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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Wednesday 9 January 2002 Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 9 January, of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

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.

WEDNESDAY 9th JANUARY
1   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Chairman of the Accommodation and Works Committee, on how many days since Portcullis House opened the water feature has been (a) operational and (b) out of operation.
	(25383)
2   N	Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many complaints have been reported in his Department under paragraph 11 of the Civil Service Code since 13th May 1999; and how many of them related to special advisers.
	(25330)
3	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what schemes targeting urban regeneration needs are managed by his Department; how much each scheme has available to invest nationally; what issues each scheme aims to tackle; and how much has been spent annually since 1997 (a) nationally, (b) in Teesside, (c) in Redcar and Cleveland and Middlesbrough Councils and (d) in the Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency.
	(25481)
4   N	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that the terms of PPP contracts are in the public domain; and if he will make a statement.
	(23647)
5   N	Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what role his Department is playing in promoting neighbourhood renewal in the most disadvantaged communities.
	(23440)
6	Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the implications of the proposed restriction on coaching set out in the Charity Commissioners' Guidelines at paragraph 18 of Annex B in the Treasury's Consultation Document, Promoting Sport in the Community for the Government's Sports Strategy.
	(25396)
7	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the Chairman of English Heritage about his organisation's role in the regeneration of smaller towns; and if she will make a statement.
	(25405)
8	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how the Budd Report Recommendation to prevent under-age online gambling will be implemented; who will police it; how it will be policed; what the role of Ofcom will be; and how a child's age can be verified online.
	(25521)
9   N	Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he will give a substantive answer to a letter from Dr Paul Arnison-Newgass of Dartmouth, Devon, a constitutent, and which was forwarded to his Parliamentary Correspondence Unit for reply.
	(24954)
10	Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussion she has had with UK Sport about the number of drug tests on British triathletes.
	(25529)
11	Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions UK Sport has had with the International Triathlon Union about drug testing; and if she will make a statement.
	(25530)
12	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what dates (a) she and (b) others in her Department have (i) met, (ii) spoken by telephone to and (iii) written to the President of the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile; and if she will place a copy of the notes of such communications in the Library.
	(25619)
13   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made since 11th September on the potential value of national missile defence for the United Kingdom.
	(25451)
14	Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will include members of all United Kingdom part-time forces in the Armed Forces Pension Scheme.
	(25918)
15	David Cairns (Greenock & Inverclyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the future (a) operation and (b) organisation of Britain's nuclear base on the River Clyde.
	(25426)
16	David Cairns (Greenock & Inverclyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for (a) increased efficiency in and (b) modernisation of the UK's warship repair facilities.
	(25427)
17   N	Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints have been reported in his Department under paragraph 11 of the Civil Service Code since 13th May 1999, and how many of them related to special advisers.
	(25332)
18   N	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what NBC (a) detection and (b) decontamination equipment is available to (i) RAF bases, (ii) naval bases and (iii) Army bases; what plans he has to upgrade it; what arrangements he has made for that equipment to be made available to the civil authorities; how deployable it would be in the event of an NBC attack on mainland Britain; and if he will make a statement.
	(25151)
19	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many enlisted personnel have sought early retirement after serving less than the maximum period for a full pension in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(25831)
20	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) RAF and Royal Marine officers, (b) Navy officers and (c) Army officers have sought early retirement in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(25832)
21	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service pensioners there are; and if he will make a statement.
	(25838)
22	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel have served more than 10 years but less than that required for a full pension, in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(25837)
23	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many enlisted personnel have retired on a full pension in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(25834)
24	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the cost to his Department to service current pension commitments in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(25833)
25	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) RAF and Royal Marine officers, (b) navy officers and (c) army officers have retired before receiving a full pension, after serving for over 10 years, in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(25836)
26	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service widows qualify for service pensions; and if he will make a statement.
	(25835)
27	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the status of the proposed beacon project linking NHS hospital trusts and TA field hospitals.
	(25792)
28	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many NB Fuchs and CAM-level 3's are (a) in service and (b) operational.
	(25701)
29	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) All Terrain Mobility Platforms, (b) Hagglund BV 206, (c) Truck Utility Light/Medium, (d) Battlefield ambulances, (e) Truck Utility Medium, (f) Drops, (g) Truck Cargo 8 Tonne 4 x 4, (h) Truck Cargo 16 Tonne 8 x 4, (i) Foden GS 6 x 6 Recovery Vehicles, (j) Tank Transporter Unipower Commander and (k) Centurion Beach Armoured recovery vehicles are operational.
	(25700)
30	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many call-out orders he signed during 2001; what plans he has for further call-outs; and he will make a statement.
	(25702)
31	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the series of issues affecting retention that the Working Party on Aircrew Retention has been examining.
	(25703)
32	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what considerations he is giving to the development of a ballistic missile defence system for the UK.
	(25790)
33	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the total value of bids submitted for the 2002 Equipment Programme; and what resources will be allocated for funding EP 02.
	(25634)
34	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made by his Department in exploratory talks with the NHS on the provision of sponsored reserve surgical teams.
	(25791)
35	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will place an unclassified version of the report of the Technology Readiness and Risk Assessment in the Library.
	(25796)
36	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to immunise the armed forces from smallpox and its variants.
	(25697)
37	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the FALCON project.
	(25696)
38	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what new expenditure he plans for defence against chemical and biological warfare in (a) 2001-02, (b) 2002-03 and (c) 2003-04.
	(25799)
39	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what review of the ESDP will be conducted to establish if it meet the needs of the changed international climate.
	(25804)
40	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the operations in which he expects the new ESDP to operate.
	(25802)
41	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many A400M's have to be ordered by EU member states for the programme to be cost effective.
	(25801)
42	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he had at Laeken about the application of qualified majority voting to EU defence policy.
	(25795)
43	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Challenger II tanks, (b) Warrior, (c) Saxon, (d) FV430, (e) Sabre, (f) Scimitar, (g) Striker, (h) Spartan, (i) Sultan, (j) Samson and (k) Samaritan armoured vehicles were operational in (i) October and (ii) November.
	(25699)
44	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the present deployment of Royal Navy ships is.
	(25798)
45	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military planning officials from the WEU will be transfered to the EU military planning section.
	(25797)
46	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what issues are being assessed by the Topman inquiry; and when he plans to publish the Topman recommendations.
	(25633)
47	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will ensure that there is no reduction in the planned size of the Army.
	(25692)
48	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the total value of bids submitted for the 2002 Short Term Programme; and what resources will be available for STP 02.
	(25677)
49	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when ESDP and NATO planning structures will be assimilated.
	(25805)
50	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will publish the new chapter of the Strategic Defence Review.
	(25803)
51   N	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on (a) the defence and security implications of the Laeken Summit and (b) on the operationality of ESDP within the agreement of NATO for automatic access to NATO capabilities.
	(24950)
52	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to take receipt of the first heavy equipment transporter; and who is the prime contractor.
	(25695)
53	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 31st October, Official Report, column 661W, when he will place the summary of Technology Readiness and Risk Assessment Progamme in the Library.
	(25705)
54	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much money has been allocated (a) to improve armed forces single living accommodation and (b) to upgrade married quarters in the last three years.
	(25704)
55	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) offensive fighters, (b) defensive fighters, (c) heavy bombers and (d) transporters were operational in (i) October and (ii) November 2001.
	(25698)
56	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he next plans to meet the (a) Turkish and (b) Greek defence minister.
	(25800)
57	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the NATO theatre ballistic missile defence feasibility studies to conclude.
	(25794)
58	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many training exercises have been carried out by the armed forces in and from (a) Spain, (b) Portugal, (c) the Netherlands, (d) Germany, (e) Norway and (f) the United States in the last 12 months.
	(25793)
59	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is undertaking to improve numbers in the TA.
	(25694)
60   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he proposes to allow female personnel to serve in submarines.
	(25690)
61	Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department's homes have been empty in each year since 1990; what action is being taken to reduce their numbers; and if he will make a statement.
	(25813)
62	Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to recognise formally the contribution made by armed forces personnel at the point at which they retire from active service.
	(25357)
63	Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what provision is made for United Kingdom service personnel on active service abroad to contact their next of kin; and what assessment he has made of similar provision for United States service personnel.
	[R] (25352)
64	Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what provision has been made for armed forces personnel on active service abroad this Christmas.
	[R] (25353)
65   N	Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to review the internal complaints procedure for harassment experienced by armed forces personnel during training; and if he will make a statement.
	(25317)
66	Mr George Osborne (Tatton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with the Belgian Government about the impact on British war graves of the plans to build the A19 road through the Pilckem Ridge.
	(25495)
67   N	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the possibility of transferring the running of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps to France or Germany.
	(23336)
68   N	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what changes have taken place in forecast expenditure on Falcon since 30th October.
	(23337)
69   N	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement outlining the extent to which Bowman is dependent upon replacing the current Ptarmigan system with Falcon.
	(23338)
70   N	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what additional equipment is being provided by signal requirements to make good deficiencies in the Army's Ptarmigan system.
	(23339)
71   N	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the importance of modernising Army communication systems to maintain UK running of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps in the face of competition from Germany and France.
	(23340)
72   N	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the budget for modernising Army communications has been reduced.
	(23341)
73   N	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when, and for what reason, a decision was taken to reduce expenditure on the Falcon project.
	(23344)
74   N	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many telephone lines are being rented to make good deficiencies in the Army's Ptarmigan system.
	(23342)
75   N	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many TA Intelligence Corps personnel he is mobilising; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (25143)
76   N	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements are being made to ensure that mobilised TA personnel will enjoy make up of civilian pay plus other allowances; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (25145)
77   N	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 5th December, Official Report, column 349W, on Kosovo, what plans he has to investigate the failure on 6th November to meet the target time in which priority one casualties require to be repatriated.
	(25206)
78   N	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what expenditure is forecast for the Falcon project in (a) 2004, (b) 2006 and (c) further phases; and if he will make a statement.
	(23343)
79   N	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement outlining the extent to which the deficiencies in the Ptarmigan communications system impairs the operational effectiveness of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps.
	(23775)
80   N	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where he plans to deploy TA Intelligence Corps personnel under mobilisation order; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (25144)
81   N	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Territorial Army units are under mobilisation orders.
	[R] (25146)
82	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many 680 approvals have been given each year since 1st May 1997; how many have led to export licence applications; and how many such licences have been approved.
	(25733)
83	Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many retired members of the armed forces have claimed compensation for service related noise induced sensorineural hearing loss since 1990; how many claims were accepted; how many claimants appealed to the pensions appeal tribunals; and how many claims were rejected.
	(25324)
84	Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many claims by retired members of the armed forces for compensation for service-related noise induced sensorineural hearing loss since 1990 were disallowed for the reason that (a) hearing loss at the time of claiming was less than 50dB averaged over one, two and three kHz, (b) hearing loss at the time of leaving the armed forces was less than 50dB averaged over one, two and three kHz, (c) hearing loss exceeding 50dB after leaving the service but at the time of leaving the armed forces the hearing loss was less than 50dB averaged over one, two and three kHz, (d) hearing loss exceeding 50dB averaged over one, two and three kHz after leaving the service but there was no evidence of hearing loss at the time of leaving and (e) claims were made more than seven years after leaving the armed forces.
	(25323)
85   N	Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent meetings she has held in order to co-ordinate policy on the implementation of the Social Exclusion Unit's report on young people.
	(23460)
86   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the drop-out rate for first year students at English universities in each of the last three years was; and if she will make a statement.
	(25826)
87	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she proposes to give commencement approval to the plan submitted to her in July for a Sure Start scheme for Blakelaw and Cowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne.
	(25612)
88	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the schools in the London Borough of Wandsworth which have a sixth form.
	(25901)
89   N	Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many complaints have been reported in his Department under paragraph 11 of the Civil Service Code since 13th May 1999; and how many of them related to special advisers.
	(25328)
90   N	Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupil vacancies there are in secondary schools in London; and if she will make a statement.
	(23648)
91	Mr Damian Green (Ashford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance she has given the Learning and Skills Council about provisions for the over 60s; and if she will make a statement.
	(25516)
92	Mr Damian Green (Ashford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many officials of her Department work on higher education policy.
	(25517)
93	Stephen Hesford (Wirral West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps she is taking to increase participation in higher education.
	(25532)
94	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what schemes targeting urban regeneration needs are managed by her Department; how much each scheme has available to invest ; what issues each scheme aims to tackle; and how much has been spent annually since 1997 (a) in the United Kingdom, (b) in Teesside, (c) in Redcar and Cleveland and Middlesbrough Councils and (d) in the Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency.
	(25482)
95	Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils were excluded permanently from school in each local authority in Greater London in each year since 1997.
	(25814)
96	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will fully reimburse colleges which have honoured courses applied for before the deadline for students with individual learning awards.
	(25282)
97	Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, for what reason the Minister responsible for children and young people has not responded to the UK Youth Parliament's manifesto; and if she will make a statement.
	(25821)
98	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the working of the education maintenance allowance in (a) Stoke-on-Trent North and (b) the UK.
	(25528)
99	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to extend the education maintenance allowance to the whole of England.
	(25525)
100   N	Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to pay a special education grant to Herefordshire for the 2002-03 financial year; and if she will make a statement.
	(25315)
101   N	Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make it her policy to bring spending per pupil in Herefordshire closer to the average for the shire counties; and if she will make a statement.
	(25314)
102   N	Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will place a copy of the responses received to 'Responsibilities for Premises Work at Voluntary Aided Schools' in the Library; and if she will provide a list of respondents.
	(25538)
103   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures exist to inform land managers that their property may be affected by new access arrangements under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.
	(25310)
104   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is the expected cost of the mapping exercise being carried out under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000; and if she will make a statement.
	(25289)
105   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which agencies and subcontractors are employed to carry out mapping exercises under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.
	(25290)
106   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the arrangements are for providing copies of maps drawn up under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 to (a) land managers whose property may be affected and (b) the public.
	(25309)
107   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what provision there is within the Warm Front schemes to allow the most vulnerable households who are in immediate danger of risking their health because of lack of heating to queue jump the waiting list for grants during the winter months; how many households were allowed to queue jump in each month since April 2000; and what plans she has to review the first-come, first-served system of Warm Front grants during the present review of the grants.
	(25355)
108   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what was the total budget for the Warm Front schemes in the (a) Eaga area and (b) Eastern area during 2001-2002; and (i) how much and (ii) what percentage of these budgets (1) has already been spent and (2) is projected to be spent by the end of the year given present trends; and what measures Eaga and Eastern are expected to take to bring budgets back into line if they are depleted before the end of the year.
	(25354)
109   N	Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member for Tewkesbury of 27th November, Official Report, column 860W, on livestock compensation, for what reason the Government treats losses incurred on cattle which went beyond 30 months because they could not be moved during the foot and mouth crisis as an indirect loss.
	[R] (25150)
110   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what collation of local Agenda 21 plans is undertaken by her Department; and what monitoring of their progress is made.
	(25823)
111	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information she has collated for each London borough on the proportion of waste that is recycled; and if she will provide information on the proportion of (a) glass, (b) wood, (c) cloth and (d) paper that is recycled.
	(25822)
112   N	Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will exempt re-usable wood packaging from the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997.
	(25342)
113   N	Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the cost of compliance to the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997 by the United Kingdom wood packaging industry in terms of the percentage of the industry's average profits in the last year.
	(25343)
114   N	Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997 on the re-use of products in the United Kingdom wood packaging industry.
	(25344)
115   N	Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of companies evading the producer responsibility obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997; and what plans the Environment Agency has to prevent this.
	(25345)
116	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many TB breakdowns of cattle there were in the Gloucester Division in each year from 1990 to 2000; and what the projected figure is for (a) 2001 and (b) 2002.
	(25348)
117	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when full TB testing of herds will resume; what the priority order is for testing cattle to monitor the spread of bovine TB; and what staffing implications there are in the resumption of full cattle TB testing.
	(25373)
118   N	Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many complaints have been reported in her Department under paragraph 11 of the Civil Service Code since 13th May 1999, and how many of them related to special advisers.
	(25334)
119	Caroline Flint (Don Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she will take to bring the consultation over Hatfield Moors proposed candidate special area conservation status to a conclusion.
	(25286)
120	Caroline Flint (Don Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the timetable is for the consultation relating to Hatfield Moors; what the original closing date for submissions was; on what dates supplementary evidence or scientific information was submitted by (a) the Peat Producers Association and (b) Scotts (UK) Ltd; and on what dates meetings have been held between English Nature and the Peat Producers Association in relation to this consultation.
	(25285)
121	Caroline Flint (Don Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice she has received from English Nature in respect of whether the information they have received from the Peat Producers Association concerning Hatfield Moors can be regarded as new scientific information.
	(25287)
122	Caroline Flint (Don Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which rules prevent sites being nominated individually for candidate special area of conservation status; and if she will make a statement.
	(25288)
123   N	Mr Michael Foster (Worcester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what allowance has been made in the revenue support grant for 2002-03 for flood defence for councils in the River Severn catchment area.
	(25316)
124	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to tackle the trade in bushmeat (a) in the United Kingdom and (b) internationally.
	(25811)
125	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the extent of the trade of bushmeat into the United Kingdom.
	(25810)
126	Jane Griffiths (Reading East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to transfer inland waterway and navigation management from the Environment Agency to British Waterways.
	(25380)
127	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps have been taken to improve the cleanliness of the Tees in the last five years; and what improvements there have been in the life of the river resulting from such action.
	(25445)
128	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what schemes targeting urban regeneration needs are managed by her Department; how much each scheme has available to invest ; what issues each scheme aims to tackle; and how much has been spent annually since 1997 (a) in the United Kingdom, (b) in Teesside, (c) in Redcar and Cleveland and Middlesbrough Councils and (d) in the Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency.
	(25477)
129	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's policies are for encouraging the use of micro CHP; and if she will make a statement on their impact.
	(25622)
130	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's target is for the number of households with energy efficiency measures in place.
	(25627)
131	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent on agri-environment schemes in each year since 1997.
	(25621)
132	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many houses in (a) the UK and (b) Wales lack (i) insulation and (ii) draughtproofing; and what measures the Government is taking to lower this figure.
	(25626)
133	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of (a) how much is invested annually into household energy efficiency and (b) how this money is spent.
	(25625)
134	Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what evaluation has been made of the ability of the Environment Agency to undertake its statutory duties relating to flooding; and if she will make a statement.
	(25747)
135	Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action is being taken to assist the Environment Agency to complete the detailed report on the flooding across the UK in October and November 2000; when these reports are expected to be completed; and if she will make a statement.
	(25746)
136	Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Environment Agency is expected to complete an assessment of the flooding in Edmonton in October 2000; and if she will make a statement.
	(25745)
137	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the chairmen of the independent inquiries into the consequences and lessons of the foot and mouth disease for their proposals for communications with honourable Members; and if she will make a statement.
	(25402)
138	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what communications she has had with honourable Members drawing their attention to the commencement of the independent inquiry into the lessons to be learnt from the foot and mouth epidemic; and if she will make a statement.
	(25403)
139	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the question, ref 22779, tabled on 10th December, for what reason replies to letters from the honourable Member for the Vale of York were not received by 19th December.
	(25322)
140	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what in the allocation of revenue support grant for 2002-03 reflects the cost of the floods in autumn 2000 for (a) North Yorkshire County Council, (b) Humbleton District Council, (c) Harrogate Borough Council, (d) Ryedale Borough Council and (e) City of York Council.
	(25279)
141	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost was of (a) printing, (b) publishing and (c) distributing the Sustainable Development Commission Review.
	(25283)
142   N	Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what basis she calculates how many hours of inspectors' time is appropriate for landfill sites, with particular reference to the amount of material dumped per week.
	(25379)
143	Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action she is taking to reduce fly-tipping.
	(25356)
144	Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many fixed penalty litter notices were issued in each year since 1995.
	(25447)
145   N	Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many homes have benefited from completed warm front scheme installations; how many homes are in the process of being assessed; how many people have been turned down for up-grading of their heating; what the average wait is between application and installation; what has been the cost thus far to the public purse; and what assessment he has made of the efficiency of the EAGA partnership in delivering the scheme.
	(24951)
146   N	Mrs Marion Roe (Broxbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the honourable Member for Broxbourne will receive a reply to her letters to the Minister for the Environment of 31st July, 29th August, 26th September, 25th October, 22nd November and 18th December relating to correspondence from Hertfordshire County Council.
	(25458)
147	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with local authorities concerning the allocation of resources to meet the costs of (a) domestic, (b) commercial and (c) industrial refrigerators and air conditioning units (i) disposal and (ii) recycling in the next financial year; and when sufficient local recycling plants for them are expected to be operational.
	(25716)
148	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many plants will be needed to meet the United Kingdom's requirements for removing CFCs from refrigerators and freezers.
	(25717)
149	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received from the Environment Agency concerning the arrangements for the (a) storage and (b) disposal of fridges in advance of the development of purpose-build infrastructure in the UK.
	(25712)
150	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects that the first plants capable of removing CFCs from refrigerators and freezers under EC Regulation 2037/2000 will be open in the UK.
	(25725)
151	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what attempt there has been to import mobile technology capable of removing CFCs from refrigerators and freezers into the UK; and when such technology can be expected to be in operation.
	(25719)
152	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the distribution of funding to local authorities for the collection and storage of refrigerators; and what further amounts are expected to be required until recycling plants are in operation.
	(25714)
153	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the final capacity of the plants capable of removing CFCs from fridges and freezers under EC Regulation 2037/2000.
	(25724)
154	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects plans for recycling plants for refrigerators to be finalised; and when she expects local authorities to be informed.
	(25713)
155	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what arrangements are in place to allocate the adjustment to the Environmental Protective and Cultural Services block announced in the provisional local government settlement to cover the costs of storage of used fridges in England.
	(25715)
156	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, where the first plant capable of removing CFCs from refrigerators and freezers under EC Regulation 2037/2000 will be located; and what its capacity will be.
	(25723)
157	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the risk of food being stored in ineffective refrigeration systems because refurbishment has been delayed because of the inability to recycle redundant refrigerators.
	(25722)
158	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance she makes available on the safe disposal of commercial refrigerators containing CFCs under EC Regulation 2037/2000.
	(25726)
159	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of whether (a) retailers, (b) pub owners, (c) caterers, (d) hoteliers, (e) restauranteurs and (f) vending machine operators will refrain from refurbishing existing commercial refrigeration systems until guidance is available for their safe disposal.
	(25721)
160	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether there is an available mobile technology capable of removing CFCs from refrigerators and freezers.
	(25718)
161	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) representations he has received from and (b) guidance has been issued to (i) retailers, (ii) pub owners, (iii) caterers, (iv) hoteliers, (v) restaurateurs and (vi) vending machine operators about the disposal of commercial refrigerators.
	(25720)
162	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what precautions have been taken to ensure that there are alternative recycling routes for used commercial refrigerators and freezers.
	(25818)
163	Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average cost of fuel required to heat a home to a reasonable level of warmth is for properties that are (a) connected to the gas network and (b) not connected to the gas network.
	(25281)
164   N	Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will install heating equipment at the house of Mrs Anita Farrow of Ashburton, a constituent; and if she will make a statement on the reason for the delay.
	(24955)
165   N	Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications for the installation of heating equipment have been made to the Eaga Partnership in each of the last three years; how many have been successful; what the average waiting time was; how many homes have had to wait more than nine months for such works to be undertaken; and if she will make a statement.
	(24956)
166   N	Mr Anthony D. Wright (Great Yarmouth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the Forestry Commission land holdings where hunting permits have been issued under the Temporary Permits Scheme.
	(25485)
167   N	Mr Anthony D. Wright (Great Yarmouth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what types of unusual incidents hunts are expected to report when returning their certificates of compliance to her Department.
	(25486)
168   N	Mr Anthony D. Wright (Great Yarmouth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications for temporary permits to hold hare coursing events have been received; and how many have been (a) accepted and (b) rejected.
	(25488)
169   N	Mr Anthony D. Wright (Great Yarmouth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether departmental staff processing permits from hunts on Saturday 15th December usually work at weekends.
	(25484)
170   N	Mr Anthony D. Wright (Great Yarmouth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) fox and (b) hare hunts have applied for a temporary permit for hunting with dogs; and how many of these have been (i) accepted and (ii) rejected.
	(25487)
171   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many customs officials have been based at Newhaven in each year from 1987 to date.
	(25455)
172	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax revenue is generated from charges in the National Health Service.
	(25297)
173	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of the total value of shares were owned by individuals and what the total value was (a) in the latest year for which figures are available and (b) in each year since 1992.
	(25298)
174	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the different methods of analysis of gross domestic fixed capital formation used by (a) the Treasury and (b) the Central Statistical Office in the national accounts.
	(25299)
175	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of gross earnings was accounted for by (a) income tax, (b) national insurance contributions, (c) VAT, (d) other indirect taxes and (e) local taxes for (i) a single person, (ii) a married couple who are both working and (iii) a married couple with two children on (A) 50 per cent., (B) 75 per cent., (C) 100 per cent., (D) 150 per cent., (E) 200 per cent., (F) 500 per cent. and (G) 1,000 per cent. of average earnings in each year since 1997.
	(25296)
176	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what positions in (a) his Department and (b) all executive agencies for which his Department is responsible are filled by employees who are employed on temporary contracts of (i) 51 weeks' and (ii) less than 51 weeks' duration.
	(25513)
177	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many investigations for tax fraud were carried out in each year since 1997; and what was the success rate of those investigations.
	(25301)
178	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax remained uncollected at the end of each fiscal year since 1978-79.
	(25302)
179	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance has been issued in respect of the recruitment and appointment of non-permanent employees in (a) his Department and (b) all executive agencies supervised by his Department; and if he will publish the full terms of employment as specified to employees in his Department and the executive agencies for which he is responsible who are employed on a temporary contract of (i) 51 weeks' and (ii) less than 51 weeks' duration.
	(25514)
180	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many written Parliamentary questions to his Department in the past 12 months had not received a full answer within five weeks of the question being tabled.
	(25300)
181	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many jobs in manufacturing were lost between the second quarter of 1997 and the latest date for which figures are available.
	(25293)
182	David Cairns (Greenock & Inverclyde):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the working families tax credit on the income levels of the poorest working families in the Greenock and Inverclyde constituency.
	(25424)
183	David Cairns (Greenock & Inverclyde):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what has been the cost to the UK of participation in the campaign against terrorism.
	(25417)
184	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent developments have taken place in the United Kingdom to reduce child poverty.
	(25904)
185   N	Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints have been reported in his Department under paragraph 11 of the Civil Service Code since 13th May 1999; and how many of them related to special advisers.
	(25331)
186   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 17th December, Official Report, column 33W, on working families tax credit, how many families had an increase in net income due to the working families tax credit regime of (a) 0 to 10 per cent., (b) 10 to 20 per cent., (c) 100 to 110 per cent., (d) 110 to 120 per cent., (e) 120 to 130 per cent., (f) 130 to 140 per cent. and (g) 140 to 150 per cent.
	(25207)
187   N	Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on where the Treasury will source the funding for the increase in the net cash requirement of the Export Credits Guarantee Department in the Winter Supplementary Estimates.
	(25210)
188	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment HM Customs has made of the volume of trade into the United Kingdom of bushmeat.
	(25809)
189   N	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answers of 25th October, Official Report, column 374W, 21st November, Official Report, column 360W, 30th November, Official Report, column 1217W, and 17th December, Official Report, column 28W, on international tax recoveries and with specific regard to the table analysing recoveries, 25th October, Official Report, column 375W, how much was recovered in total under all heads of recovery in the year ending 31st March 2000 from taxpayers falling in all the bands from less than £1 million to £10 million to £50 million inclusive.
	(25204)
190   N	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Annual Report by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue for the year ending 31st March 2001 will be published.
	(25205)
191   N	Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18th December, Official Report, column 199W, when he will publish the evaluation of the updating of the impact of the WFTC and DPTC.
	(25346)
192	Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18th December, Offical Report, column 199W, if the impact on business of the Tax Credits Bill will be known before he has announced the relevant rates and tapers in the 2002 budget.
	(25820)
193	Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to make all Treasury publications available to honourable Members through the Vote Office.
	(25613)
194	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what schemes targeting urban regeneration needs are managed by his Department; how much each scheme has available to invest; what issues each scheme aims to tackle; and how much has been spent annually since 1997 (a) in the United Kingdom, (b) in Teesside, (c) in Redcar and Cleveland and Middlesbrough Councils and (d) in the Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency.
	(25478)
195	Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he last met his Irish counterpart to discuss action against oils fraud in Northern Ireland; and what the outcome of those discussions was.
	(25740)
196	Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the Customs target for 2000-01 for asset seizures resulting from action against tobacco smuggling; what was the sum total of such asset seizures in that year; and if he will make a statement.
	(25739)
197	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to lower the duty on biodiesel to the same rate of tax as that levied on road fuel gases; and if he will make a statement.
	(25688)
198	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to lower the duty on bioethanol fuel; and if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on encouraging the use of biofuels.
	(25687)
199	Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the savings to the Exchequer which would result from restricting the tax relief to individuals on (a) defined benefit, (b) defined contribution, (c) group personel and (d) personal pensions to a level that would provide an income in retirement just above benefit levels; and if he will make a statement.
	(25736)
200	Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list by local authority area those industrial and provident societies with registered addresses in London.
	(25456)
201	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, who the beneficiaries were of tax breaks to the film industry in the last 12 months; and what sums were involved.
	(25284)
202   N	Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will freeze the assets of organisations in the United Kingdom that finance (a) Hamas, (b) Fatah and (c) other Palestinian and Middle East terrorist organisations.
	(25459)
203	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the tax exemptions for research into diseases of the developing world announced in the 2001 Budget will include African trypanosomosis.
	(25263)
204	Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will consider the flexibility to cope with economic change of EU institutions and economies within the euro zone in his assessment of the economic tests for UK adoption of the euro.
	(25312)
205	Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information he has received concerning the arrest of Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai; and what action his Department is taking to investigate this matter.
	(25683)
206	Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information he has received linking the Lashkar-e-Toiba group to the terrorist attack on the Indian Parliament building on 13th December.
	(25682)
207	Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what account he is taking of the Democracy and Economic Recovery Act 2001 in his policy towards Zimbabwe.
	(25693)
208	Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action the Government is taking to identify organisations with links to (a) Hamas, (b) Islamic Jihad and (c) other bodies identified by the United States as terrorist organisations.
	(25679)
209	Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with members of the (a) Indian and (b) Pakistan governments concerning the recent terrorist attacks on the Indian Parliament.
	(25678)
210	Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has received from coalition partners concerning the decision by the Israeli Government to end diplomatic contact with Chairman Arafat.
	(25680)
211	Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department has received concerning the development of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq since 1999; and if he will make a statement.
	(25681)
212	David Cairns (Greenock & Inverclyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects those indicted for war crimes in the Balkans to be transferred to the Hague Tribunal.
	(25429)
213	David Cairns (Greenock & Inverclyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what further measures he is proposing to combat international drug trafficking.
	(25432)
214	David Cairns (Greenock & Inverclyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what role Britain is playing in helping to prepare countries applying for accession to the EU.
	(25433)
215	David Cairns (Greenock & Inverclyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the recent elections in Kosovo.
	(25430)
216	David Cairns (Greenock & Inverclyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with President Bush's Administration about its present and future role in securing peace in the Middle East.
	(25423)
217	David Cairns (Greenock & Inverclyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contacts his Department has had with UK nationals in Zimbabwe concerning their safety during the present unrest.
	(25420)
218	David Cairns (Greenock & Inverclyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what encouragement he has given to President Musharraf to return Pakistan to democracy during 2002.
	(25431)
219	David Cairns (Greenock & Inverclyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what role the EU is playing in seeking to make progress towards peace in the Middle East.
	(25415)
220	David Cairns (Greenock & Inverclyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact on British (a) business and (b) jobs of the next wave of EU enlargement.
	(25731)
221   N	Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations Her Majesty's Government has made to the Government of the Ivory Coast to implement the recommendation of the Reconciliation Forum, to allow Alassane Ouattara to contest future elections by granting him a certificate of nationality; and if he will make a statement.
	(24362)
222	Mr Tony Colman (Putney):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on progress in raising concerns about the situation in Barrancabermeja, and Magdalena Medio with the Columbian Government.
	(25906)
223	Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the treatment of Christians in Indonesia.
	(25730)
224   N	Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Romanian Government regarding their embargo on inter-country adoption which prohibits United Kingdom citizens from adopting Romanian children.
	(25152)
225	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Vietnamese Government concerning the treatment of Christians in Vietnam.
	(25295)
226   N	Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many complaints have been reported in his Department under paragraph 11 of the Civil Service Code since 13th May 1999, and how many of them related to special advisers.
	(25337)
227   N	Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his latest assessment is of likely political developments in Liberia; and if he will make a statement.
	(25422)
228   N	Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is towards Sierra Leone; and if he will make a statement.
	(25406)
229	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Colombian Government about the situation in Barrancabermeja and Magdalene Medino.
	(25363)
230	Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK nationals, domiciled in Scotland, are held in prison in foreign countries, broken down by (a) country of imprisonment, (b) gender of prisoner and (c) nature of the offence.
	(25911)
231	Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what impact the recent conflict in the occupied territories has had on (a) the Lebanon, (b) Syria, (c) Jordan and (d) Egypt; and if he will make a statement.
	(25524)
232	Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to support national reconciliation in Angola; and if he will make a statement.
	(25752)
233	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he intends to commission a formal study of the pre-sift system at overseas posts.
	(25686)
234	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if guidance has been sent to overseas posts about the authenticity of documents with (a) spelling and (b) grammatical errors as a result of the report of the Independent Monitor.
	(25685)
235	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action he has taken in response to the proposal by the independent monitor that future statistics on entry clearance applications should allow refusal rates to be ascertained by reference to (a) gender and (b) age group.
	(25684)
236   N	Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to Chairman Arafat regading terrorism emanating from within the Palestinian Authority.
	(25462)
237   N	Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the number of terrorist attacks carried out by members of the Fatah from within the Palestinian Authority since October 2000.
	(25463)
238   N	Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made towards the Israeli government regarding the peace process in the Middle East.
	(25461)
239   N	Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the recent meetings in the last twelve months that have taken place between British Government Ministers and the French Ambassador to the United Kingdom at which the Middle East was discussed.
	(25460)
240   N	Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the individual terrorist organisations which operate within (a) Syria and (b) Iran.
	(25466)
241   N	Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of which organisations were responsible for the terrorist attack on a bus in the West Bank on Wednesday 12th December 2001.
	(25465)
242   N	Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of which organisations were responsible for the terrorist attack in the Israeli town of Afula on Tuesday 27th November.
	(25464)
243	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Belgian counterpart concerning the preservation for posterity of landscape features associated with battlefields of the Great War.
	(25390)
244	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to establish which overseas healthcare providers can provide high standards of care and good value for money in treating NHS patients.
	(25347)
245	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money his Department allocated for (a) 2000, (b) 2001, (c) 2002 and (d) 2003, to monitor the effectiveness and value for money of the ward housekeeper scheme.
	(25360)
246	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how his Department will monitor the effectiveness and value for money of the ward housekeeper scheme.
	(25362)
247	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money his Department has allocated to (a) implement and (b) run the ward housekeeper scheme in (i) 2000, and (ii) 2001; and what his projected expenditure is on the programme for the next three years.
	(25361)
248   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total expenditure for the Camden and Islington health action zones has been since its inception; and what spending is planned for this financial year.
	(25827)
249   N	Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to complete an inter-country adoption agreement with Belarus.
	(25153)
250	Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Royal College of General Practitioners about recognising ME as a clinical condition by GPs.
	(25393)
251	Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has commissioned into the diagnosis and treatment of ME.
	(25394)
252	Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will issue guidance to health authorities to ensure that ME is recognised as a clinical condition by GPs and that patients are referred to appropriate specialists.
	(25395)
253   N	Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints have been reported in his Department under paragraph 11 of the Civil Service Code since 13th May 1999; and how many of them related to special advisers.
	(25335)
254   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the first NHS patients to go abroad for treatment, funded by the NHS.
	(25518)
255   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received from private sector health organisations against (a) the Government sending patients abroad for NHS funded treatment and (b) allowing healthcare companies or staff from abroad to operate in NHS hospitals.
	(25519)
256	Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the side effects of tricyclic antidepressants and selective serontonin reuptake inhibitors; and what evidence he has collated on their impact on suicidal tendencies in their users.
	(25436)
257	Jane Griffiths (Reading East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase the number of radiographers working in the NHS.
	(25381)
258   N	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to develop national occupational standards in mental health; and if he will make a statement.
	(24993)
259   N	Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many care home establishments have (a) closed and (b) opened in East Sussex in each of the past five years for which figures are available.
	(25614)
260	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Medical Control Agency about greater controls on the use of Roaccutane and better information on the packaging of this drug.
	(25364)
261	Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if all porters employed at the Hereford County Hospital have the same pay and conditions of employment; and if he will make a statement.
	(25531)
262	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what schemes targeting urban regeneration needs are managed by his Department; how much each scheme has available to invest; what issues each scheme aims to tackle; and how much has been spent annually since 1997 (a) in the United Kingdom, (b) in Teesside, (c) in Redcar and Cleveland and Middlesbrough Councils and (d) in the Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency.
	(25476)
263	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the work of the UK Human Tissue Bank; if he will make a statement on their work; what advice has been issued to NHS trusts about the collection by the UK Human Tissue Bank of non-transplantable human tissue from hospitals nationwide; what has been done to encourage the use of human tissue by scientists operating within the UK; and what evidence he has collated as to the efficacy of using human tissue rather than animal subjects in tests.
	(25444)
264	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the timetable for ERDIP sites to submit proposals under the Modernisation Enabling Project; and what plans he has to invite tenders from