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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Tuesday 8 January 2002 Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 8 January, of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on  Tuesday 8 January, of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order of Business. For Written and Oral Questions for answer from Wednesday 9 January see Part 2 of this Paper.

Notes: * Indicates a Question for Oral Answer. + Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled. [N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered. [R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

1	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many NDPBs there were in the United Kingdom in 2001; and how many (a) paid and (b) unpaid quango appointees there were.
	(25118)
2	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Minister has responsibility for the Civil Service Management Code.
	(25011)
3	Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many community and amateur sports clubs will benefit from the revised Charity Commission guidelines on charitable status.
	(25001)
4	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to celebrate the Golden anniversary of the Queen's accession on 6th February 2002.
	(24963)
5   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what had been the cost on 31st December 2001 of Operation Enduring Freedom; and how much of the total cost has been met from pre-set departmental budgets.
	(24427)
6	Tony Baldry (Banbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will announce that service in Category C of the Territorial Army is reckonable service for the efficiency decoration and the efficiency medal as recommended by the Joint Service Review of Honours and Awards.
	(25130)
7	Mrs Ann Cryer (Keighley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the nature, timescale and cost of repairing the defect which was discovered on HMS Sceptre, HMS Sovereign and HMS Superb.
	(24913)
8	Mrs Ann Cryer (Keighley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the incident involving HMS Triumph which took place on 19th November 2000 and on the nature, timescale and cost of repair work required.
	(24914)
9	Mrs Ann Cryer (Keighley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what means of inspection and deduction were used to determine the safety case for HMS Sovereign, HMS Superb, HMS Sceptre, HMS Spartan, HMS Splendid, HMS Trafalgar, HMS Turbulent, HMS Tireless, HMS Torbay, HMS Trenchant, HMS Talent and HMS Triumph.
	(24912)
10	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the bidding companies for the Warship Support Modernisation Project have been allowed to amend their bids since the closing date following subsequent discussions with Warship Support Agency officials.
	¶ A (25864)
11	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the trade unions' alternative proposals for the Warship Support Modernisation Project demonstrate value for money; if value for money will be the sole criterion for the final decision; and if he will make a statement.
	¶ A (25868)
12	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements have been put in place to secure the continuing service rights of naval personnel who will be working for a profit-making private company on the Warship Modernisation Project; at what cost; and if he will make a statement.
	¶ A (25866)
13	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contractual safeguards are in place in the event of a company winning a Ministry of Defence contract going bankrupt; and if he will make a statement.
	¶ A (25869)
14	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the circumstances in which naval personnel can be used by a private company to provide a profit-making service to the Royal Navy.
	¶ A (25865)
15	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the NAO's report into the organisation of the Warship Support Modernisation Project to be published; if he will list the representations made to his Department on this matter; and if he will make a statement.
	¶ A (25867)
16	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions have taken place between the Warship Support Agency and the bidding companies since the closing date for the bids for the Warship Support Modernisation Project; and if he will make a statement.
	¶ A (25863)
17	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what United Kingdom forces are deployed abroad, giving in each case (a) location, (b) nature of operation, (c) the end date for the deployment and (d) a statement of government policy on the deployment.
	(24989)
18	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to change the status of the territorial reserve to that of a UK national guard.
	¶ A (25858)
19	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to support garrison radio stations.
	(24991)
20	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to establish an office of a national security adviser.
	¶ A (25857)
21	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the percentage serviceability is of the the joint Harrier force based at RAF Cottesmore.
	(24990)
22	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures his Department is taking to prevent the spread of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever to special forces personnel operating in Afghanistan.
	(24998)
23	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost has been to the UK of (a) the military and (b) the humanitarian campaign in Afghanistan.
	(25203)
24	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much outstanding offset there was for (a) the USA, (b) Germany and (c) France in each of the last 10 years.
	(25116)
25	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent by his Department on equipment purchased in (a) the UK, (b) the USA and (c) the rest of the world in each of the last 10 years.
	(25117)
26	Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual cost was of inter-site travel by personnel of the Defence Aviation Repair Agency in (a) 1999-2000 and (b) 2000-01.
	(25131)
27   N	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been paid by his Department to (a) PricewaterhouseCoopers and UBS Warburg, (b) Simmonds & Simmonds, (c) Arthur Anderson and (d) Willis in connection with the proposed flotation of Qinetiq in each of the last two years.
	(24521)
28   N	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on advice on the flotation of Qinetiq in each of the last two years.
	(24519)
29   N	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much Qinetiq has spent on advice with respect to its flotation in each of the last two years.
	(24520)
30	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will state the strength and the establishment of the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment.
	(24916)
31	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many extra deployable troops will result from his reorganisation of (a) 52 (Lowland) Brigade and (b) Headquarters 2 (South East) Brigade.
	(25100)
32	Mr John Taylor (Solihull):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent in the last four complete financial years with agencies supplying (a) IT, (b) accounting and (c) finance personnel on a contractual basis; and how many (i) such contracts and (ii) man years this represents.
	(25014)
33	Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to reduce British forces in (a) Germany and (b) Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
	(25038)
34	Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British troops are serving overseas and in which countries; and what proportion of United Kingdom military forces are (a) overseas and (b) in the United Kingdom.
	(24986)
35	David Wright (Telford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people are employed in Government defence logistics work in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) Telford.
	(25108)
36	Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools there were in rural areas, broken down by (i) constituency and (ii) local education authority in each year since 1990.
	(24897)
37	Patsy Calton (Cheadle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers received backdated threshold pay after 1st April 2001.
	¶ A (25845)
38	Patsy Calton (Cheadle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer of 20th November 2001, Official Report, column 259W, on what evidence she based her Answer on the numbers of teachers having to pay higher rates of tax; and how this is reconciled with her Answer of 30th November 2001, Official Report, column 1213W, on threshold allowance awards.
	¶ A (25861)
39	Patsy Calton (Cheadle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the number of teachers who paid higher rates of tax as a result of their backdated pay being paid after 1st April 2001.
	¶ A (25846)
40	Patsy Calton (Cheadle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers received backdated threshold pay before 1st April 2001, broken down by local authority.
	¶ A (25844)
41   N	Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what budget has been allocated via the teaching pay initiative to (a) sixth form colleges and (b) general further education colleges for the financial years (i) 2001-02, (ii) 2002-03 and (iii) 2003-04; what criteria were used in allocating this budget; and if she will make it her policy to consolidate these budgets for future financial years.
	(23830)
42	Mr Damian Green (Ashford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many homework clubs have been set up in schools in England.
	(24886)
43	Mr Damian Green (Ashford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance she has given to local education authorities about the funding of children educated at home; and if she will make a statement.
	(24888)
44	Mr Damian Green (Ashford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will publish the full report of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority into the claims of Mr Jeffrey Robinson about exam standards.
	(24887)
45	Mr Damian Green (Ashford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers were paid the returners' bonus by 31st October.
	(24889)
46   N	Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the extent of the use of the provision in the Education Bill concerning the establishment of new schools.
	(24516)
47   N	Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools there were at 31st December in (a) each year since 1997 and (b) at the most recent date for which figures are available.
	(24518)
48	Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) primary and secondary teachers, and (b) school support staff there were per 1,000 of population in (i) Staffordshire (ii) other shire authorities in each year since 1995.
	(24933)
49	Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent discussions she has had on improving pay and conditions for further education lecturers.
	(24934)
50	Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what was the average (a) class size and (b) pupil teacher ratio in secondary schools in Hertfordshire in each year since 1983.
	(25243)
51   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps have been taken by medical schools over the past five years to improve accessibility of courses to people with disabilities.
	(24659)
52	Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps she has taken to ensure honourable Members are kept informed of developments relating to the individual learning accounts programme; and if she will place relevant papers in the Library.
	(25375)
53	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students entered (a) higher education and (b) further education in each of the last 20 years.
	(25126)
54	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the price of (a) primary and (b) secondary school lunches by local authority in descending order.
	(24971)
55	Mr Martin Salter (Reading West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what powers she has to prevent local education authorities from breaching the Greenwich judgement.
	(24911)
56	Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to (a) review and (b) assess her Department's arrangements with (i) its own and (ii) other laboratories; and if she will make a statement.
	(24907)
57	Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) BSE cases and (b) slaughtered animals under the over-30-months scheme there were, broken down by (i) constituency and (ii) local authority in each year since 1990.
	(24902)
58	Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) pubs and (b) post offices there were in rural areas, broken down by (i) constituency and (ii) local authority in each year since 1990.
	(24896)
59	Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cases of classical swine fever there were in (a) 2000 and (b) 2001, broken down by (i) constituency and (ii) local authority.
	(24901)
60	Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the responsibility of LGC and Cellmark Diagnostics Ltd was in relation to errors in tests of sheep and cow brains; and if she will make a statement.
	(24908)
61	Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) farm workers, (b) ancillary workers and (c) other employees, by category, there were in rural areas by (i) constituency and (ii) local authority for each year since 1990.
	(24899)
62	Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what amount of rural-based grants from (a) the EU and (b) other sources was paid in each year since 1990, broken down by (i) consitituency and (ii) local authority.
	(24906)
63	Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many foot-and-mouth cases there were, broken down by (a) farm and (b) animals slaughtered, by category, in each (i) constituency and (ii) local authority in 2001.
	(24900)
64	Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what amount of rural-based grants was made by the Government broken down by (a) constituency and (b) local authority in each year since 1990.
	(24905)
65	Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 17th December, Ref 20948, what savings have been made since the establishment of the Rural Payments Agency.
	(24974)
66	Mr David Curry (Skipton & Ripon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to regulate the use of marker chemicals when pre-mixed with crop protection chemicals for use in amenity situations; how many prosecutions there have been from such use in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement.
	(25008)
67	Mr David Curry (Skipton & Ripon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to strengthen the role of the HSE in the enforcement of laws relating to illegal import of crop protection products for use in agriculture and horticulture.
	(25032)
68	Mr David Curry (Skipton & Ripon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures she will take to monitor the enforcement of regulations relating to the application of agricultural crop protection products for non-approved amenity uses.
	(25033)
69	Julia Drown (South Swindon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will produce a strategy for reducing the release of dioxins to the levels recommended by the Committee on Toxicity for the tolerable daily intake for dioxins and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls, with particular reference to releases from (a) Environment Agency regulated activities, (b) local authority-regulated activities and (c) activities that are not regulated; and if she will make a statement.
	(25197)
70	Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the outcome was of the Fisheries Council held in Brussels on 17th and 18th December; what the Government's position was on each issue discussed, including its voting record; and if she will make a statement.
	(25103)
71	Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the outcome was of the Agriculture Council held in Brussels on 19th and 20th December; what the Government's position was on each issue discussed, including its voting record; and if she will make a statement.
	(25104)
72	Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which agencies are responsible for handling flooding in areas where there is no river.
	(25247)
73	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many flood warning notices were sent by the Environment Agency by (a) county and (b) constituency in England and Wales in 2001.
	(25002)
74	Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on (a) matters discussed and (b) points agreed and disagreed in her meeting on 17th December with her Norwegian counterpart.
	(25165)
75	Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consultations she has had with the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions in respect of the implications of the Planning Reform White Paper for her Department's White Paper on radioactive waste management.
	(25166)
76	Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will place a copy of the revised business case for the Rural Payments Agency in the Library.
	(24982)
77	Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on her Department's discussions with EU institutions in the last six months regarding the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy.
	(24962)
78	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the number of seizures of illegally imported meat and meat products during the past 12 months; and if she will list the points of entry at which the seizures were made.
	(25189)
79	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to encourage biofuel production; what total oilseed production output was in each of the last 20 years for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement.
	(25195)
80	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures her Department is taking to promote consumer awareness of farmers' markets in town and city centres.
	(25188)
81	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the worldwide slump in skim milk powder consumption on the UK milk producing industry; and if she will make a statement on recent trends in milk prices.
	(25253)
82	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Institute of Animal Health's polymerase chain reaction test for the foot and mouth disease virus in livestock; and if she will make a statement.
	(25196)
83	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's policy is on the publication of the location of burial pits containing the carcasses of livestock slaughtered as a result of foot and mouth disease control measures.
	(25193)
84	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on how an under-declaration of engine power will affect the United Kingdom position in respect of the list of vessels required under the EU Regulation for the recovery of cod and hake stocks; and if the UK would be penalised in a future fleet reduction programme in the event of the list being submitted to the Commission having included vessels with actual engine power found to be larger than that declared on the Fishing Vessel Register.
	(25191)
85	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date she expects the resumption of exports of British beef to France following the European Court of Justice ruling; what recent discussions she has had with her French counterpart about the arrangements for the lifting the French ban on British beef; and what steps she is taking to claim compensation on behalf of British beef producers for the loss of export income during the period of the ban.
	(25192)
86	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures her Department is taking to promote the viability of (a) the hardwood and (b) the softwood timber growing industries; what recent discussions she has had with the Timber Growers Association; and if she will make a statement.
	(25187)
87	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on what basis kilowatt days will be established for individual fishing vessels, pursuant to the European Commission's proposal for a Council regulation establishing measures for the recovery of cod and hake stocks; and if (a) the declared engine power according to the Fishing Vessel Register and (b) the actual engine power will be used.
	(25190)
88	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list by county (a) the number and (b) the location of individual burial pits containing the carcasses of livestock slaughtered as a result of foot and mouth disease control measures.
	(25194)
89	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the average length of time that currently unemployed men aged (a) 50 to 54, (b) 55 to 59 and (c) 60 to 64 years have remained unemployed.
	(25170)
90	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employees in (a) his Department and (b) executive agencies supervised by his Department have been employed on temporary contracts of (i) 51 weeks or (ii) less than 51 weeks' duration in this year and each of the past five years, in each case specifying what percentage of the respective total workforce these employees constitute.
	(25167)
91	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) men and (b) women aged (i) 50 to 54, (ii) 55 to 59, (iii) 60 to 64 and (iv) 65 to 69 years were (a) in full-time work, (b) in part-time work, (c) unemployed, (d) long term sick and disabled and (e) retired in each of the last 10 years.
	(25175)
92	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of single lone mothers are in (a) part-time work, (b) full-time work and (c) all paid work.
	(25169)
93	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the tax revenues raised in each of the last five years from the illegal sale of cigarettes to children.
	(25168)
94   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cot deaths there were in each of the last five years.
	(24646)
95   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many men were diagnosed with testicular cancer in each year since 1997.
	(24642)
96   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many women were (a) diagnosed with and (b) died due to breast cancer in each year since 1997.
	(24648)
97	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance he has given to the Inland Revenue in respect of their compliance work on tax credits.
	(25101)
98	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many penalties have been imposed on claimants for (a) working families tax credit and (b) disabled persons tax credit in each year since the credits commenced; how many of these penalties were imposed as a result of fraud; and what the total value of the penalties was.
	(25027)
99	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will give a breakdown of the type of sentences imposed on persons convicted of working families tax credit and disabled persons tax credit fraud.
	(25023)
100	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18th December (Ref 23308), how many instances of potentially fraudulent or improper claims to tax credits have been communicated to the Inland Revenue via (a) the Benefits Anti Fraud Hotline and (b) the Childcare Tax Credit Hotline; and in each case how many of these reports have resulted in (i) the recovery of over payments, (ii) the imposition of penalties and (iii) prosecutions.
	(25220)
101	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many prosecutions of working families tax credit and disabled persons tax credit fraud have led to (a) summary trial and (b) trial on indictment in each year since the WFTC and DPTC commenced.
	(25021)
102	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claims for Working Families Tax Credit and Disabled Persons Tax Credit have been (a) investigated, (b) dealt with by way of penalty or caution, (c) made the subject of a prosecution and (d) made the subject of a prosecution or conviction in each year since the WFTC and DPTC commenced.
	(25102)
103	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of those (a) dealt with by way of penalty and (b) prosecuted as result of Inland Revenue investigation into working families tax credit and disabled persons tax credit fraud had previously been (i) dealt with by way of a penalty or caution and (ii) prosecuted as a result of benefit fraud.
	(25024)
104	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18th December (Ref 23310), in how many cases information has been passed by Inland Revenue staff to the National Minimum Wage Unit on non-compliant employers; and what the outcome of such investigations has been.
	(25185)
105	Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the Tax Law Reform Committee paper, Employed or Self Employed; and if he will make a statement.
	(24937)
106	Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of paragraphs 5.1 and 5.4 of the Carter Review of Payroll Services; what plans he has to align the treatment of benefits in kind for the purposes of national insurance and income tax; and if he will make a statement.
	(24936)
107	Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what he bases his assessment that the changes to capital gains tax announced in the Pre-Budget Report will not create new loopholes for the treatment of income as capital gain.
	(25200)
108	Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures he has taken to ensure that changes to capital gains tax, announced in the Pre-Budget Report, will not permit treatment of income as capital gain.
	(25219)
109	Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many community amateur sports clubs have (a) a turnover of less than £15,000 and (b) a rental income less than £10,000.
	(25020)
110	Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Performance and Innovation Unit regarding support for community amateur sports clubs.
	(25000)
111	Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 10th December, Official Report, column 689W, on amateur sports clubs, whether he will include relief from the climate change levy in his proposals for tax relief for community amateur sports clubs.
	(25129)
112	Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 10th December, Official Report, column 689W, on amateur sports clubs, what plans he has to provide funds to enable the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, to provide mandatory relief for community amateur sports clubs at the same level enjoyed by charities.
	(25128)
113	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many excess winter deaths there were in each of the last 15 years.
	(25125)
114	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to encourage public donations to charitable organisations.
	(25015)
115	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received regarding the levying of VAT on managers' salaries in retirement accommodation where the service provider is not the freeholder; and if he will make a statement.
	(24915)
116	Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many drivers employed by hauliers were (a) arrested and (b) prosecuted for smuggling (i) cigarettes, (ii) tobacco and (iii) alcohol in (A) 1999, (B) 2000 and (C) 2001.
	(24929)
117	Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was paid by hauliers to HM Customs and Excise for the release of their lorries in (a) 1999, (b) 2000, and (c) 2001.
	(24890)
118	Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many lorries were confiscated by customs officers for smuggling (a) cigarettes, (b) tobacco and (c) alcohol in (i) 1999, (ii) 2000 and (iii) 2001.
	(24928)
119	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will delay introduction of the Aggregates Levy in Scotland.
	(25025)
120	Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to visit Gibraltar.
	(24917)
121	Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the ESDP's readiness to take on (a) a peacekeeping role, and (b) a humanitarian aid relief role.
	(24939)
122	Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action the Government is taking to ensure that prisoners taken during the fighting in Afghanistan are protected from torture or death once they have surrendered.
	(24938)
123	Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Spanish counterpart over President Mugabe's recent medical treatment in that country.
	(24927)
124	Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the Abuja Agreement following recent events in Zimbabawe.
	(24940)
125	Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on Libyan involvement in Zimbabwe.
	(24926)
126	Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the suspected activities at the Salman Pak training camp in Iraq.
	(24941)
127	Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information he has received on the meetings between President Mugabe and the Spanish Government during the President's recent trip to Spain.
	(24925)
128	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people he expects to employ in (a) his Department and (b) executive agencies for which he is responsible on temporary contracts of (i) 51 weeks and (ii) less than 51 weeks duration in the next four years in each case specifying the number of employees who had previously been employed in a similar position on the same conract.
	(25173)
129	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many employees in (a) his Department and (b) executive agencies for which his Department is responsible who have been employed on temporary contracts of (i) 51 weeks and (ii) less than 51 weeks duration have been reemployed in the same or similar positions at a later date in each year since 1997.
	(25172)
130	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress he expects to be made before the expiry of the MINURSO mandate by the UN on a referendum on the future of the Western Sahara.
	(25234)
131	Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement about Britain's relationship with Ukraine with reference to the enlargement of the EU.
	(25376)
132	Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster & Wyre):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what criteria will be used in determining the date for resuming the EU-Sudan dialogue; if he will outline the criteria by which future progress will be measured; and if he will make a statement.
	(25374)
133	Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British citizens have been murdered abroad in each year since 1995; in which countries; and in how many cases the perpetrator has been brought to justice.
	¶ A (25882)
134	Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what protocols are in place to help relations of British citizens killed abroad; and if he will make a statement.
	¶ A (25881)
135	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether honourable Members and peers have their office and home telephone conversations (a) recorded and (b) listened to on the instruction of the Foreign Office.
	(25007)
136	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will estimate the cost to the EU of EU structures that there have been created to support the ESDP in (a) the current financial year and (b) each of the next two years.
	(24988)
137	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) military and (b) civilian staff will be (i) employed by and (ii) seconded by member states to the EU military staff in Brussels; and how much this will cost per annum.
	(24987)
138   N	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on recent developments in the sovereignty of Gibraltar.
	(23005)
139	Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent briefings have taken place with the Financial Times over the future of Gibraltar.
	(24978)
140	Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions have taken place about using the model for Andorra as a model for joint sovereignty of Gibraltar.
	(24977)
141	Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the situation in Sierra Leone and the progress of the British military mission.
	(24972)
142	Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the situation on the borders of Macedonia and the progress of British forces there.
	(24973)
143	Mr Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to provide extra funding for new treatments approved by NICE mid-way though the financial year and to ensure that the funding of other treatments and services awaiting approval is not adversally affected.
	¶ A (25874)
144	Mr Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence to ensure that the provision of unapproved services is not affected by funding the cost of approved treatments.
	¶ A (25875)
145	Mr Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken by the National Institute for Clinical Excellent to ensure that patients whose treatment has not been (a) examined and (b) approved by NICE will not assume a lower priority than patients on approved treatments.
	¶ A (25876)
146	Mr Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to establish a body to compare the value of (a) extra district nurses and (b) counsellors with the cost-effectiveness of drugs and treatments.
	¶ A (25873)
147	Mr Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients treated for cancer-related illnesses within the last 12 months were prescribed courses of treatment (a) approved and (b) awaiting approval by NICE.
	¶ A (25877)
148	Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) hospitals and (b) other health care services, by category, there were in rural areas, broken down by (i) constituency and (ii)local authority for each year since 1990.
	(24898)
149   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children and young people under the age of 16 years in England were waiting for an appointment to see an orthodontist (a) at the latest available date and (b) in March 1997.
	(24710)
150   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to introduce standardised, mandatory training for (a) doctors and (b) surgeons in the use of re-usable surgical instruments.
	(24634)
151   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) men and (b) women suffer from Hodgkin's disease in England.
	(24694)
152   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what systems and services are in place to help parents of cot death babies.
	(24657)
153   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to introduce a uniform, standardised test for apolypoproteius.
	(24649)
154   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the appointments to be made of the chairs and other members of the boards of the strategic health authorities in England.
	(24637)
155   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the average time it took, for the latest year for which figures are available, for the London ambulance service to respond to calls; and what the equivalent figures were for the previous three years.
	(24629)
156   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in (a) residential and (b) nursing home care (i) were self-funders, (ii) paid a proportion of the cost toward their care and (iii) had all their costs paid for by the state in each of the last five years.
	(24640)
157   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many beds in NHS hospitals in Greater London were occupied by delayed discharge patients at the latest available date.
	(24632)
158   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people who have been appointed to a position within the NHS by the NHS Appointments Commission have declared a party political interest.
	(24636)
159   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many respiratory specialists are practising in England.
	(24706)
160   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimates his Department has made of the number of people in England who will be (a) HIV positive and (b) suffering from Aids in (i) 2008, (ii) 2012 and (iii) 2018.
	(24702)
161   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the possible use of aromatase inhibitors in the treatment of post-menopausal women suffering from breast cancer; and if he will make a statement.
	(24720)
162   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many paediatric pathologists practise in England; and how many practised in 1997.
	(24655)
163   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for the last two months for which figures are available the number of people in the Mid Essex Hospital Trust area waiting (a) for hospital treatment and (b) more than 12 months for hospital treatment.
	(24711)
164   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the Mid-Essex Hospital Trust area were waiting more than 13 weeks to see a consultant in each of the last two quarters for which figures are available.
	(24647)
165   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the projected figure for the number of consultant surgeons due to finish training by 2009-10.
	(24716)
166   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in England need treatment involving a dialysis machine; and what is the ratio of patients to machines.
	(24651)
167   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many residential and nursing home beds are available in each social service area in England; and how many were available in 1997.
	(24626)
168   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the value of the fee paid to community pharmacists in December 1997.
	(24722)
169   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hoax calls were made to the London Ambulance Service during the last year.
	(24698)
170   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many representations he has received from members of community health councils supporting their abolition.
	(24625)
171   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in England and Wales failed to get all or part of their prescriptions dispensed between 1st December 2000 and 1st December 2001.
	(24714)
172   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the number of men who suffer from breast cancer in England.
	(24701)
173   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) men and (b) women in England suffer from Alzheimer's disease.
	(24693)
174   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) men and (b) women in England suffer from Aids; and how many suffered from Aids in in each year since 1997.
	(24704)
175   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women in England suffer from osteoperia.
	(24696)
176   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the average time taken to answer NHS Direct's telephones (a) at weekends, (b) between 6 pm and 11 pm, (c) between 11 pm and 6 am and (d) during daytime office hours in the last 12 months.
	(24700)
177   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in England suffer from age-related macular degeneration.
	(24692)
178   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many appointments to positions and bodies within the NHS the NHS Appointments Commission has made since its inception.
	(24638)
179   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many orthodontists there were in England (a) at the latest available date and (b) in March 1997, broken down by each health authority area.
	(24712)
180   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many calls to the London Ambulance Service during the last year were screened, with a subsequent determination that the sending of an ambulance was not necessary.
	(24709)
181   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many call outs were made to the London Ambulance Service in the latest year for which figures are available.
	(24630)
182   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the average waiting time to see a GP in Greater London; and what the equivalent figure was in 1997.
	(24645)
183   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the value of the fee paid to community pharmacists; and what was the value in December (a) 1998, (b)1999 and (c) 2000.
	(24707)
184   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GPs are practising in Greater London; and what the figure was in 1997.
	(24628)
185   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for each month since June how many people in Greater London were waiting up to (a) six months, (b) 12, (c) 15 months and (d) 18 months for hospital treatment.
	(24643)
186   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) men and (b) women in England are HIV positive; and how many were HIV positive in (i) 2000, (ii) 1999, (iii) 1998 and (iv) 1997.
	(24703)
187   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimates his Department has made of the number of people who have had to sell their homes to pay for long term care in each of the last five years.
	(24641)
188   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dialysis machines are operational in England.
	(24650)
189   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of epilepsy patients are photosensitive.
	(24697)
190   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the average response time of the London Ambulance Service over the last year.
	(24689)
191   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what services are available for families affected by sudden infant death syndrome.
	(24653)
192   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the average waiting time to see a GP at present; and what the equivalent figure was in 1997.
	(24644)
193   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many calls were made to the Child Death Helpline in 2001; and if he will make a statement.
	(24656)
194   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of calls made to the London Ambulance Service over the last year that were acted upon were deemed inappropriate calls.
	(24688)
195   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish for the last two quarters for which figures are available the number of people in Greater London waiting more than 13 weeks to see a consultant.
	(24652)
196   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many representations he has received urging the Government not to abolish community health councils.
	(24723)
197   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many consultant surgeons he estimates will be practising in the NHS by June 2002.
	(24719)
198   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average length of time is that an individual stays in (a) a residential care and (b) a nursing home in England.
	(24639)
199   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) men and (b) women in England suffer from osteoporosis.
	(24695)
200   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding for health care per patient there is in the parliamentary constituencies of (a) Sedgefield, (b) West Chelmsford, (c) South West Surrey and (d) North West Hampshire.
	(24631)
201   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many calls NHS Direct received in each of the last six months.
	(24699)
202   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people who have been appointed to a position within the NHS by the NHS Appointments Commission have declared a political interest, broken down by political parties; and what proportion of the total number of appointees this represents for each political party.
	(24635)
203   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the possibility of using genetic engineering to restore vision to those suffering from age-related macular degeneration.
	(24691)
204   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the ratio of respiratory specialists in England to people suffering from a chronic respiratory disease.
	(24705)
205   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many paediatric patients who received hospital treatment in each health authority area between 1st September 2000 and 1st September 2001 waited (a) under four weeks, (b) under three months, (c) under six months, (d) under eight months, (e) under 12 months, (f) under 18 months and (g) over 18 months for admission to hospital.
	(24627)
206   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the estimated number of consultant surgeons needed in the NHS in England by 2009-10.
	(24715)
207   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many calls the London Ambulance Service received during the most recent 12 months for which figures are available.
	(24690)
208   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for each month since June the number of people in the Mid Essex Hospital Trust area waiting up to (a) six, (b) 12, (c) 15 and (d) 18 months for hospital treatment.
	(24633)
209   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the estimated number of consultant surgeons needed in the NHS in England by June 2002.
	(24718)
210   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the latest percentage reduction of fees for community pharmacists for dispensing NHS prescriptions.
	(24708)
211   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much community pharmacy contractors are receiving in dispensing fees; and what the equivalent figure was in May 1997.
	(24721)
212   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many representations he has received concerning the Diabetes National Service Framework; and if he will make a statement.
	(24713)
213   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the ratio of doctors to people in England.
	(24717)
214   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to ensure that all post-mortems on cot death babies are conducted by a paediatric pathologist.
	(24654)
215	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time and whole-time equivalent nursing posts (a) are vacant and (b) have been vacant for over three months in each region in the UK.
	¶ A (25880)
216	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many racist attacks have taken place in English (a) NHS hospitals and (b) other medical facilities, broken down by health authority in each of the last three years.
	(25231)
217	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evaluation he has made of the costs of the proposed PFI for the Whittington Hospital compared to direct government funding; and if he will publish the information on which this analysis is made.
	(25235)
218	Mr Damian Green (Ashford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on his decision to reduce the dispensing fees paid to community pharmacists.
	(25127)
219	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of tuberculosis have been reported in the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Health Authority in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(24946)
220	Mr Dai Havard (Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate how many hospital bed days could be saved annually if cancer (a) in-patients and (b) out-patients, who are transfused with blood, were given alternative treatments that would not require hospitalisation.
	(25029)
221   N	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many episodes of in-patient care were puchased by the NHS in the independent mental health sector in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1999-2000, (c) 2000-01 and (d) this financial year to date.
	(24523)
222   N	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his assessment is of the proportion of people who will develop (a) a disabling anxiety disorder, (b) a phobia and (c) an obsessive compulsive disorder during their lives.
	(24528)
223   N	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of the (a) number and (b) proportion of people who suffer clinical depression (i) at any one time, (ii) during the course of the most recent year for which figures are available and (iii) during their lifetimes.
	(24529)
224   N	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of those suffering (a) a disabling anxiety disorder, (b) clinical depression, (c) manic depression and (d) schizophrenia were (i) men and (ii) women, in the most recent year for which figures are available.
	(24534)
225   N	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of (a) men and (b) women aged over 65 years have clinical depression.
	(24540)
226   N	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital admissions there were in (a) 1997 and (b) in the most recent year for which figures are available in respect of eating disorders.
	(24533)
227   N	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital admissions there were in the most recent year for which figures are available in respect of (a) a disabling anxiety disorder, (b) clinical depression, (c) manic depression and (d) schizophrenia.
	(24539)
228   N	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the prevalence of (a) psychosis, (b) psychiatric illness and (c) neurotic disorders among adults living in private households.
	(24524)
229   N	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which recommendations in the Tilt Report, have been implemented.
	(24527)
230   N	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of the (a) number and (b) proportion of people who suffer manic depression (i) at any one time, (ii) during the course of the most recent year for which figures are available and (iii) during their lifetimes.
	(24530)
231   N	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what number and proportion of the (a) general and (b) adult population presented with mental health problems to the NHS in the most recent year for which figures are available.
	(24525)
232   N	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of the (a) number and (b) proportion of people who suffer schizophrenia (i) at any one time, (ii) during the course of the most recent year for which figures are available and (iii) during their lifetimes.
	(24531)
233   N	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of (a) men and (b) women aged over 65 years with clincal depression live (i) alone, (ii) alone in private households and (iii) in residential care.
	(24536)
234   N	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the UK have dementia; and how many of them are (a) over and (b) under 65 years.
	(24537)
235   N	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the proposed Children's National Service Framework with regard to mental health services for children and young persons.
	(24522)
236   N	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he last met the Secretary of State for Education in order to discuss the training for state schools in the skills and knowledge to ensure children have access to early assessment and support in relation to mental health.
	(24687)
237   N	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of (a) the general population and (b) the adult population with severe and enduring mental health problems.
	(24526)
238   N	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of the number and proportion of (a) men and (b) women who suffer eating disorders; and how many have suffered from such disorders during their lifetimes.
	(24532)
239   N	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, of those discharged from hospital in the most recent year for which figures are available after treatment for alcohol and drug related problems, what proportions of (a) men and (b) women were diagnosed as suffering from (i) disabling anxiety disorder, (ii) clinical depression, (iii) manic depression and (iv) schizophrenia.
	(24535)
240   N	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) number and (b) proportion of people who are homeless have a diagnosis of psychosis.
	(24538)
241	Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are receiving the combination treatment, ribovarin plus alpha-interferon, for hepatitis C in the United Kingdom.
	(24885)
242	Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the annual (a) percentage and (b) cash increases in the funding for the Wigan and Bolton Health Authority have been since the general election in 1997; and what monies have been received by the Royal Bolton Hospital in addition to their health authority allocations during the same period.
	(24884)
243	Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions have taken place with concerned parties regarding funding of stroke clinics in the UK.
	(24894)
244	Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on progress in implementing the public private partnership in the NHS in 2001.
	(25161)
245   N	Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to ensure that stroke patients, regardless of age, have access to specialist stroke teams and are able to participate in a multidisciplinary programme of rehabilitation.
	(24361)
246   N	Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how he will ensure that younger people who suffer strokes receive the support they need to promote independence; and if he will make a statement.
	(24360)
247   N	Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to ensure that the standard for stroke care, published in the National Service Framework for Older People, will apply to stroke patients of all ages.
	(24359)
248	Martin Linton (Battersea):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase the number of orthopaedic consultants working within the NHS.
	¶ A (25849)
249	Martin Linton (Battersea):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the waiting time is for a first appointment to see an orthopaedic consultant at (a) St George's Hospital, (b) Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, (c) Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital and (d) Epsom and St Hellier's Hospital NHS trusts.
	¶ A (25850)
250	Martin Linton (Battersea):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many orthopaedic consultants were working in NHS hospitals in Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth Health Authority in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
	¶ A (25848)
251   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures the Government has taken to tackle racism in the NHS.
	(24325)
252   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) CT and (b) MRI scanners are in working use per head of population in each health authority area in England and Wales.
	(24664)
253   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prospective surgeons are undergoing training in the United Kingdom.
	(24349)
254   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GPs he estimates will be 60 or above in each of the next five years.
	(24429)
255   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses recruited into the NHS in each of the last three years have come from overseas.
	(24658)
256   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have called the smoking helpline since it was set up.
	(24302)
257   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many locums are working in NHS facilities in England and Wales.
	(24666)
258   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 6th December 2001, Official Report, column 487W, on patients consultations, what recent research his Department has carried out on the average length of patient consultation times with (a) GPs and (b) hospital consultants; and what the findings were.
	(24430)
259   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many head injury specialists have been recruited to the NHS in each year since 1997.
	(24352)
260   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who drafted the guidance under the Care Standards Act 2000 dealing with accommodation for residents of residential care homes.
	(24314)
261   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what calculation he has made of the cost to West Sussex Health Authority's budget of his forecast for medical inflation in 2002-03.
	(24882)
262   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many district and community nurses there are per head of population in each of the health authority areas in England and Wales.
	(24345)
263   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what screening took place of members of the Working Party of the Medical Research Council on links between MMR vaccine and autism to avoid potential conflicts of interest.
	(24315)
264   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of stroke patients were treated in special stroke units in each of the last five years; and what were the survival rates in each case.
	(24681)
265   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which hospitals do not screen as routine the nutritional status of patients being admitted to hospital.
	(24310)
266   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the European average for health spending as a percentage of GDP was in 1998, excluding the UK, (a) weighted and (b) unweighted.
	(24431)
267   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how often the NHS Modernisation Agency meets; and when the last meeting took place.
	(24335)
268   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures are in place to vet hospital cleaners for criminal records.
	(24298)
269   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) local authority and (b) private children's homes have been (i) opened and (ii) closed in each year since 1997 in (A) England and (B) West Sussex.
	(24306)
270   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the target is for recruitment of new surgeons in England and Wales for each year up to and including 2009.
	(24348)
271   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to visit European countries to view their health services in 2002.
	(24685)
272   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the extent of re-use of single use surgical instruments in hospital trusts; what action has been taken against hospital trusts found to be re-using surgical instruments designated for single-use only; and which items of surgical equipment in general hospital surgical theatres are normally designated for single use only.
	(24667)
273   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, under the concordat operating between the NHS and the private sector, how many operations have taken place to date, broken down by (a) type and (b) average cost; and which private facilities have been used under the concordat with the NHS.
	(24323)
274   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures