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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 28 October 2004
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 28 October 2004
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 28 October 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 Thursday 28 October of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 28 October see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Advocate General 1
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Advocate General, what devolution issues she has considered since 25th October. | | (194533) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 2
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what procedures are in place (a) to check the criminal records of civil servants in the Department and agencies responsible to the Department who have access to computer databases containing confidential information on the public and (b) to ensure that there can be no improper use of computer databases containing confidential information on the public; and if she will make a statement. | | (194608) | 3
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will publish research carried out by the Downing Street Strategy Unit into life chances for disabled people; and if she will make a statement. | | (194305) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 4
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether a former UK civil servant in receipt of a Civil Service pension permanently resident in the US but not a US citizen can opt to pay only US tax under the double taxation convention. | | (194162) | 5
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce a steeper taper for those eligible for tax credits to prevent disincentive for those who wish to work for more than 16 hours a week. | | (194680) | 6
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what procedures are in place (a) to check the criminal records of civil servants in his Department and agencies responsible to his Department, including the Inland revenue and Customs and Excise, who have access to computer databases containing confidential information on the public and (b) to ensure that there can be no improper use of computer databases containing confidential information on the public; and if he will make a statement. | | (194597) | 7
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average earnings were of full-time employees in (a) the North Southwark and Bermondsey constituency, (b) the Camberwell and Peckham constituency and (c) the Dulwich and West Norwood constituency in (i) April 1997, (ii) April 2001, (iii) April 2002, (iv) April 2003 and (v) April 2004. | | (194309) | 8
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many pensioners live in (a) the North Southwark and Bermondsey constituency, (b) the Camberwell and Peckham constituency and (c) the Dulwich and West Norwood constituency. | | (194310) | 9
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were in full-time employment in North Southwark and Bermondsey constituency in each year since 1997. | | (194311) | 10
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which (a) UK and (b) international organisations have submitted written representations to the Department concerning the Government's proposals for changes to legislation on gambling; and on what dates each representation (i) was received and (ii) was given a substantive response. | | (194512) | 11
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what dates (a) Ministers and (b) officials in the Department have held meetings with representatives of the UK gambling industry to discuss proposed changes to legislation on gambling. | | (194516) | 12
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) representations he has received regarding the exemption of and (b) plans he has to exempt regional casinos offering category A machines from EU laws on money laundering. | | (194654) | 13
| Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Government has made of the amount in foregone tax liabilities likely to arise from the amendments to the Civil Partnership Bill made by the House of Lords. | | (194727) | 14
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many residents in Cleethorpes constituency, broken down by electoral ward, are aged between (a) 60 to 64, (b) 65 to 69, (c) 70 to 74, (d) 75 to 79 and (e) over 80 years. | | (194614) | 15
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many sea containers entering each port have been found to be in contravention of British customs and immigration regulations in each year since 2001. | | (194701) | 16
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what volume of cargo arriving at each airport has been found to be in contravention of British customs and immigration regulations in each year since 2001. | | (194707) | 17
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many pensioners paid (a) no income tax, (b) 10 per cent. income tax, (c) basic rate income tax and (d) higher rate income tax, in England, in (i) 1997 and (ii) the latest year for which figures are available. | | (194688) | 18
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment has been made of the effect in socio-economic classes (a) 5, (b) 6, (c) 7 and (d) 8 of household debt on income levels in (i) North West Leicestershire, (ii) the East Midlands and (iii) England. | | (194503) | 19
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people claimed the 50 plus return to work element of the working tax credit in 2003-04. | | (194754) | 20
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the number of hours in the average working week has been in each year since 1992; what figure was used for the number of workers in each year for the purposes of that calculation; and what the total number of hours worked in the economy was in each of those years. | | (194834) | 21
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many pensioners were paying income tax on the latest date for which figures are available; and if he will break down the total amount into amounts paid by each gender in five-year age ranges. | | (194837) | 22
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of (a) men and (b) women of each age from 50 to 70 years were in work on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (194849) | Questions to the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs 23
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what procedures are in place (a) to check the criminal records of civil servants in the Department and agencies responsible to the Department who have access to computer databases containing confidential information on the public and (b) to ensure that there can be no improper use of computer databases containing confidential information on the public; and if he will make a statement. | | (194607) | 24
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what estimate he has made of the annual cost of compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 to local authorities. | | (194745) | 25
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to local authorities of Freedom of Information Act 2000 (a) compliance and (b) information requests. | | (194746) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 26
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many full-time equivalent staff her Department has employed in the (a) corporate services, (b) tourism, libraries and communities, (c) creative industries, broadcasting, gambling and the Lottery, (d) arts and culture, (e) sport, (f) strategy and communications and (g) legal advisors' directorate in each year from 1997; and if she will make a statement. | | (194659) | 27
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much (a) departmental and (b) Lottery funding has been spent on (i) sport, (ii) museums, galleries and libraries, (iii) arts, (iv) historic buildings, monuments and sites, (v) the Royal Parks, (vi) tourism, (vii) broadcasting and media, (viii) commemorative services and (ix) administration and research in each year from 1997; how much was unallocated; and if she will make a statement. | | (194660) | 28
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department spent on Creative Partnerships in each year from 2003-04 (a) in total and (b) as a percentage of the total budget of Creative Partnerships; how much she estimates her Department will spent in each year until 2007-08; and if she will make a statement. | | (194661) | 29
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the contracts awarded by her Department to consultants in (a) 1996, (b) 1997 and (c) 1998; what the (i) name of the consulting company, (ii) value of the contract and (iii) purpose of the contract was in each case; and if she will make a statement. | | (194662) | 30
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimates of the market value of the released analogue spectrum available after digital switchover informed the Cost Benefit Analysis of July 2003; whether her Department has made subsequent estimates; and if she will make a statement. | | (194663) | 31
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much English Heritage spent on skills and education projects in each year from 1997; and if she will make a statement. | | (194664) | 32
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what grants are available to Chorley Football Club to enable it (a) to stay at Victory Park and (b) to move to a new ground. | | (194622) | 33
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which (a) UK and (b) international organisations have submitted written representations to the Department concerning the Government's proposals for changes to legislation on gambling; and on what dates each representation was (i) received and (ii) given a substantive response. | | (194510) | 34
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what dates (a) Ministers and (b) officials in the Department have held meetings with representatives of the UK gambling industry to discuss proposed changes to legislation on gambling. | | (194514) | 35
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment has been made of the competition implications under EU rules of placing a cap or ceiling on the number of regional casinos. | | (194655) | 36
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on her Department's policies towards provision of public libraries in North East Lincolnshire. | | (194595) | 37
| Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Woking, dated 14th October, concerning Skanska UK Plc. | | (194507) | 38
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) 50 metre Olympic swimming pools, (b) Olympic standard velodromes and (c) Olympic standard running tracks there are in the UK; and where they are located. | | (194410) | 39
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Football Association regarding sanctions for footballers testing positive for drugs. | | (194411) | 40
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the cost to local authorities of implementing the Licensing Act 2003, in terms of (a) set-up and transition costs and (b) ongoing costs. | | (194693) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 41
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which US companies have been invited to bid for (a) management and (b) construction work on the project for the Royal Navy's new aircraft carriers since the appointment of BAE Systems and Thales to lead the project. | | (194315) | 42
N | Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the policy is of Her Majesty's Government on the stationing of US interceptor missiles in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (193848) | 43
N | Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he or officials from his Department last met US Administration secretaries or officials to discuss the stationing of interceptor missiles in the UK; what the outcome was of those discussions; and if he will make a statement. | | (193849) | 44
N | Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions (a) he and (b) officials from his Department have had with their counterparts in (i) France, (ii) Germany, (iii) Italy and (iv) Spain regarding (A) the upgrade of RAF Fylingdales and (B) the stationing of US interceptor missiles in the UK; and what the outcome was of the discussions. | | (193850) | 45
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what procedures are in place (a) to check the criminal records of civil servants in his Department and agencies responsible to his Department who have access to computer databases containing confidential information on the public and (b) to ensure that there can be no improper use of computer databases containing confidential information on the public; and if he will make a statement. | | (194606) | 46
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is with regard to the practice of Satanism in the armed forces; and if he will make a statement. | | (194205) | 47
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the lease of the three River Class Offshore Patrol Vessels is due to expire; and what plans he has to (a) purchase these vessels, (b) extend their lease and (c) return them to Vosper Thorneycroft (UK) Ltd. | | (194681) | 48
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with (a) the Chilean Government, (b) the Chilean navy and (c) others concerning the transfer of a Rover class tanker to Chile. | | (194682) | 49
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to transfer (a) HMS Sandown, (b) HMS Inverness and (c) HMS Bridport to an overseas navy. | | (194683) | 50
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department made of whether there would have been a cost saving by splitting the Cut and Sew tender between Cookson and Clegg. | | (194534) | 51
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25th October to Question 193792, on Seyntex, if he will make a statement on the bid by Cookson and Clegg with specific reference to delivery. | | (194535) | 52
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment was made of the financial position of Coonen Watts and Stone Textiles before the recent award of a contract by his Department; and what representations he has received since then regarding the company's financial situation. | | (194536) | 53
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on Tranche 3 of Typhoon. | | (194620) | 54
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on progress with the A400M procurement; and how many countries have expressed interest in purchasing the aircraft. | | (194621) | 55
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Upholder Class submarines were sold to Canada with a warranty; and if he will make a statement. | | (194502) | 56
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many flying days were lost due to bad weather at (a) RAF Kinloss and (b) RAF Lossiemouth in each month since January 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (194893) | 57
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Territorial Army soldiers deployed to Iraq since March 2003 have been graded (a) skilled and (b) average in their weapons test. | | (194164) | 58
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information he has received from (a) his United States counterpart and (b) the International Atomic Energy Agency on the disappearance in Iraq of 380 tons of special high explosives; and what threat assessment he has made of the danger posed to British forces in Iraq from this material, were it to be obtained by hostile forces. | | (194912) | 59
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made in distributing the Suez medals; and when he estimates distribution will be completed. | | (194918) | 60
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans who are eligible for the Suez medal he expects will (a) not have received them and (b) have received them by 14th November. | | (194925) | 61
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where the Meteor jets will be located when Llanbedr airfield is closed. | | (194619) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 62
| Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much revenue from council tax each (a) London borough and (b) Metropolitan authority received in (i) 2003-04 and (ii) 2004-05. | | (194753) | 63
| John Cryer (Hornchurch):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what powers are available to local authorities to prevent the erection of mobile telecommunications masts when permission has been refused. | | (194729) | 64
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many complaints against councillors he has received in each year since the inception of the Standards Board, broken down by local authority; and whether the complaint (a) was proven, (b) was unproven or rejected for lack of evidence and (c) is pending in each case. | | (194279) | 65
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the average time taken for deliberation on a complaint received by the Standards Board is; and what the longest time someone has waited for a verdict is. | | (194280) | 66
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the personal indemnity of members and officers of local authorities; and what plans he has to change the Government advice on such indemnity. | | (194281) | 67
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what procedures are in place (a) to check the criminal records of civil servants in his Department and agencies responsible to his Department who have access to computer databases containing confidential information on the public and (b) to ensure that there can be no improper use of computer databases containing confidential information on the public; and if he will make a statement. | | (194605) | 68
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the implications of the (a) Gershon Review and (b) Spending Review on the budgets of (i) Lancashire County Council and (ii) Chorley Borough Council. | | (194625) | 69
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many fire-related deaths in dwellings in (a) North Southwark and Bermondsey, (b) Camberwell and Peckham and (c) Dulwich and West Norwood there were in each year since 2000. | | (194312) | 70
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many (a) genuine and (b) malicious false alarm fire emergency calls were received in (i) Greater London and (ii) each London borough in each year since 1999. | | (194313) | 71
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for North Essex on 20th October, Official Report, columns 879-80, on local government administration in the North East after the referendum, whether he intends to reduce the number of councils regardless of the outcome of the referendum. | | (194201) | 72
| Mr Jon Owen Jones (Cardiff Central):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of three storey houses in multiple occupation in Wales that will not be subject to the mandatory HMO licensing scheme envisaged in the Housing Bill. | | (194519) | 73
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which (a) UK and (b) international organisations have submitted written representations to the Department concerning the Government's proposals for changes to legislation on gambling; and on what dates each representation (i) was received and (ii) was given a substantive response. | | (194511) | 74
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on what dates (a) Ministers and (b) officials in the Department have held meetings with representatives of the UK gambling industry to discuss proposed changes to legislation on gambling. | | (194518) | 75
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what systems his Department operates for monitoring individual Supporting People projects. | | (194202) | 76
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether Supporting People projects are under the same statutory obligation to support vulnerable people as local authorities. | | (194203) | 77
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what independent right of appeal exists for individuals disappointed with the service from Supporting People projects. | | (194204) | 78
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what responsibility his Department has for setting (a) budgets and (b) guidelines for the Supporting People initiative. | | (194206) | 79
| Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the number of planning applications for new glass container manufacturing plants in England since 2000; and what the estimated output of each new plant is. | | (194721) | 80
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to link tax with income to fund local government; and if he will make a statement. | | (194653) | 81
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the implications for the re-use of reclaimed brownfield land of the European Court of Justice case concerning the leakage of petrol from a petrol station involving the parties Texaco and Van de Walle. | | (194873) | 82
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much revenue is projected to be raised from council tax in England in 2004-05. | | (194690) | 83
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the total net income of local authorities in England is projected to be for 2004-05. | | (194691) | 84
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, in what circumstances it is acceptable for a mobile communications mast to be operated without a valid ICNIRP certificate being available for public inspection. | | (194692) | 85
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with Network Rail about potential uses for the Global System for Mobile communications - Railway plan other than in connection with the movement of traffic by rail. | | (194938) | 86
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with Network Rail about the erection of telecommunication installations on land in (a) areas of outstanding natural beauty and (b) conservation areas. | | (194939) | 87
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions about mast sharing he has held with (a) telecommunication companies and (b) local authorities as an alternative to the development of new mast sites. | | (194940) | 88
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions he has held with Network Rail about its methods of consultation with local communities when erecting telecommunication installations. | | (194941) | 89
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what evaluation has been made of the effect of the second section of the Northern Distributor Road on the Church Marshes Country Park at Kemsley, near Sittingbourne. | | (194158) | 90
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment has been made of the second section of the Northern Distributor Road's proximity to local housing at Kemsley, near Sittingbourne. | | (194160) | 91
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what public consultation there has been on the second section of the Northern Distributor Road in Milton. | | (194161) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 92
| Mr David Cameron (Witney):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether it is the Government's policy that conductive education should be made available to all children with special educational needs; what research he has commissioned on conductive education in special education; and what guidance has been issued on the use of conductive education for children with motor disorders. | | (194626) | 93
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 26th October, Official report, column 1158W, on university funding, how much funding has been made available to universities from the Aimhigher programme in each year since its inception. | | (194831) | 94
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what data he expects higher education institutions to draw upon in setting milestones for their access agreements under the provisions of paragraph 6.6.1 of his guidance to the Director General of the Office of Fair Access. | | (194832) | 95
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what factors he expects the Director General of Fair Access to take account of in evaluating the milestones of individual universities; and whether the Director General will make public his policy on (a) the milestones he will expect universities to include in their access agreement and (b) how he will ascertain whether milestones are stretching enough under paragraph 6.6.2 of the guidance given by the Secretary of State. | | (194836) | 96
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether he intends to include milestones for individual universities in their access agreements in his annual report to Parliament under Schedule 5 of the Higher Education Act 2004; whether they will otherwise be published by (a) him and (b) the Director General of the Office for Fair Access; and whether comments made by the Director General in respect of milestones for individual universities will be published. | | (194838) | 97
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what procedures are in place (a) to check the criminal records of civil servants in his Department and agencies responsible to his Department who have access to computer databases containing confidential information on the public and (b) to ensure that there can be no improper use of computer databases containing confidential information on the public; and if he will make a statement. | | (194604) | 98
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of undergraduate students at higher education institutions in England are part-time students. | | (194774) | 99
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the income that higher education institutions will receive from employer contributions to undergraduate part-time student fees in 2006-07. | | (194775) | 100
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funding streams are available to support students in post-16 non-university based education. | | (194804) | 101
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will break down by type of special educational need pupils with special educational needs who were excluded from schools in 2002-03. | | (194762) | 102
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children with special educational needs were subject to (a) a permanent exclusion and (b) a fixed term exclusion in the most recent period for which data is available. | | (194763) | 103
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the level of attainment at Key Stage 4 of pupils in Pupil Referral units. | | (194764) | 104
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the latest figures are for the average periods between a child (a) with special educational needs and (b) without special educational needs being permanently excluded from school and being placed in a Pupil Referral Unit. | | (194765) | 105
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the latest available figure is for the average period that a pupil at each Key Stage spends in a Pupil Referral Unit. | | (194766) | 106
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Pupil Referral units in (a) raising levels of attainment, (b) enabling pupils to return to mainstream schools and (c) improving attendance. | | (194767) | 107
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures are in place to monitor the provision of education at home. | | (194768) | 108
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, who is responsible for the education of pupils subject to fixed term exclusion orders. | | (194769) | 109
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of assertive discipline. | | (194770) | 110
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what schemes are available to assist families of children who have been permanently excluded from school. | | (194771) | 111
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what remedies are available to an Independent Appeals Panel which decides that a pupil has been wrongly excluded from a school. | | (194772) | 112
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance the Department issues on the education of children with special educational needs who have been permanently excluded from school. | | (194773) | 113
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students have benefited from the disabled students' allowance in each of the last three years; how much has been spent in total on these students (a) in England and (b) broken down by local education authority; and if he will make a statement. | | (194784) | 114
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) three year olds and (b) four year olds attended nursery classes in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2003. | | (194615) | 115
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 25th October, Official Report, column 977W, on contact centres, how much funding was announced in March for establishing supervised contact centres; if he will list the 14 new centres; and what the cost of each is expected to be. | | (194886) | 116
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was spent by each local education authority in the Greater London area on promoting responsible sexual behaviour in (a) 1997, (b) 2002 and (c) 2003. | | (194899) | 117
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the financial contribution that local education authorities made to school funding from council tax in England in 2004-05. | | (194694) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 118
| Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people have benefited from the Home Energy Efficiency and Warm Front Scheme in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne since 1997. | | (194751) | 119
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the latest position on the proposed flood defence scheme for the Silk Stream, Edgware and Colindale. | | (194851) | 120
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what procedures are in place (a) to check the criminal records of civil servants in her Department and agencies responsible to her Department who have access to computer databases containing confidential information on the public and (b) to ensure that there can be no improper use of computer databases containing confidential information on the public; and if she will make a statement. | | (194603) | 121
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of households in (a) Lancashire and (b) Chorley which (i) composted and (ii) recycled in the last period for which figures are available. | | (194623) | 122
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average dairy farm income in (a) England and (b) Lancashire was in the last period for which figures are available. | | (194624) | 123
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the farm-gate price of milk in Lancashire was at the most recent date for which information is available. | | (194761) | 124
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the successful prosecutions for illegal dumping of waste in each of the past three years; and what the penalty issued in each case was. | | (194616) | 125
| Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect of recent development of the glass container industry upon the industry's prospects for meeting the 2008 target for glass recycling under the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive; and if she will make a statement. | | (194723) | 126
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average percentage increase in domestic water bills has been since May 1997; and if she will make a statement. | | (194646) | 127
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether a representative of her Department was present at the trial of Mr Bobby Waugh for breach of his waste food feeding licence in May 2002. | | (194307) | 128
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department was first informed of the existence of a video of Burnside Farm taken by Northumberland Trading Standards officers on 23rd February 2001; and when her Department first obtained a copy of the video. | | (194308) | 129
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she received the final report on the hazards of radiation from the Committee Examining Radiation Risks of Internal Emitters; what plans she has to take action on its recommendations; and if she will make a statement. | | (194911) | 130
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of London's waste was transported on the river Thames in the last year for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement. | | (194914) | 131
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of London's waste was disposed of in Essex in the last year for which figures are available; and at which sites. | | (194915) | 132
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the last outbreak of contagious equine metritis in British horses was recorded; and where. | | (194937) | 133
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding the Government has given to the National Bee Unit for the current financial year; how many bee inspectors there are; what estimate has been made of the number of bees under serious threat from the varroa mite; and what advice and assistance is given by the National Bee Unit to beekeepers in the South West. | | (194159) | 134
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been paid out under (a) the Beef Special Premium Scheme, (b) the Suckler Cow Premium Scheme, (c) the Slaughter Premium, (d) the Over Thirty Month Scheme and (e) the Beef National Envelope in each county in England in 2003-04; and if she will make a statement. | | (193847) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 135
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has held with the Russian Government on spying in the UK by Russians. | | (194796) | 136
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Russian Government about spying in the UK by Russians. | | (194797) | 137
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the relevance of international treaties covering water supply issues to the dispute between Iraq and Turkey over water. | | (194932) | 138
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on section 306 of the new Turkish penal code and the new criminal offence of speaking against the national interest, with particular reference to comments in Turkey on (a) the Armenian genocide and (b) the withdrawal of troops from Cyprus, in the context of Turkey's application for accession to the EU; and if he will make a statement. | | (194850) | 139
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20th October, Official Report, column 753W, on the EU-Israel Association Agreement, whether Israel is in full compliance with the human rights conditions of the EU Israel Association Agreement; whether there is an equivalent trade agreement with the Palestinian Authority; and what the official (a) UK and (b) EU definition of sanctions is. | | (194830) | 140
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 11th October, Official Report, column 755-6W, on Iraq, whom the British officials, told by Mr Turki about his concerns in September 2003, informed about his representations; if he will list the British officials concerned; and whether Mr Turki mentioned specific detention facilities. | | (194494) | 141
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the reported bombing in the Allaiet area in eastern Darfur; and if he will make a statement. | | (194825) | 142
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the terms of the ceasefire are in Darfur; when these terms were (a) proposed and (b) agreed to; by whom; what assessment his Department has made of the Sudanese government's compliance with the ceasefire terms; and if he will make a statement. | | (194826) | 143
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effects of the delay in deployment of additional ceasefire monitors by the African Union to Darfur; and if he will make a statement. | | (194827) | 144
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions (a) he, (b) members of his Department, (c) other members of the UK Government and (d) UK representatives in Rwanda have had with their (i) EU and (ii) African Union counterparts concerning the logistical assistance to be given to African Union ceasefire monitors and soldiers in their deployment to Darfur; and if he will make a statement. | | (194828) | 145
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the possible inclusion of security issues in the humanitarian protocol being negotiated by the government of Sudan and rebel groups from Darfur; and if he will make a statement. | | (194829) | 146
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information he has received in respect of the detention of Dr Amer Al-Saddi, the former scientific adviser to the Iraqi Government, by the United States; and whether he has asked his United States counterpart why former Iraqi officials held in detention by the United States have not been charged or released. | | (194874) | 147
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has discussed with the Indian government restrictions on the importation of British brood mares into India. | | (194936) | 148
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last discussed British prisoners at Guantanamo Bay with his US counterpart; and what was discussed. | | (194897) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 149
| Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Steri-X system in killing pathogenic bacteria, including (a) MRSA, (b) E coli, (c) Legionella pneumophilia Salmonella enteritidis and (d) Pseudomonas aeruginosa; and when the Steri-X system was first added to the NHS list of approved products. | | (194785) | 150
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are living in long-term residential care within the Greater London area. | | (194628) | 151
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average amount of NHS spending per head of population of people living in the Greater London area has been in each of the last three years. | | (194629) | 152
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been waiting for 12 weeks or more for their first appointment with a consultant at St George's Hospital, Tooting. | | (194630) | 153
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department supports the request by Taiwan to be given observer status at the World Health Organisation; and if he will make a statement. | | (194631) | 154
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many overseas nurses have been recruited to work in the NHS during the last 12 months. | | (194632) | 155
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what financial support the Government is giving to hospices in the Greater London area. | | (194633) | 156
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the functioning of the NHS Bursary Department (a) hotline, (b) e-mail system and (c) correspondence facility and how many letters of complaint he has received on this issue. | | (194358) | 157
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, why final year medical students have not yet received notification of their bursary awards. | | (194359) | 158
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what procedures are in place (a) to check the criminal records of civil servants in his Department and agencies responsible to his Department who have access to computer databases containing confidential information on the public and (b) to ensure that there can be no improper use of computer databases containing confidential information on the public; and if he will make a statement. | | (194602) | 159
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures the Government has taken to alert British citizens to the 31st December deadline after which E111 forms issued before August will be invalid; how much has been spent on (a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) newspaper advertising, (d) leaflets and (e) other campaigns; and if he will make a statement. | | (194665) | 160
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the proposed right to independent living for disabled people; and if he will make a statement. | | (194306) | 161
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many powered wheelchairs were issued by the National Health Service in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (194780) | 162
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage (a) of all patients, (b) of patients aged 65 years and over and (c) of patients with mental health problems were seen and treated within four hours at the Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital's Accident and Emergency department, in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (194781) | 163
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department provides to (a) general practitioners and (b) other primary care professionals on working with people with autism spectrum disorders. | | (194782) | 164
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what training general practitioners receive in autism awareness; and if he will make a statement. | | (194783) | 165
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 4th October, Official Report, column 1965W, on disabled people, what funding the Department has provided indirectly to the Will Ward family trust. | | (194935) | 166
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much each primary care trust in Greater London spent on promoting sexual health in (a) 1997, (b) 2002 and (c) 2003. | | (194900) | 167
| Mr George Mudie (Leeds East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the expenditure was of primary care trusts in Leeds in (a) 2002-03 and (b) 2003-04; and what the estimated expenditure is for 2004-05. | | (194618) | 168
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken (a) to promote public awareness that patient data will be held centrally under the National Programme for IT in the NHS and (b) to ensure that patients are aware of their ability to opt out of centrally held databases in the NHS. | | (194892) | 169
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to ensure that all local service providers are fully insured against failure to deliver the national programme for IT in the NHS. | | (194894) | 170
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance the Department has issued to the NHS concerning the (a) content and (b) availability of information to patients on the risks of hospital-acquired infections. | | (194895) | 171
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information NHS hospitals make available to patients prior to hospital admission on protecting against the risk of (a) hospital-acquired infections and (b) MRSA. | | (194896) | 172
| Mr John Randall (Uxbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have been referred to Hillingdon Mental Health Trust from Heathrow Airport in each of the last three years. | | (194726) | 173
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in Essex are waiting for cardiac surgery. | | (194926) | 174
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in Essex are waiting for (a) knee and (b) hip replacements. | | (194927) | 175
| Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice he has received on (a) the diagnosis, treatment and management of myasthenia gravis and (b) support for patients and carers; and if he will make a statement. | | (194875) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 176
N | Mr Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether prior notification was received by his Department concerning the seizure of the Indymedia servers on 7th October. | | (194455) | 177
| Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of enforcement of the ban on the use of handheld mobile telephones while driving. | | (194824) | 178
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with the United States Administration on ensuring that British citizens extradited to the United States are not subject to the death penalty; and if he will make a statement. | | (194747) | 179
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether all prisons in England and Wales have education facilities for inmates; and if he will make a statement. | | (194748) | 180
| John Cryer (Hornchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the dispersal order scheme at (a) Elm Park, (b) Hornchurch and (c) Upminster Bridge stations. | | (194728) | 181
| John Cryer (Hornchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of (a) the effectiveness of the restricted alcohol zone in Romford town centre and (b) impact of the restricted zone on surrounding areas. | | (194730) | 182
| John Cryer (Hornchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of measures taken to tackle anti-social behaviour within the Hornchurch constituency. | | (194731) | 183
| John Cryer (Hornchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures are in place to ensure that, where it is known to the Passport Agency that passport applications and accompanying documents are lost or stolen, these are not used to make false applications or acquire false identities. | | (194732) | 184
| John Cryer (Hornchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what powers are available to (a) the police and (b) licensing authorities to persuade shops selling alcohol to refrain from selling to those whom they know or suspect intend to supply it to a young person. | | (194733) | 185
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the first phase of police reform; what the key elements of the second phase of police reform are; and what the timetable is for further developments on police reform. | | (194860) | 186
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the work of the Police Standards Unit. | | (194861) | 187
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures are in place to prevent overlap between the work of the Police Standards Unit and the National Centre for Policing Excellence. | | (194862) | 188
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the recently recorded increase in violent crime; and what steps he will take to reverse the trend. | | (194863) | 189
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what feedback he has received on National Policing Plans. | | (194864) | 190
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an assessment has been made of the extent of racist attitudes within the police service. | | (194865) | 191
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action has been taken to tackle racist attitudes within the police service. | | (194866) | 192
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an assessment has been made of the (a) merits and (b) effects of the career break system for police officers. | | (194867) | 193
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures are in place to ensure that officers on career breaks are kept up to date with new developments. | | (194868) | 194
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on the conclusions of the report by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary on a future strategy for civilianization. | | (194869) | 195
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Government's main priorities are for the police in terms of science and technology. | | (194870) | 196
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what deficiencies he has identified in the way that police handle calls from the public. | | (194871) | 197
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an assessment has been made of the usefulness of the DNA database. | | (194872) | 198
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the (a) work of and (b) resources available to the National Centre for Policing Excellence. | | (194903) | 199
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the response to Centrex's Action Plan will be published. | | (194904) | 200
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures will be introduced to address variations in training between police forces. | | (194905) | 201
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received from Her Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary on the most recent National Policing Plan. | | (194906) | 202
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what accountability procedures are in place for police authorities. | | (194907) | 203
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the possible merits of a merger between the inspectorates of constabulary, prisons and probation. | | (194908) | 204
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what alternatives to the current 43-force structure are being assessed. | | (194909) | 205
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which major recommendations of the O'Dowd report on police bureaucracy remain unimplemented; and if he will make a statement on progress with implementation. | | (194910) | 206
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will repeat the study, A Diary of a Police Officer, in 2005. | | (194919) | 207
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made in the integration of police IT systems. | | (194920) | 208
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the effects of updating and integrating police IT systems on police bureaucracy. | | (194921) | 209
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what response the police service has made to the review of the special priority payments; and if he will make a statement. | | (194922) | 210
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when special priority payments in the police service will be evaluated. | | (194923) | 211
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made towards reaching the target of seven per cent. ethnic minority police officers by 2009; and what measures (a) are in place and (b) will be introduced to reach the target. | | (194924) | 212
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures the Department will take to improve detection rates; and what assessment has been made of the reasons for changes in detection rates. | | (194943) | 213
| Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the European patents that will require licensing to implement the design of the biometric identity card system as authorised in Identity Cards - The Next Steps, column 6020. | | (194823) | 214
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures are in place (a) to check the criminal records of civil servants in his Department and agencies responsible to his Department who have access to computer databases containing confidential information on the public and (b) to ensure that there can be no improper use of computer databases containing confidential information on the public; and if he will make a statement. | | (194601) | 215
N | Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the risk of a terrorist attack involving anthrax. | | (194326) | 216
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many allegations there are on the register of allegations of overseas corruption offences. | | (194684) | 217
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the allegations on the register of allegations of overseas corruption offences have come from (a) the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, (b) the Export Credits Guarantee Department, (c) foreign jurisdictions, (d) Interpol, (e) local police stations within the UK (f) suspicious activity reports, (g) whistle-blowers and (h) other sources. | | (194685) | 218
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the allegations on the register of allegations of overseas corruption offences have come from (a) Africa, (b) Central and South America, (c) North America, (d) Asia, (e) Western Europe, (f) Eastern Europe, (g) Russia and the former Soviet Republics and (h) the Middle East. | | (194686) | 219
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions the National Criminal Intelligence Service has reported to the authorities of a foreign jurisdiction allegations of overseas corruption that they believe to be worthy of investigation. | | (194716) | 220
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the cases on the register of allegations of overseas corruption offences have been categorised as requiring no further action. | | (194717) | 221
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with which foreign jurisdictions his law enforcement agencies are co-operating on investigations into overseas corruption cases. | | (194718) | 222
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many meetings officials in his Department have recently held with (a) companies and (b) industry bodies to discuss (i) legislation and (ii) enforcement relating to overseas bribery; and if he will list the companies or industry bodies with which officials from his Department met. | | (194719) | 223
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when job descriptions for Regional Offender Managers under the National Offender Management Service arrangements will be published; and if he will make a statement. | | (194776) | 224
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who will (a) be responsible for and (b) speak on behalf of the National Probation Service under the National Offender Management Service arrangements. | | (194777) | 225
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much of the increase in prison and probation funding announced on 29th September had not previously been announced. | | (194778) | 226
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much of the uplift for correctional services announced in September is funding which had not previously been announced. | | (194779) | 227
| Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the outcome was of the Justice and Home Affairs Council held on 25th to 26th October; what the Government's stance was on the issues discussed, including its voting record; and if he will make a statement. | | (194504) | 228
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the (a) level of customer service and (b) effectiveness of sub-contractor management provided by the Anglia Water Group in respect of approved premises contracts over the past 18 months. | | (194319) | 229
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints have been received from probation areas in respect of Anglia Water Group's contract for approved premises over the past 18 months. | | (194320) | 230
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) total and (b) average number of hours owed were for (i) principal officers, (ii) senior officers, (iii) prison officers and (iv) operational support grades for each Prison Service establishment on the last Saturday of each of the last 12 months as shown on each establishment's SPAR F form. | | (194821) | 231
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 15th October, Official Report, column 412W, on the Great Gorilla Run, how many police were provided to redirect traffic during the Great Gorilla Run in London on 19th September; how many roads were closed; and how many diversions were created. | | (194656) | 232
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are taken to ensure that where a non-governmental organisation is supported by a charitable trust there is a clear separation between the two organisations. | | (194842) | 233
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance is given to non-governmental organisations on creating clear separation between charitable trust and campaigning activity. | | (194843) | 234
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the Charity Commission ensures that non-governmental organisations with charitable status comply with the relevant regulations. | | (194844) | 235
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many racist (a) attacks and (b) threats the Leicestershire police authority has recorded in 2004. | | (194758) | 236
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many attacks involving knives used by under-aged offenders the Leicestershire police authority has recorded in 2004. | | (194759) | Questions to the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission 237
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many grey visitor passes have been issued to visitors to the parliamentary estate since they were introduced. | | (194316) | 238
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many grey visitor passes issued to visitors to the parliamentary estate have been lost since they were introduced; and what efforts have been made to recover them. | | (194317) | 239
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, what measures are in place to ensure that grey visitor passes issued to visitors to the parliamentary estate are successfully retrieved from visitors when they leave the parliamentary estate. | | (194318) | 240
| Tom Cox (Tooting):To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many passes have been issued to former honourable Members in each of the last 10 years. | | (194749) | 241
| Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal):To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, what percentage of 9A and 9B House of Commons honourable Members' staff passes are held by honourable Members' staff employed on the Department of Finance and Administration's contract of employment and whose salaries are met from the honourable Members' staffing allowance. | | (194800) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 242
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 26th October to Question Reference 192817, if he will publish the 2004 environmental audits. | | (194840) | 243
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the 10 highest-costing fossil fuel energy generation projects funded by his Department in 2003-04 were. | | (194760) | 244
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list the policy programmes undertaken by his Department in each of the last three years, broken down by (a) risk level, (b) cost and (c) purpose of each programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (194314) | 245
| Linda Perham (Ilford North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on the Palestinian Equity Fund. | | (194822) | Questions to the Leader of the House 246
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Leader of the House, since its introduction, how many deferred divisions have been held in each parliamentary session since they were introduced. | | (194916) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 247
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of change in criminal activity in Northern Ireland since the introduction of CCTV in a number of urban centres. | | (194786) | 248
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total amount of cash receipts has been from the sale of public housing stock in Northern Ireland over the last five years. | | (194787) | 249
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many admissions to hospitals in Northern Ireland in September and October of each of the last five years were primarily as a result of involvement with, or being in close proximity to, fireworks. | | (194788) | 250
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what consultations are being held with the mobile telecommunications industry on the need for further dialogue between communities living in the immediate vicinity of masts on their possible relocation. | | (194789) | 251
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans there are to ensure greater access to higher education by people living in East Londonderry constituency. | | (194790) | 252
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made in upgrading facilities on the Stranraer to Glasgow route for motorists travelling on ferries from Northern Ireland. | | (194791) | 253
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Civil Service jobs have been relocated from the Greater Belfast area to East Londonderry constituency in the last five years. | | (194792) | 254
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made by the Assets Recovery Agency in Northern Ireland in seizing assets belonging to criminals wth a Republican background. | | (194793) | 255
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, in how many instances in the last year police in Northern Ireland have dealt with crowds of people involved in riotous behaviour or behaviour likely to lead to a breach of the peace resulting in the case being referred to the Policing Ombudsman. | | (194794) | 256
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps are being taken through the Northern Ireland Tourist Board to protect and sponsor the specific Northern Ireland identity at its outlets and overseas promotional events. | | (194795) | 257
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many incidents of breast cancer have been recorded in (a) North Belfast, (b) Belfast and (c) Northern Ireland in each year since 1997. | | (194609) | 258
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have died of breast cancer in (a) North Belfast, (b) Belfast and (c) Northern Ireland in each year since 1997. | | (194610) | 259
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many incidents of cancer have been recorded in (a) North Belfast, (b) Belfast and (c) Northern Ireland in each year since 1997. | | (194611) | 260
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average length of time is for the Child Support Agency in Northern Ireland to process a case. | | (194612) | 261
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to tackle problems within the Child Support Agency in Northern Ireland. | | (194613) | 262
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what procedures are in place (a) to check the criminal records of civil servants in his Department and agencies responsible to his Department who have access to computer databases containing confidential information on the public and (b) to ensure that there can be no improper use of computer databases containing confidential information on the public; and if he will make a statement. | | (194600) | 263
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many personnel the Department has recruited under the New Deal in each of the past five years. | | (194475) | 264
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, under what circumstances doctors in the Province may refuse to provide evidence in court during cases regarding patients who were under their care; and if he will make a statement. | | (194634) | 265
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on provision of care (a) within the community and (b) in residential or nursing homes for those in the Province with learning disability who suffer dementia. | | (194635) | 266
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he has taken to improve the provision of care for those with learning disability who suffer dementia; and if he will make a statement. | | (194636) | 267
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to develop services in the Province so those with learning disability who develop dementia can access mainstream dementia services in their locality. | | (194637) | 268
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what change there has been in the prevalence of dementia in the Province amongst (a) males and (b) females with learning disabilities in the last 10 years. | | (194638) | 269
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps have been taken to assist those in the Province who wish to pursue compensation following the retention without permission of organs of their deceased relatives; and if he will make a statement. | | (194639) | 270
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what action he has taken to (a) improve knowledge of intravenous fluid management and (b) prevent deaths of children from dilutional hypontraemia in hospitals in the Province and if he will make a statement. | | (194641) | 271
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to introduce more rigorous methods of investigating hospital deaths in the Province; and if he will make a statement. | | (194642) | 272
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to increase access of patients and their next of kin to information within the Province's health service; and if he will make a statement. | | (194715) | 273
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether a police investigation has begun into the death of Lucy Crawford, which was broadcast on 21st October. | | (194801) | 274
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will conduct a full independent inquiry into (a) the death of Lucy Crawford in the Erne Hospital in April 2000 and (b) subsequent investigations conducted by the Sperrin Lakeland Health Trust; and if he will make a statement. | | (194802) | 275
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what investigations he has conducted into the actions of Sperrin Lakeland Trust following the death of Lucy Crawford in April 2000. | | (194803) | 276
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many individuals there are in the Province with a learning disability. | | (194521) | 277
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what role those with learning disabilities, and their carers and families, have in the planning and commissioning of health services in the Province. | | (194522) | 278
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many individuals in the Province with a learning disability are offered an annual health check; and what steps he is taking to increase this total. | | (194523) | 279
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how the health concerns of those with learning difficulties are represented in health equity audits in the Province. | | (194524) | 280
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the extent to which those with learning difficulties in the Province make use of screening programmes for (a) breast and (b) cervical cancer. | | (194525) | 281
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of those with learning difficulties in the Province are registered with a general practitioner. | | (194526) | 282
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to increase the number of individuals with learning disabilities who are registered with a general practitioner. | | (194527) | 283
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps have been taken by each of the Province's health trusts to ensure disabled patients have the same access to services as the rest of the population. | | (194528) | 284
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what training in disability awareness is provided to staff by health trusts in the Province. | | (194529) | 285
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what training on learning disability staff receive from health trusts in the Province; and whether individuals with learning disabilities are involved in any aspect of such training. | | (194530) | 286
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures are being taken to ensure that literature on health is provided in an easy-to-read format for those with learning disabilities. | | (194531) | 287
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps are being taken to ensure that those with learning disabilities make use of screening for (a) breast and (b) cervical cancer. | | (194532) | Questions to the Prime Minister 288
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Prime Minister, what assurances were given to the US Administration in March 2002 regarding the policy of the British Government on regime change in Iraq. | | (194617) | 289
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list each meeting at which (a) he, (b) Ministers, (c) officials and (d) his representatives discussed with outside parties proposed changes to the gambling laws; when each meeting took place; and if he will list the attendees at each meeting. | | (194321) | 290
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):To ask the Prime Minister, which (a) UK and (b) international organisations have submitted written representations to his Office concerning the Government's proposals for changes to legislation on gambling; and on what dates each representation (i) was received and (ii) was given a substantive response. | | (194513) | 291
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):To ask the Prime Minister, on what dates (a) he and (b) officials in his Office have held meetings with representatives of the UK gambling industry to discuss proposed changes to legislation on gambling. | | (194517) | 292
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Prime Minister, what criteria he used to select topics for discussion with the Secretary General of the UN during his recent visit to London. | | (194456) | 293
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Prime Minister, when he last discussed the alleged corruption at the UN during the Oil for Food Programme in Iraq in person with the Secretary General of the UN. | | (194457) | 294
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will give an assurance that when Black Watch troops return to the UK for Christmas they will not be replaced by other British troops in forward deployments outside the Basra area. | | (194757) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 295
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many personnel the Department has recruited under the New Deal in each of the past five years. | | (194478) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 296
N | Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if her Department will investigate the circumstances surrounding the acquisition of the Fast Patrol Vessel Defender, which was donated by the Sultan of Oman to Lowestoft to support regional redevelopment. | | (194189) | 297
N | Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what efforts her Department has made to ascertain the (a) whereabouts and (b) condition of the Fast Patrol Vessel Defender from the time of its voyage from Oman. | | (194190) | 298
N | Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much (a) EU and (b) Government funding has been made available for the Fast Patrol Vessel Defender since its donation to Lowestoft by the Sultan of Oman; and to whom these funds were made payable. | | (194191) | 299
N | Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what report her Department has received on the whereabouts of the Fast Patrol Vessel Defender. | | (194192) | 300
| Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations she has received from industry following her statement on the planned Export Credits Guarantee Department Trading Fund on 1st July. | | (194498) | 301
| Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has for how the budget for improving efficiency and effectiveness of the Export Credits Guarantee Department will be spent over the next two years. | | (194499) | 302
| Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what change she has specified to the current requirement of Export Credits Guarantee Department to obtain Treasury Consents anually, as the Export Credits Guarantee Department (a) moves into Pilot Trading Fund status in April 2005 and (b) becomes a fully capitalised Trading Fund in April 2007. | | (194506) | 303
| John Cryer (Hornchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what security measures are in place within the Post Office and Royal Mail to prevent the theft of passport applications and accompanying documents. | | (194734) | 304
| Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the financial contribution of the licensing of software patents to the UK economy in each year from 1974 to 2003. | | (194755) | 305
N | Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether her Department is using Capita as a contractor in relation to the miners' compensation schemes. | | (194163) | 306
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what procedures are in place (a) to check the criminal records of civil servants in her Department and agencies responsible to her Department who have access to computer databases containing confidential information on the public and (b) to ensure that there can be no improper use of computer databases containing confidential information on the public; and if she will make a statement. | | (194599) | 307
| Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the purpose is of the Export Control Advisory Committee; when it was set up; which organisations are represented on it; and if she will make a statement. | | (194756) | 308
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the merits of amending the law so that unpaid COT3 settlements accrue interest on the same basis as awards made by an employment tribunal; and if she will make a statement. | | (194354) | 309
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of (a) the number of employment tribunal awards which remain unpaid and (b) the number of COT3 settlements which remain unpaid; and what the monetary value of awards was in the last three years. | | (194355) | 310
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the cost to public funds of employment tribunal processes which resulted in an award which was not paid in the last three years. | | (194356) | 311
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on what dates (a) Ministers and (b) officials in the Department have held meetings with representatives of the UK gambling industry to discuss proposed changes to legislation on gambling. | | (194515) | 312
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many personnel the Department has recruited under the New Deal in each of the past five years. | | (194477) | 313
| Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent reports she has received on the glass packaging sector, with particular reference to its (a) market structure, (b) output levels and (c) key characteristics, including job losses; and if she will make a statement. | | (194720) | 314
| Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assistance her Department is offering to the glass container industry to develop new markets for glass containers; and if she will make a statement. | | (194722) | 315
| Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the (a) recent development of the glass container industry and (b) impact that development of the industry will have on jobs in the Yorkshire region. | | (194724) | 316
| Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what advice and assistance her Department has given to the glass container industry on (a) closure of plants in recent years and (b) challenges facing the industry; and if she will make a statement. | | (194725) | 317
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the average percentage increase in domestic bills for (a) gas and (b) electricity has been since May 1997; and if she will make a statement. | | (194713) | 318
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many 2MW wind turbines are situated in (a) the UK and (b) Wales; and how many wind turbines of all specifications are situated in the UK. | | (194508) | 319
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many times during the Greek presidency of the EU the Standing Committee on technical rules and standards, including rules relating to information society services, met; when and where these meetings took place; which UK Government expert was present at each meeting; what (a) technical and (b) financial issues were raised by the UK Government expert at each meeting; what recommendations each Committee produced during that period; what actions were (i) proposed and (ii) taken by (A) the EU and (B) the UK Government as a result of each Committee's recommendations; and if she will make a statement. | | (194880) | 320
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many times during the Greek presidency of the EU the Management Committee on horizontal questions concerning trade in processed agricultural products not listed in Annex I met; when and where these meetings took place; which UK Government expert was present at each meeting; what (a) technical and (b) financial issues were raised by the UK Government expert at each meeting; what recommendations the Committee produced during that period; what actions were (i) proposed and (ii) taken by (A) the EU and (B) the UK Government as a result of the Committee's recommendations; and if she will make a statement. | | (194881) | 321
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many times during the Greek presidency of the EU the Committee for the adaption to technical progress of Directives on the removal of technical barriers to trade in the sector of detergents met; when and where these meetings took place; which UK Government expert was present at each meeting; what (a) technical and (b) financial issues were raised by the UK Government expert at each meeting; what recommendations the Committee produced during that period; what actions were (i) proposed and (ii) taken by (A) the EU and (B) the UK Government as a result of the Committee's recommendations; and if she will make a statement. | | (194882) | 322
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many times during the Greek presidency of the EU the Committee for the adaption to technical progress of Directives on the removal of technical barriers to trade in the sector of fertilisers met; when and where these meetings took place; which UK Government expert was present at each meeting; what (a) technical and (b) financial issues were raised by the UK Government expert at each meeting; what recommendations the Committee produced during that period; what actions were (i) proposed and (ii) taken by (A) the EU and (B) the UK Government as a result of the Committee's recommendations; and if she will make a statement. | | (194883) | 323
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many times during the Greek presidency of the EU the Committee for the adaptation to technical progress of directives on the removal of technical barriers to trade in the sector of electric materials used in an explosive atmosphere met; when and where these meetings took place; which UK Government expert was present at each meeting; what (a) technical and (b) financial issues were raised by the UK Government expert at each meeting; what recommendations the Committee produced during that period; what actions were (i) proposed and (ii) taken by the (A) EU and (B) UK Government as a result of the Committee's recommendations; and if she will make a statement. | | (194884) | 324
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many times during the Greek presidency of the EU the Committee for the adaptation to technical progress of directives on the removal of technical barriers to trade in the sector of protective equipment and systems for use in an explosive atmosphere met; when and where these meetings took place; which UK Government expert was present at each meeting; what (a) technical and (b) financial issues were raised by the UK Government expert at each meeting; what recommendations the Committee produced during that period; what actions were (i) proposed and (ii) taken by the (A) EU and (B) UK Government as a result of the Committee's recommendations; and if she will make a statement. | | (194885) | 325
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many times during the Greek presidency of the EU Standing Committee on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to machinery met; when and where these meetings took place; which UK Government expert was present at each meeting; what (a) technical and (b) financial issues were raised by the UK Government expert at each meeting; what recommendations the Committee produced during that period; what actions were (i) proposed and (ii) taken by the (A) EU and (B) UK Government as a result of the Committee's recommendations; and if she will make a statement. | | (194887) | 326
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many times during the Greek presidency of the EU Standing Committee on medicinal products for human use met; when and where these meetings took place; which UK Government expert was present at each meeting; what (a) technical and (b) financial issues were raised by the UK Government expert at each meeting; what recommendations the Committee produced during that period; what actions were (i) proposed and (ii) taken by the (A) EU and (B) UK Government as a result of the Committee's recommendations; and if she will make a statement. | | (194888) | 327
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many times during the Greek presidency of the EU the Committee on the directives on names and labelling of textile products met; when and where these meetings took place; which UK Government expert was present at each meeting; what (a) technical and (b) financial issues were raised by the UK Government expert at each meeting; what recommendations the Committee produced during that period; what actions were (i) proposed and (ii) taken by the (A) EU and (B) UK Government as a result of the Committee's recommendations; and if she will make a statement. | | (194889) | 328
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many times during the Greek presidency of the EU the Standing Committee on the harmonisation of national legislation on cableway installations designed to carry passengers met; when and where these meetings took place; which UK Government expert was present at each meeting; what (a) technical and (b) financial issues were raised by the UK Government expert at each meeting; what recommendations the Committee produced during that period; what actions were (i) proposed and (ii) taken by the (A) EU and (B) UK Government as a result of the Committee's recommendations; and if she will make a statement. | | (194890) | 329
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many times during the Greek presidency of the EU the Committee for the adaptation to technical progress of directives on the removal of technical barriers to trade in the sector of lifting and mechanical handling appliances met; when and where these meetings took place; which UK Government expert was present at each meeting; what (a) technical and (b) financial issues were raised by the UK Government expert at each meeting; what recommendations the Committee produced during that period; what actions were (i) proposed and (ii) taken by the (A) EU and (B) UK Government as a result of the Committee's recommendations; and if she will make a statement. | | (194891) | 330
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many times during the Greek presidency of the EU the EC- China RTD Co-operation Steering Committee met; when and where these meetings took place; which UK Government expert was present at each meeting; what (a) technical and (b) financial issues were raised by the UK Government expert at each meeting; what recommendations the Committee produced during that period; what actions were (i) proposed and (ii) taken by (1) the EU and (2) the UK Government as a result of the Committee's recommendations; and if she will make a statement. | | (194901) | 331
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many times during the Greek presidency of the EU the EC- India RTD Co-operation Steering Committee met; when and where these meetings took place; which UK Government expert was present at each meeting; what (a) technical and (b) financial issues were raised by the UK Government expert at each meeting; what recommendations the Committee produced during that period; what actions were (i) proposed and (ii) taken by (1) the EU and (2) the UK Government as a result of the Committee's recommendations; and if she will make a statement. | | (194902) | 332
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimates she has made of the proportion of British firms that have no employees aged (a) over 60 years and (b) state pension age. | | (194819) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 333
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what procedures are in place (a) to check the criminal records of civil servants in his Department and agencies responsible to his Department, including the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, who have access to computer databases containing confidential information on the public and (b) to ensure that there can be no improper use of computer databases containing confidential information on the public; and if he will make a statement. | | (194598) | 334
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many personnel the Department has recruited under the New Deal in each of the past five years. | | (194474) | 335
| Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library copies of risk assessments that have been prepared on overcrowding (a) on train services between Worcestershire and Birmingham and (b) on station platforms in (i) Worcestershire and (ii) Birmingham. | | (194520) | 336
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on security inspections undertaken across the British rail network. | | (194658) | 337
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on security inspections undertaken at British sea ports. | | (194697) | 338
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many sea containers have arrived at each British sea port in each year since 1997. | | (194698) | 339
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many sea containers arriving at each British sea port have been (a) inspected and (b) searched in each year since 2001. | | (194699) | 340
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff have been employed at each port of entry to inspect and search sea containers in each year since 2001. | | (194700) | 341
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officers there have been in each port police force in each year since 2001. | | (194702) | 342
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to change the (a) powers, (b) remit and (c) number of port police forces. | | (194703) | 343
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on security inspections undertaken at British airports. | | (194704) | 344
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what volume of cargo has arrived at each British airport in each year since 1997. | | (194705) | 345
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what volume of cargo arriving at each British airport has been (a) inspected and (b) searched in each year since 2001. | | (194706) | 346
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on security procedures at Clapham Junction. | | (194708) | 347
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff have been employed to inspect and search rail freight in each year since 2001. | | (194709) | 348
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many suspicious bags and packages have been inspected on (a) London Underground, (b) national rail services and (c) at railway stations in each year since 2001. | | (194710) | 349
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff have been employed to inspect and search air cargo at each airport in each year since 2001. | | (194711) | 350
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has for the future of the Motorcycle Direct Access Scheme; and if he will make a statement. | | (194509) | 351
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of people in the UK who used a pedal cycle at least once a week in the last period for which figures are available. | | (194913) | 352
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the Rail Safety and Standards Board review of the use of train horns and noise pollution. | | (194928) | 353
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in what circumstances the use of train horns will be restricted on approaching unmanned pedestrian level crossings. | | (194929) | 354
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take action to ensure that unmanned pedestrian level crossings of main rail lines are closed where (a) pedestrian usage is low and (b) alternative safe crossings by bridge or tunnel are already available to pedestrians; and if he will make a statement. | | (194930) | 355
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many applications for rail crossing (a) extinguishment and (b) diversion orders have been (i) submitted and (ii) approved in each of the last five years. | | (194931) | 356
| Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on his plans for the Gatwick Express franchise. | | (194643) | 357
| Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who funds the Office of the Public-Private Partnership Arbiter; and if he will make a statement on the future funding of the Office. | | (194644) | 358
| Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what has caused the delay in the withdrawal of the Mark 1 slam door trains from the South of England rail network. | | (194645) | 359
| Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings his Department has had with representatives of (a) Network Rail, (b) the train operating companies and (c) others in the rail industry about the changes being made to the structure of the railways. | | (194650) | 360
| Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions (a) he and (b) his Department have had with the Prime Minister on the future of the railway industry. | | (194651) | 361
| Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he will set a date for the abolition of the Strategic Rail Authority. | | (194652) | 362
| Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that all Mark 1 slam door trains from the South of England rail network are withdrawn from service by 30th November 2005. | | (194712) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 363
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many personnel the Department has recruited under the New Deal in each of the past five years. | | (194476) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 364
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has following the introduction of the Mental Capacity Bill to modernise the system for appointment to receive social security benefits in lieu of the beneficiary. | | (194820) | 365
| Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average amount of basic state pension paid to (a) men in their own right, (b) women in their own right and (c) couples was in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2003; and how many people were in each group in each year. | | (194752) | 366
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date he expects benefit processing will move from Edgware benefit office to another London location; what the other London location will be; and if he will make a statement. | | (194848) | 367
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total cost of the new computer system for the Child Support Agency is to date. | | (194627) | 368
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what procedures are in place (a) to check the criminal records of civil servants in his Department and agencies responsible to his Department, including the Benefits Agency, who have access to computer databases containing confidential information on the public and (b) to ensure that there can be no improper use of computer databases containing confidential information on the public; and if he will make a statement. | | (194596) | 369
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Child Support Agency cases are waiting to be transferred onto the new IT system; how many attempted transfers have failed; and how many cases have been successfully transferred from the old scheme to the new. | | (194322) | 370
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Child Support Agency cases were waiting (a) to be calculated and (b) for money to be paid at 1st March 2003. | | (194323) | 371
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Child Support Agency cases where money has been paid to the parent with care have successfully been transferred from the old scheme of calculation to the new system. | | (194324) | 372
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Child Support Agency applications waiting to be calculated were made (a) before 1st March 2003, (b) after 1st March 2003 but are assessed on the old scheme of maintenance calculation and (c) after 1st March 2003 and are assessed on the new scheme of maintenance calculation. | | (194325) | 373
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the percentage increase in the state pension has been since May 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (194714) | 374
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times during the Greek presidency of the EU the Restricted Committeee of the Safety and Health Commission for the mining and other extractive industries met; when and where these meetings took place; which UK Government expert was present at each meeting; what (a) technical and (b) financial issues were raised by the UK Government expert at each meeting; what recommendations the Committee produced during that period; what actions were (i) proposed and (ii) taken by (A) the EU and (B) the UK Government as a result of the Committee's recommendations; and if he will make a statement. | | (194876) | 375
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times during the Greek presidency of the EU the Advisory Committee on employment met; when and where these meetings took place; which UK Government expert was present at each meeting; what (a) technical and (b) financial issues were raised by the UK Government expert at each meeting; what recommendations the Committee produced during that period; what actions were (i) proposed and (ii) taken by (A) the EU and (B) the UK Government as a result of the Committee's recommendations; and if he will make a statement. | | (194877) | 376
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times during the Greek presidency of the EU the Advisory Committee on incentives in the field of employment met; when and where these meetings took place; which UK Government expert was present at each meeting; what (a) technical and (b) financial issues were raised by the UK Government expert at each meeting; what recommendations the Committee produced during that period; what actions were (i) proposed and (ii) taken by (A) the EU and (B) the UK Government as a result of the Committee's recommendations; and if he will make a statement. | | (194878) | 377
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times during the Greek presidency of the EU the Committee of the European Social Fund met; when and where these meetings took place; which UK Government expert was present at each meeting; what (a) technical and (b) financial issues were raised by the UK Government expert at each meeting; what recommendations the Committee produced during that period; what actions were (i) proposed and (ii) taken by (A) the EU and (B) the UK Government as a result of the Committee's recommendations; and if he will make a statement. | | (194879) | 378
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) households and (b) pensioner households claimed council tax benefit in England in (i) 1997 and (ii) the latest year for which figures are available. | | (194687) | 379
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans there are to increase the number of services available to people from Jobcentre Plus offices. | | (194500) | 380
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what advice on debt management is available from Jobcentre Plus offices. | | (194501) | 381
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 13th October, Official Report, column 289W, on the Child Support Agency, for what reasons referrals for information to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency were unsuccessful in gaining the information sought. | | (194657) | 382
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Pathways to Work pilot scheme evaluation referred to on page 17 of his Department's publication UK National Action Plan for Employment. | | (194695) | 383
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate how many people will need to make a claim for the one-off 70+ Payment; how many claims have been received; and whether there is a deadline before which a claim needs to be submitted to ensure payment before 25th December. | | (194696) | 384
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimates he has made of the (a) pension and (b) redundancy costs associated with the targets set by Sir Peter Gershon for reductions in the number of staff in his Department and its associated agencies. | | (194818) | 385
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) self-employed people, (b) people earning less than the lower earnngs limit, (c) unemployed people and (d) other non-contributing people did not have second-tier pension arrangements in each year since 2002. | | (194835) | 386
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the latest figures are for (a) the number of starts on each of the New Deal for Young People options and (b) the number of the starts that have led to sustained unsubsidised employment. | | (194839) | 387
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each parliamentary constituency are entitled to pension credit. | | (194841) | 388
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of interim benefit payments and (b) gross public expenditure on those payments in each year since 1997 to cover delays in payments of social security benefits and tax credits. | | (194845) | 389
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many past overpayments of benefits have been recovered by his Department's debt management office in each year since 1997; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the letter being sent to people with repayments of overpaid benefit outstanding. | | (194846) | 390
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his latest estimate is of the number of people who are contracted out of the state second pension. | | (194847) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 391
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what new projects are (a) planned and (b) under consideration for the Performance and Innovation Unit. | | [Transferred] (194917) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 392
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints were received by the tax credit office in (a) 1997, (b) 2001 and (c) 2004; what targets his Department has set for the number of errors reported in tax credit cases next year; what measures his Department is taking to ensure that the number of cases containing errors is reduced; and what compensation will be made to those people whose claims are dealt with incorrectly. | | [Transferred] (194495) | 393
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average amount of stamp duty charged on a Right to Buy council property was in the last year for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (194689) | 394
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7th September, Official Report, column 1195W, on older workers, if he will break down the figures provided by (a) gender and (b) age. | | [Transferred] (194833) | Questions to the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs 395
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the eligibility for compensation is of individuals in the Province whose deceased relatives underwent a coroner's post mortem without appropriate consent. | | [Transferred] (194640) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 396
| Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) cancelled appointments and (b) non-attendances there were at each Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service contact centre in the last year for which figures are available; and what percentage of appointments made this represents in each case. | | [Transferred] (194750) | 397
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much each local authority in Greater London spent on tackling teenage pregnancy in (a) 1997, (b) 2002 and (c) 2003. | | [Transferred] (194898) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 398
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has initiated between Iraq, Syria and Turkey on water supply issues. | | [Transferred] (194798) | 399
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has carried out of the relevance of international treaties covering water supply issues to the dispute between Iraq and Turkey over water. | | [Transferred] (194933) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 400
N | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress has been made with the Fit For the Future programme. | | [Question Unstarred][Transferred] (194092) |
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