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Olympic Bid 2012

Jon Trickett: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what safeguards are in place to ensure that local community sporting initiatives arenot adversely affected by the London 2012 Olympic bid. [6940]

Tessa Jowell: Government and lottery investment in local community sporting initiatives is not dependent on the outcome of the London 2012 bid. On the contrary, we expect the bid, if successful, to provide a major boost to sports participation in this country, a strong legacy of facilities which will benefit the whole of the UK and to inspire the next generation of young people to greater sporting activity and help foster a healthy and active nation.

Special Advisers

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list (a) the special advisers in her Department, (b) their specific areas of expertise and (c) the total cost of employing them in the latest year for which figures are available. [8830]

Mr. Lammy: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister to my hon. Friend the Member for St. Helens, North (Mr. Watts) on 22 July 2004, Official Report,
 
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columns466–70W. Information on special advisers for 2004–05 is currently being collated and will be published in the normal way before the summer recess.

PRIME MINISTER

EU Budget

Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Prime Minister what representations he received from the First Secretary of the National Assembly for Wales on the recent negotiations on the EU's budget. [9183]

The Prime Minister: I have received representations from the First Minister of the National Assembly for Wales on this matter.

Floods (North Yorkshire)

Miss McIntosh: To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to the oral answer of 22 June 2005, Official Report, column 795, when the hon. Member for Vale of York will be able to meet the relevant Minister; and if he will make emergency funds available to pay for the clear-up of the countryside and repair to damaged roads and bridges. [9469]

The Prime Minister: I understand the hon. Member will be meeting my hon. Friend the Minister of State for the Environment (Mr. Morley) shortly to discuss the points she raises.

Ken Bigley

Alan Simpson: To ask the Prime Minister what the results were of the FBI test on the hairbrush belonging to Ken Bigley; and what information he has received on the whereabouts of Mr. Bigley's body. [8591]

The Prime Minister: Samples of Mr. Bigley's DNA have been supplied to the US authorities. US military and FBI investigators have tested Mr. Bigley's DNA profile against material obtained from Iraq. So far, they have not discovered a match but the FBI continue to compare Mr. Bigley's profile with further material obtained from Iraq.

Regrettably we have nothing to report as yet on the whereabouts of Mr. Bigley's body. We continue to work closely with the Iraqi and US authorities, and remain in touch with Mr. Bigley's family.

Ministerial Duties

David T.C. Davies: To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to his answer of 6 June 2005, Official Report, column 271W, on ministerial duties, whether he spent more or less than 48 hours performing his official duties in the week commencing 9 May. [9741]

The Prime Minister: I have nothing further to add to the answer I gave the hon. Member on 6 June 2005, Official Report, column 271W.

Mistakes

Andrew George: To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to his speech to the Labour party spring conference, what mistakes he has (a) made and (b) admitted to since May 1997. [8803]

 
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The Prime Minister: I have nothing further to add to my spring conference speech.

Official Engagements

Mr. Maples: To ask the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for 6 June. [8729]

The Prime Minister: I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. Later in the day I left for Washington for talks with President Bush.

Mr. Maples: To ask the Prime Minister which members of the staff of the British embassy in Washington accompanied him during his official engagements on 6 June. [8730]

The Prime Minister: I had no official engagements in Washington on 6 June. I arrived in Washington early on the morning of 7 June.

Race Relations

Keith Vaz: To ask the Prime Minister how many and what percentage of staff in his Office have received training on the general and specific duties of the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000, broken down by (a) ethnicity and (b) grade. [3561]

The Prime Minister: For these purposes my office forms part of the Cabinet Office. I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given to him by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Mr. Hutton) today.

Royal Prerogative

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to the answer of 15 June 2005, Official Report, column 384W, to the hon. Member for Nottingham, North (Mr. Allen), on the Royal Prerogative, what the most commonly exercised powers under the Royal Prerogative are. [8126]

Mr. Meacher: To ask the Prime Minister if he will listthe occasions on which each prerogative power has been exercised by the holder of his office in the last 30years. [8956]

The Prime Minister: I refer the hon. Members to the memorandum from the Treasury Solicitor's Department (MPP09(a) ) in the report by the Public Administration Select Committee Taming the Prerogative: Strengthening Ministerial Accountability to Parliament" (HC 422). Copies are available in the Libraries of the House.

Sir Richard Dearlove

Adam Price: To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to the oral answer to the hon. Member for Carmarthen, East and Dinefwr on 29 June 2005, Official Report, column 1288, on what basis he concluded that the statement by Sir Richard Dearlove to which the question referred was contained in a memorandum covered by the Butler Review. [9366]

The Prime Minister: I have nothing further to add to the answer I gave the hon. Member on 29 June 2005, Official Report, column 1288.
 
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Special Advisers

Bob Spink: To ask the Prime Minister if he will list (a) the special advisers in his Office, (b) their specific areas of expertise and (c) the total cost of employing them in the latest year for which figures are available. [8815]

The Prime Minister: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave my hon. Friend the Member for St.Helens, North (Mr. Watts) on 22 July 2004, Official Report, columns 466–70W. Information on special advisers for 2004–05 is currently being collated, and this will be published in the normal way once it has been completed.

Trident

Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to the oral answer to the hon. Member for Sunderland, South on 29 June 2005, Official Report, column 1292, if he will undertake to have a vote in Parliament on any proposal to replace the Trident nuclear deterrent. [9806]

The Prime Minister: I have nothing further to add to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Sunderland, South (Mr. Mullin) on 29 June 2005, Official Report, column 1292.

Work-related Stress

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Prime Minister how many cases of work-related stress have been reported in his Office in each of the last three years; how much compensation was paid to employees in each year; how many work days were lost due to work-related stress in each year; at what cost; what procedures have been put in place to reduce work-related stress; at what cost; and if he will make a statement. [7870]

The Prime Minister: For these purposes my office forms part of the Cabinet Office. I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to her by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Mr. Hutton) today.

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