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Processed Food: Labelling

Helen Southworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the percentage of producers of processed foods that are providing consumers with information on (a) ingredients, (b) food values and (c) traffic light indicators for sugar, salt and fat content; and if he will make a statement. [170106]

Dawn Primarolo: Regulation 5 of the Food Labelling Regulations 1996 (as amended) (SI 1996 No 1499) which implements European Union legislation (Council Directive 2000/13/EC) requires pre-packed foods (subject to a few exceptions) to be labelled with a full list of ingredients.

It is estimated that about 80 per cent. of pre-packed food in the United Kingdom provides some form of nutrition labelling. There are currently 28 companies using the traffic light labelling approach in the UK.

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Helen Southworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which supermarkets use traffic light indicators as guidance for consumers on the sugar, salt and fat content of processed foods. [170107]

Dawn Primarolo: Currently eight United Kingdom retailers use traffic light front of pack labels: Asda, Budgens/Londis, The Cooperative, Boots, Marks and Spencers, Sainsbury's and Waitrose. This represents more than 40 per cent. by sales of the food retail market in the UK.

Tuberculosis: Foreigners

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many instances of tuberculosis were diagnosed in foreign nationals resident in the UK in the last 12 months for which figures are available. [170653]

Dawn Primarolo: The Health Protection Agency does not collect data on tuberculosis in foreign nationals resident in the United Kingdom.

Waiting Lists

Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time was for (a) inpatient admissions at the East Kent NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust and (b) inpatient mental health services in England in 2006; and if he will make a statement. [169567]

Mr. Ivan Lewis: This information is not collected centrally. All mental health in-patient admissions are emergencies and not from a waiting list.

Wheelchairs

Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether he plans to introduce prescription charges for the provision of wheelchairs; [170360]

(2) what the average waiting time was for a wheelchair being provided to a patient following a GP referral for (a) a standard wheelchair and (b) a specialist wheelchair in the latest period for which figures are available; [170362]

(3) what plans he has to ensure the needs of wheelchair users with complex needs will be protected under the current review of wheelchair service provision. [170363]

Ann Keen: The Department has no plans to introduce prescription charges for the provision of wheelchairs.

We do not collect data on the average waiting time for a wheelchair being provided to a patient following a general practitioner referral.

The Transforming Community Equipment and Wheelchair Services Programme team are continuing to have regular meetings with stakeholders to ensure that the needs of wheelchair users with complex needs will be fully considered during the current review of wheelchair provision.

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Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

Certification Officer: Complaints

Mr. Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform pursuant to the answer of 19 November 2007, Official Report, column 487W, on certification officer: Complaints, if he will set out what action was taken in relation to each of the orders made. [171028]

Mr. McFadden: Details of the orders made are given in the following table. All of the decisions are available on the certification officer’s website:

www.certoffice.org

Where the certification officer makes an order, it may be enforced in the same way as under an order of court. The certification officer is not aware that any such action has been necessary in relation to any of these orders.

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	Enforcement orders
2006-07	(D/59-60/06) King and King v. TGWU. Order—“The union is ordered to give the claimants access to inspect the accounting records of branch 1/230 in the form of the quarterly returns to the union’s region 1 going back to 1 January 2005, or from whenever such returns were first made, whichever is the shorter period. The claimants are to be given access to those records no later than 28 January 2007.”
2005-06	1. (D3/06) Lee v. NASUWT Order—“The NASUWT is ordered to give the claimant access to inspect those accounting records of the London Benevolent Federation of the union which are in its power, possession or control and which relate to the period of six years ending on 12 April 2005. The claimant is to be given access to inspect those records no later than Tuesday, 31 January 2006. The inspection shall be during the normal office hours of the union and shall be at the union’s head office, unless the parties agree otherwise. If such accounts would reveal the names of those who received benefit, those names may be substituted with “Person 1; Person 2 etc”. In the event of a dispute as to whether any particular document or category of documents constitutes an accounting record, the claimant is given leave to apply.”
	2. (D5/05) Gallagher v. UNISON Order—“I order that UNISON considers any future application by Ms Gallagher to attend any union conferences without regard to the policy of exclusion adopted by the National Executive Council on 22 June 2004.”
	3. (D15//05) Scobie v. TGWU Order—“I order that Ms Foyer shall forthwith cease to hold the office, or carry out the functions, of National Secretary of ACTS, unless or until she is appointed in accordance with the rules of the Union.”
2004-05	(D/3/04) Beaumont v. Amicus Order—“I order that Mr. Lyons shall cease forthwith to hold office as joint general secretary of Amicus.”
2003-04	1. (D24-27/03) Stokes v. GMB Order—“5.1 subject as hereafter, the election to the position of deputy general secretary of the union, the result of which was declared on 15 April 2003 (“the disputed election”), be treated as void and of no effect. The person elected in that election, Ms Coulter, shall cease forthwith to hold office as deputy general secretary.
	5.2 the union shall conduct a further election for the position of deputy general secretary, such election to be conducted so as to be in accordance with the rules of the union and Chapter IV of the 1992 Act.
	5.3 the implied rule of the union, referred to in the reasons to this decision as the precursor provision, shall apply to all nominees in the further election as if the term of office of the deputy general secretary were to have begun on 15 April 2003.
	5.4 the further election shall be conducted so that its result is declared no later than 31 March 2004. The union is given liberty to apply in the event of the union being unable to comply with the requirement to declare the result of the election by the specified date.
	5.5 the union shall not be required to proceed with the further election and the result of the disputed election shall stand should the Applicant and any member of the union who would have been excluded from being a candidate in the disputed election by reason only of the impending retirement provision not be nominated in the further election or should all such nominees subsequently either withdraw or be lawfully excluded from standing prior to the date of distribution of the voting papers.
	2. (D19/03) Ecclestone v. NUJ Order—“I order that the persons elected to the National Executive Council of the union for 2003-04 representing disabled members and black members cease to hold office forthwith.”
2002-03	1. (D1/03) Mortimer v. Amicus Order—“Amicus is ordered to give the applicant access to inspect those accounting records of the union which relate to a termination payment made to Mr Chowcat by the union in or about 1999. The applicant is to be given access to those records no later than Friday 28 March 2003.”
	2. (D/31/02) Hill v. Bakers Food and Allied workers Union Order—“The union shall forthwith treat the election of Mr Marino to the position of general secretary held in 2002 as having taken effect on 9 August 2002 and his term of office as having commenced on that date.”
	3. (D/23/02) Saunders v. Musicians Union Order—The musicians’ union shall treat as void and ineffective the alteration of rules approved by a ballot, the result of which was declared on 31 January 2002. The union shall continue to apply the rules that prevailed prior to that purported alteration, unless and until the rules of the union are altered in accordance with rule XIX.C of its rules.”
	4. (D21-22/02) Adams v. Prison Officers Association Order—“I order that a further election be held for the position of National Chair of the Association to be conducted in accordance with the requirements of Chapter IV of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992. The result of this election shall be declared no later than Friday 9 August 2002.”

Cyprus

Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many officials in his Department visited (a) Cyprus and (b) Bermuda on official business in 2006-07, broken down by grade; and what the equivalent figures for Department of Trade and Industry were in (i) 1983, (ii) 1987 and (iii) each year between 1998 and 2005. [165728]

Mr. Thomas: There are no records of visits to Cyprus by officials prior to 2001. From 2001 onwards, the number of visits by officials has been:

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Grade	Number
Director and Range 6
2001	2
2002	0
Range 9 and Range 6
2003	2
Director and Range 8
2004	2
2005	0

I am not aware of any visits to Bermuda by officials in 1983, 1987 or between 1998 and 2005.

Defence Export Services Organisation

Mr. Benyon: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform when he was informed of the Prime Minister’ decision to close the Defence Export Services Organisation and to move part of its remit to UK Trade and Investment. [162996]

Mr. Thomas: My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State, was consulted before the Prime Minister’s announcement on 25 July 2007 to transfer trade promotion for defence exports to UKTI.

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what discussions he has had with the defence industry on the abolition of the Defence Export Services Organisation. [169658]

Mr. Thomas [holding answer 3 December 2007]: Following my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister’s announcement to transfer responsibility for defence export support to UKTI, Ministers and officials have held a number of meetings with the defence industry to help manage the implementation of the change. These meetings have generally been led by UKTI/BERR reflecting future ministerial responsibility for defence exports.

Departmental Carbon Emissions

John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform whether his Department is working towards an accredited certified environmental management system for its estate or part thereof. [165937]

Mr. Thomas: BERR’s predecessor Department DTI’s environmental management system (EMS) which covers its London HQ buildings was certified to ISO 14001 in 1999 with accreditation being maintained since through a UKAS external verification organisation. On the formation of BERR the EMS accreditation was transferred from DTI to BERR.

Departmental Consultants

Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform which private consultancy firms (a) his Department and (b) agencies which report to his Department engaged in each of the last three years; which programmes or projects each firm worked on; what the approximate
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cost to the Department or agency concerned was of each engagement; and if he will make a statement. [164237]

Mr. Thomas: Central records indicate that as at 8 October 2007 the Department has spent the following on consultancy services:

Financial year	£ million
2005-06	53.6
2006-07	40.2
2007-08	(1)16.3
(1) To date

I have placed in the Libraries of the House a list of companies that received payments for consultancy services in each of the last three financial years, together with details of the total amount paid to each.

I have asked chief executives of the executive agencies to respond directly to the hon. Member.

Further information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Departmental Data Protection

Mr. Walker: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform whether his Department's information technology and data management systems are BS7799 compliant. [168756]

Mr. Thomas: The Department's Information Security Management System are compliant and have been independently certified to BS7799 since May 2002. In March 2007 certification was successfully achieved against the new ISO27001 standard. The certificate will be updated to reflect the name change to BERR at the next surveillance audit in 2008.

Departmental Health Insurance

Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies have private health insurance provided as part of their employment package. [167939]

Mr. Thomas: No member of staff either in the Department or its agencies receive private health insurance as part of their terms and conditions of employment.

Departmental Official Hospitality

David Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what entertainment or hospitality members of his Department’s management board received in each of the last three financial years; and if he will make a statement. [164739]

Mr. Thomas: Paragraph 4.3.5 of the Civil Service Management Code sets out the rules on the registration of hospitality. The Government are committed to publishing an annual list of hospitality received by members of departmental boards. The first list for 2007 will be published as soon as it is ready after the end of the current calendar year.

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