advisers have made in their official capacity in each year since 1996-97. | (174645) | 311 | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the meetings with external (a) bodies and (b) individuals that his Department's (i) special advisers and (ii) unpaid advisers have attended without Ministers in their official capacity in each year since 1996-97. | (174646) | 312 | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the attributable (a) articles and (b) contributions that his Department's (i) special advisers and (ii) unpaid advisers have made to newspapers, magazines, journals, books and other media in their official capacity in each year since 1996-97. | (174647) | 313 | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the attributable interviews that his Department's (a) special advisers and (b) unpaid advisers have given to newspapers, magazines and other media in their official capacity in each year since 1996-97. | (174648) | 314 | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the attributable letters that his Department's (a) special advisers and (b) unpaid advisers have written to external (i) bodies and (ii) individuals in their official capacity in each year since 1996-97. | (174649) | 315 | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the appearances that his Department's (a) special advisers and (b) unpaid advisers have made before parliamentary select committees in their official capacity in each year since 1996-97. | (174650) | 316 | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what role his Department's (a) special advisers and (b) unpaid advisers play in the (i) appraisal, (ii) reward, (iii) discipline and (iv) promotion of permanent civil servants. | (174651) | 317 | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints have been made by civil servants to his Department's Permanent Secretary regarding the conduct of (a) special advisers and (b) unpaid advisers in each year since 1996-97. | (174652) | 318 | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list occasions when
his Department's (a) special advisers and (b) unpaid advisers have been responsible for authorising departmental spending since 1997. | (174653) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 319 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to increase local authority funding for emergency planning. | [Transferred] (174688) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 320 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many conceptions resulted in abortions in women aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 years in each year since 2000, broken down by strategic health authority; and if he will make a statement. | [Transferred] (174525) | 321 | Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many suicides there were in England and Wales in 2002. | [Transferred] (174486) | 322 | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the rate of conceptions in women aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 years was in the Essex Strategic Health Authority in each year since 2000; and how many conceptions there were in each age group. | [Transferred] (174578) | 323 | Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the rate of conceptions for women aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 years was in each year since 2000. | [Transferred] (174504) | 324 | Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many conceptions resulted in abortion among women aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 years in each year since 2000. | [Transferred] (174506) | 325 | Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many conceptions in women
aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 years there were in the Essex Strategic Health Authority area in each year since 2000. | [Transferred] (174510) | 326 | Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the rate of conceptions in women aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 years there were in the Essex Strategic Health Authority area in each year since 2000. | [Transferred] (174511) | 327 | Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many conceptions resulted in abortions in women aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 years in the Essex Strategic Health Authority area in each year since 2000. | [Transferred] (174513) | 328 | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been saved by housebuyers in stamp duty exempt areas as a result of not having to pay the duty, broken down by local authorities in England. | [Transferred] (174463) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 329 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans the Government has to provide training for (a) helicopter pilots in the armed forces and (b) civilian helicopter pilots to assist in an airlift operation in the event of a major emergency. | [Transferred] (174675) | 330 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Government expects to be able to guarantee that the Civil Contingency Reaction Force communications system is compatible with the communications system used by the emergency services. | [Transferred] (174686) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 331 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans there are to provide national guidance for schools and care homes in the case of a serious civil emergency. | [Transferred] (174687) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 332 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how far advanced Government plans are to ensure that police, ambulance and fire services communications systems are able to be used underground. | [Transferred] (174679) | 333 | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on which occasions the United Kingdom has used the protocols attached to the Amsterdam Treaty not to participate in a proposal from the European Commisson or a member state concerning asylum, immigration or border controls. | [Transferred] (174716) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 334 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans the Government has for mandatory emergency training for employees based in large buildings. | [Transferred] (174676) | 335 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the total tax payable on the average pump price of a litre of unleaded petrol was on (a) 1st May 2003, (b) 1st January, (c) 17th March and (d) 17th May. | [Transferred] (174573) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 336 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans there are to provide training for all public transport workers in case of a serious emergency. | [Transferred] (174680) | 337 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how well developed Government plans are to deal with a serious emergency in the London Underground. | [Transferred] (174681) | 338 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of whether London Underground lines could be evacuated successfully in the event of a serious disruption to the electricity supply of the London Underground. | [Transferred] (174685) |
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