MONDAY 1st JULY
| 1 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Chairman of the Administration Committee, what the total volume of waste produced by the House was in each year since 1995, broken down into (a) paper, (b) plastic, (c) aluminium and (d) other; what proportion of waste from the House was (i) recycled, (ii) composted and (iii) re-used; and what plans she has to increase these proportions. |
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| 2 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Chairman of the Administration Committee, if she will state the (a) policy on and (b) total value and volume of the purchase and use of goods and materials from renewable or recycled sources by the House in the last 12 months; and what plans there are to (i) update the policy and (ii) increase the proportion of goods and materials used from such sources. |
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| 3 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Chairman of the Administration Committee, if she will state the total volume of paper purchased by the House in the last 12 months; what proportion of this comes from recycled sources; and what plans there are to increase this proportion. |
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| 4 | Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Chairman of the Administration Committee, what the estimated number of television monitors on the Parliamentary Estate is. |
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| 5 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many members of his Department have been employed in its regulatory impact unit in the past five years; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 6 | Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which local authorities take war pensions into account when assessing council tax payments. |
| | (65520)
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| 7 | Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many fire stations have been (a) opened and (b) closed since 1995. |
| | (65521)
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| 8 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the public consultations undertaken by his Department since 1997, indicating for each consultation (a) if copies were available online, (b) if copies were available in print (c) the date the time period given for responses opened and (d) the date the time period given for responses closed. |
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| 9 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 25th June, Official Report column 820W, on the draft Local Government Bill, if councils have been informed of (a) the consultation and (b) the availability of paper copies. |
| | (66086)
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| 10 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on plans to distribute capital receipts from local authority housing sales via a central pool. |
| | (65671)
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| 11 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many days he has spent on government business overseas in the past 12 months. |
| | (65670)
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| 12 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether housing associations retain funds raised as a result of the exercising of the right-to-buy. |
| | (65672)
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| 13 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his policy is on the future of NDR and rate support grant. |
| | (65673)
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| 14 | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many parish councils (a) did not receive sufficient nominations to have an election in May and (b) are missing as a result. |
| | (66217)
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| 15 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions are taking place with the local authority associations regarding the housing needs of people with a learning disability who live with older parents; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (66306)
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| 16 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what guidance is forwarded to local authorities regarding the priority for housing provision to be given to people with a learning disability whose elderly parents are no longer able to care for them; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (66305)
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| 17 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps are being taken to ensure that all local authorities are developing a comprehensive support programme for people with a learning disability; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (66304)
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| 18 | Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to promote equity release schemes to assist with disrepair in the owner-occupied housing sector. |
| | (65720)
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| 19 | Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, who is on the Working Group established to take forward and monitor the operation of the revised Code of Best Practice on Mobile Phone Masts. |
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| 20 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, for what reasons he decided to end the practice of compulsory referendums for mayoral management of local authorities. |
| | (65997)
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| 21 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans the Government has to introduce forms of local taxation in addition to the council tax; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (65863)
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| 22 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the Government's policy is on encouraging the installation of sprinkler systems in (a) local authority owned houses and (b) new build houses; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 23 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the amount of empty social housing in Engand in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (65851)
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| 24 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he last met representatives from the Fire Brigades Union; what was discussed; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (65994)
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| 25 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress has been made on achieving the Government's objective that no child should be living in bed and breakfast accommodation by 2004; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (65993)
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| 26 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress has been made on achieving the Government's target for constructing new housing on previously used land; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (65858)
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| 27 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress has been made on achieving the Government's decent homes target; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (65864)
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| 28 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many homeless people are living in (a) bed and breakfast and (b) temporary accommodation, broken down by ethnic group; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (65852)
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| 29 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many sprinklers were installed in properties owned by local authorities last year; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (65857)
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| 30 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of how many children were homeless in England and Wales in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (65855)
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| 31 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many homeless households were living in (a) bed and breakfast and (b) temporary accommodation in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 32 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he expects that the provisions contained in the Local Government White Paper will be implemented; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (65862)
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| 33 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether local authorities must first obtain the consent of their electorate by a referendum before they proceed to a mayoral management system. |
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| 34 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of how many homeless people living in (a) bed and breakfast and (b) temporary accommodation are ex-servicemen; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (65991)
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| 35 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the cost of introducing regional government in each English region; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (65860)
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| 36 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many households are living in accommodation arranged by local authorities under the homelessness provisions of the Housing Acts 1985 and 1996; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (65859)
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| 37 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of how many homes were lying empty in England in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (65854)
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| 38 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which authorities have indicated that they wish to proceed to elected mayors. |
| | (65995)
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| 39 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the Government plans to introduce financial incentives to encourage the transfer of council homes to social landlords; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (65992)
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| 40 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress has been made on achieving the Government's objective of putting all local authority public services online by 2005; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (65865)
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| 41 | Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he will announce the money being allocated to Burnley to tackle the problem of empty homes as part of the East Lancashire Housing Renewal pathfinder project. |
| | (65551)
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| 42 | Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the nominal Single Regeneration Budget's lifetime expenditure on physical regeneration will be. |
| | (66240)
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| 43 | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 26th June, ref. 63796, on a new Thames crossing, if his Department has been invited to the Thames Gateway South Essex Partnership's meeting in July on the possibility of a new Thames crossing; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (66077)
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| 44 | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when local councillors and local honourable Members will be invited to the summit between Government Ministers, honourable Members, officials and council leaders, to discuss plans for a new Thames river crossing, East of Dartford; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (66000)
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| 45 | Mr George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he will announce the details of the new system of local government finance due to be introduced in the next financial year; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (66162)
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| 46 | Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the estimated (a) level and (b) cost of energy use in his Department and associated agencies was in each year since 1997; what proportion of energy was generated from renewable sources; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (65960)
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| 47 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many applications for planning permission for out of town shopping centres have been agreed since 7th January. |
| | (66326)
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| 48 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the public appointments he has made since 7th June 2001. |
| | (66365)
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| 49 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many out of town shopping centres he has visited in an official capacity since 1st January. |
| | (66327)
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| 50 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the final cost was of the planning inquiry into Terminal 5. |
| | (66328)
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| 51 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much money was spent by the relevant pension fund on paying pensions to retired (a) local government employees and (b) firefighters in 2001-02; if he will estimate the corresponding amounts to be spent in (i) five years' time, (ii) 10 years' time, (iii) 20 years' time and (iv) 30 years' time; if he will estimate in each case the proportion of such liabilities which will arise from (A) unfunded pension schemes and (B) pre-funded pension schemes; and in the case of pre-funded schemes, if he will estimate the value of the corresponding pre-funded funds in each of these years. |
| | (66563)
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52
N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list for each English local authority, the level of spending on (a) education and (b) social services expressed as a percentage of the SSA for that service in that authority in 2001-02. |
| | (65091)
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| 53 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many members of her Department have been employed in its regulatory impact unit in the past five years; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (65962)
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| 54 | Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many ice-rinks have (a) closed and (b) opened since 1995. |
| | (65528)
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| 55 | Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions her Department has had with the film industry over subtitled films for deaf people. |
| | (65529)
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56
N | Dr Jack Cunningham (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made by the Sports Action Zone in West Cumbria; what investment has taken place in each of the local authorities covered by the Action Zone; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (64856)
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| 57 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, who her Department's green minister is; when they (a) have attended and (b) plan to attend meetings of the Green Ministers' Committee; what the outcomes of meetings were for her Department's activities; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (65987)
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| 58 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidelines have been put in place by the Secretary of State to guarantee that lottery money distributors transfer funds to grant recipients as quickly as possible; and what measures are in place to monitor the efficacy of these guidelines. |
| | (65599)
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| 59 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of (a) paper and (b) other goods purchased by her Department was recycled paper in each year since 1997; what the annual total cost of these purchases was; what plans there are to increase these proportions; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (65765)
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| 60 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she will implement plans to invest in school sports as announced by the Prime Minister on 11th January 2001 and 9th June. |
| | (65598)
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| 61 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will provide a list for each distributor of lottery money of how much money from held funds has been committed, and to whom and when the commitment was made. |
| | (65777)
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| 62 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of waste produced in her Department was (a) recycled, (b) composted and (c) re-used, broken down into (i) paper, (ii) plastics, (iii) aluminium cans and (iv) other, in each year since 1997; what plans there are to increase the proportions; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (65694)
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| 63 | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if it is her policy that the forthcoming communications legislation will have the power to ensure that video on demand and other forms of developing television are covered by the requirement to carry subtitles and other ancillary services. |
| | (66251)
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| 64 | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how she plans to ensure that the quality standards for television subtitling are maintained once the regulatory requirements for television subtitling are extended to digital cable and satellite in future communications legislation. |
| | (66252)
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| 65 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many tourist offices the UK has overseas; where they are located; and what plans she has to extend the UK tourist offices overseas. |
| | (66084)
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| 66 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has received from ITC on ITC's new Charter for Broadcasting in the Nations and Regions. |
| | (66448)
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| 67 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her policy is in respect of promoting and encouraging regional television; and what further plans she has in this respect. |
| | (66447)
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| 68 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she will make a statement on the review of procedures for the allocation of the operating licence for the National Lottery provider. |
| | (65742)
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| 69 | Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many tourists visited Lancashire in the last year. |
| | (65609)
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| 70 | Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many pensioners over 75 years old in (a) the North West, (b) Lancashire and (c) Burnley receive free television licences. |
| | (65546)
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| 71 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether special payments were made to Westminster City Council to offset the costs it incurred in preparing for the funeral of Her Majesty the Queen Mother. |
| | (65590)
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| 72 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her policy is on using 0870 telephone numbers for enquiries by the public to the Department and its agencies. |
| | (66202)
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| 73 | Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she will publish the Government's response to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee's Fourth Report on Communications. |
| | (66471)
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| 74 | Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the estimated (a) level and (b) cost of energy use in her Department and associated agencies was in each year since 1997; what proportion of energy was generated from renewable sources; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (65958)
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75
N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the BBC about their bid for a multiplex licence. |
| | (65459)
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76
N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the impact on the English Tourism Council of her plans to change the marketing of tourism in England. |
| | (65457)
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77
N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what effect her plans to change the marketing of tourism in England would have on visitengland.org.uk. |
| | (65454)
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78
N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on her plans to change the marketing of tourism in England; and what progress has been made. |
| | (65462)
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79
N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the long term future of the English Tourism Council. |
| | (65456)
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80
N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on progress in appointing a Chairman of Ofcom. |
| | (65464)
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81
N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) indoor, (b) outdoor with lighting and (c) outdoor without lighting tennis courts there are in England. |
| | (65465)
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N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if her plans to change the marketing of tourism in England would transfer functions of the English Tourism Council to (a) her Department, (b) the regional tourist boards, (c) the regional development agencies and (d) other companies or organisations. |
| | (65455)
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N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the benefits to the consumer of a digital terrestrial television service being (a) wholly free to air and (b) partly free to air and partly pay. |
| | (65463)
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84
N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list those who were consulted about her plans to change the marketing of tourism in England prior to their announcement. |
| | (65461)
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85
N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the different standards of definition used in digital television broadcasting. |
| | (65458)
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86
N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) indoor and (b) outdoor Olympic standard swimming pools there are in England. |
| | (65466)
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N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many prosecutions undertaken by Television Licensing in each of the last five years resulted in a custodial sentence; and what was the length of the sentence in each case. |
| | (65460)
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N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the marketing of tourism in England. |
| | (65453)
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| 89 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of his Department have been employed in its regulatory impact unit in the past five years; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (65964)
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| 90 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the UK Government's policy towards the surrender of UK nationals where accused of a crime in connection with a UN peace keeping or enforcement operation committed after 1st July upon request of the International Criminal Court. |
| | (66479)
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| 91 | Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the progress of Project Aquatrine. |
| | (66236)
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| 92 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list those locations where more than five MoD police personnel are based. |
| | (65715)
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| 93 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to reduce the number of MoD police. |
| | (65717)
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| 94 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many MoD police there were in (a) 1997 and (b) on the latest date for which figures are available. |
| | (65716)
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| 95 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will answer the question from the honourable Member for Portsmouth South of 26th February, Reference Number 38796, on private military companies; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (65761)
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| 96 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will answer the Question from the honourable Member for Portsmouth South of 26th February, Reference Number 38798, on private military companies; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (65760)
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| 97 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will answer the question from the honourable Member for Portsmouth South of 26th February, reference number 38797, on private military companies; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (65751)
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| 98 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent representations he has received from governments of the partner countries regarding the Meteor missile programme. |
| | (66022)
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| 99 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the performance of the SA80A2 rifle in Afghanistan; and what faults have been reported. |
| | (66017)
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| 100 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many trained infantry there were in the Army in each year since 1997. |
| | (66028)
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| 101 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the Meteor missile programme to move into its development phase. |
| | (66021)
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| 102 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where the spare parts for Eurofighter will be stored; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (66018)
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| 103 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which armoured regiments have been at (a) high readiness, (b) training year and (c) other tasks in each of the past three years. |
| | (66027)
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| 104 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the Royal Armoured Corps is at establishment strength in personnel. |
| | (66026)
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| 105 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions the German government has made representations to the British Government regarding the Meteor missile project. |
| | (66023)
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| 106 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future of the Meteor missile programme. |
| | (66020)
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| 107 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) MBTs and (b) AFVs are held in reserve. |
| | (66025)
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| 108 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the recommended establishment number of main battle tanks is for an armoured regiment. |
| | (66024)
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| 109 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the talks with India concerning (a) India's acquisition of spare parts and strategic equipment for Indian Air Force Jaguar ground-attack fighters, (b) the purchase of a British aircraft carrier and (c) conclusion of the Hawk-100 Advanced Jet Trainer deal. |
| | (66019)
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| 110 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the scheduled launch date is for each of the Astute class SSNs. |
| | (66030)
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| 111 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when HMS Tyne will carry out her first operational fishery patrol. |
| | (66039)
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| 112 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when HMS Shetland completed her last fishery protection patrol; and when she will be paid off. |
| | (66036)
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| 113 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many fleet submarines are at sea. |
| | (66029)
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| 114 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the Meteor missile programme; and if he expects them to be in service on time. |
| | (66040)
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| 115 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Tomahawk armed SSNs will be operational in this and each of the next five years. |
| | (66035)
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| 116 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what agreements his Department has with DEFRA in relation to the number of days per year Royal Navy fishery protection vessels must be on patrol; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (66037)
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| 117 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Lynx Mark 8 are operational. |
| | (66034)
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| 118 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what evaluation his Department has made of the Harrier II plus programme; and for what reasons he has proceeded with an upgrade of the Harrier GR7 to GR9 specification rather than capabilities offered by Harrier II plus. |
| | (66031)
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| 119 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the expected service life is of the Lynx Mark 8. |
| | (66033)
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| 120 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to give the Merlin helicopter an air to surface capability. |
| | (66032)
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| 121 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many days on fishery patrol naval vessels have undertaken for MAFF/DEFRA in each of the past five years. |
| | (66038)
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| 122 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the anticipated remediation costs will be, including munitions and chemical retrieval, prior to the market sale of Dean Hill munitions depot; and when he expects to put it on the market. |
| | (65734)
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| 123 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Ministry of Defence police are employed at West Dean Munitions Depot; and how they will be deployed following the closure of the depot. |
| | (65706)
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| 124 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in respect of the closure of the munitions depot at Dean Hill, Wiltshire, what will be (a) the expected annual savings to his Department, (b) the anticipated revenue from the sale of married quarters to (i) sitting tenants and (ii) the market, (c) the estimated cost of connection of the married quarters estate to civilian services for (A) electricity, (B) water and (C) gas, (d) the ongoing annual maintenance of the site broken down into (1) buildings, (2) ground maintenance and (3) security and (e) the estimated market value of the site at sale. |
| | (65705)
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| 125 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the area is of the munitions depot at West Dean, Wiltshire; and what percentage is (a) buildings, (b) roads and hard standing, (c) farmland, (d) woodland and (e) designated as a SSSI. |
| | (65714)
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| 126 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of (a) stored munitions and (b) engineering and munitions maintenance work is carried out at Dean Hill for each of the three armed services. |
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| 127 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the criteria used to decide which munitions depot to dispose of; and if he will list the depots against which Dean Hill competed. |
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| 128 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements are in place for (a) staff consultation, (b) assistance to staff from the employment service and (c) consultation with the local planning authority in respect of the closure of West Dean munitions depot. |
| | (65713)
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| 129 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the employees at the West Dean Munitions Depot are (a) under 25, (b) under 45, (c) under 60 and (d) over 60 in each category, broken down by sex. |
| | (65707)
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| 130 | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25th June, Official Report, column 749W, on married quarters, what criteria are used to assign standards to service families', accommodation. |
| | (66230)
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| 131 | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25th June, Official Report, column 749W, on married quarters, what plans he has to improve the standard of service families' accommodation in Wiltshire. |
| | (66239)
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| 132 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on using 0870 telephone numbers for enquiries by the public to the Department and its agencies. |
| | (66199)
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133
N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement about (a) the original projected cost and (b) the current estimated cost of the building of the new Colchester Garrison. |
| | (65759)
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| 134 | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the arms fairs organised, supported and sponsored by his Department in each year since 1997, indicating the (a) name, (b) location and (c) cost to the Department and organisations attending each event. |
| | (65791)
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| 135 | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the arms fairs that are to be organised, supported and sponsored by his Department in 2002 and 2003. |
| | (65792)
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| 136 | Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated (a) level and (b) cost of energy use in his Department and associated agencies was in each year since 1997; what proportion of energy was generated from renewable sources; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (65950)
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| 137 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much money was spent by the relevant pension fund on paying pensions to retired members of the armed forces in 2001-02; if he will estimate the corresponding amounts to be spent in (a) five years' time, (b) 10 years' time, (c) 20 years' time and (d) 30 years' time; if he will estimate in each case the proportion of such liabilities which will arise from (i) unfunded pension schemes and (ii) pre-funded pension schemes; and in the case of pre-funded schemes, if he will estimate the value of the corresponding pre-funded funds in each of these years. |
| | (66562)
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| 138 | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated cost is of the tri-service Jubilee celebrations held on 27th June. |
| | (66164)
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139
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the savings to the RAF would be if all subcontracted hours for initial training of pilots were transferred from the university air squadrons to private sector trainers. |
| | (65390)
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140
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many pilots trained by (a) the Joint Elementary Flying Training School at RAF Church Fenton and (b) university air squadrons have subsequently (i) joined the RAF and (ii) chosen not to do so in each of the past five years. |
| | (65392)
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141
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many flying hours the 15 university air squadrons were contracted to provide to the RAF during each of the years of their existing contract; and how many hours were delivered in each of these years. |
| | (65294)
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142
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to renew the contract of the Joint Elementary Flying Training School at RAF Church Fenton. |
| | (65389)
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143
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the Joint Elementary Flying Training School at RAF Church Fenton provided the contracted hours per year to the RAF during the existing contract. |
| | (65394)
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144
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the criteria used by his Department to evaluate the success of the Joint Elementary Flying Training School at RAF Church Fenton to train RAF pilots in the elementary stage of their flying career; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (65297)
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145
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the proposed saving to the RAF is if the Joint Elementary Flying Training School at RAF Church Fenton's contract for flying hours is returned to the university air squadrons. |
| | (65296)
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146
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria are used by the Department to evaluate the success of the 15 university air squadrons in training RAF pilots in the elementary stage of their flying careers; and whether comparative evaluation has been made with the Joint Elementary Flying Training School at RAF Church Fenton. |
| | (65388)
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147
N | Tony Worthington (Clydebank & Milngavie): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if serial numbers have been systematically logged in respect of the weapons found in Afghanistan since coalition military operations began against suspected Taliban and al-Qaeda forces earlier this year. |
| | (64685)
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| 148 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many members of her Department have been employed in its regulatory impact unit in the past five years; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (65966)
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| 149 | Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many secondary schools in England have pupil rolls (a) below 600, (b) between 601 and 1,000, (c) between 1,001 and 1,500 and (d) over 1,500. |
| | (65526)
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| 150 | Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many primary schools in England have pupil rolls (a) below 200, (b) between 201 and 400, (c) between 401 and 600 and (d) above 600. |
| | (65527)
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| 151 | Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she estimates the Government's objective of broad convergence in pay and terms and conditions between school teachers and further education lecturers will be achieved. |
| | (66081)
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152
N | Dr Jack Cunningham (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she expects to announce a decision on the application of St Benedict's Catholic High School, Whitehaven for engineering college status; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (64854)
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| 153 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, who her Department's green minister is; when they (a) have attended and (b) plan to attend meetings of the Green Ministers' Committee; what the outcomes of meetings were for her Department's activities; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (65985)
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| 154 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of (a) paper and (b) other goods purchased by her Department was recycled paper in each year since 1997; what the annual total cost of these purchases was; what plans there are to increase these proportions; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (65767)
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| 155 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of waste produced in her Department was (a) recycled, (b) composted, (c) re-used, broken down into (i) paper, (ii) plastics, (iii) aluminium cans and (iv) other, in each year since 1997; what plans there are to increase the proportions; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (65681)
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| 156 | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress has been made with her Department's extended school programme. |
| | (66166)
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| 157 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) failing schools and (b) schools under special measures have (i) applied to and (ii) become specialist schools since the specialist schools scheme came into operation. |
| | (65504)
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| 158 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate she has made of changes in the number of autistic children in England and Wales in the past five years. |
| | (65677)
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| 159 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations she has received in the past year from parents who have had autistic children placed in mainstream schools against their wishes. |
| | (65676)
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| 160 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many places there are in schools for (a) MLD and (b) SLD pupils in England and Wales; and what information she has collated on the demand for places in (i) MLD and (ii) SLD schools in England and Wales. |
| | (65675)
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| 161 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many autistic children are statemented in England and Wales. |
| | (65674)
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162
N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many of the schools she has visited in England and Wales are unsatisfactory. |
| | (65087)
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163
N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the schools she has visited that are unsatisfactory. |
| | (65089)
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164
N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what criteria she has used to decide which of the schools she has visited are unsatisfactory. |
| | (65088)
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165
N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the schools she has visited since she became Secretary of State. |
| | (65086)
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166
N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what her estimate is of the total number of schools in England and Wales that are unsatisfactory. |
| | (65090)
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| 167 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many vacancies, unfilled with permanent staff, in secondary schools there are in the Portsmouth South constituency; how many there were in 1997; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (66467)
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| 168 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of full-time students stayed in education in the Portsmouth South constituency after the age of (a) 16 and (b) 18 years in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2001; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (66469)
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| 169 | Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans the Department has to ensure more young people from low income families enter unversity. |
| | (66584)
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| 170 | Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the proportion of university entrants from low income families was in (a) Jarrow, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since 1997. |
| | (66583)
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| 171 | Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of university entrants from (a) Jarrow, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK were from low income families in 2001. |
| | (66582)
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172
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what her plans are for providing further work experience for teenagers of school age. |
| | (63390)
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173
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on her plans to widen the options for study available to secondary school pupils. |
| | (65171)
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174
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of teachers in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools were employed on temporary and short-term contracts at the latest date for which figures are available. |
| | (65172)
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| 175 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of people aged under 25 years from each socio-economic group participated in higher education in each of the last 12 years. |
| | (65793)
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| 176 | Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to announce the result of the quinquennial review of Investors in People UK. |
| | (66163)
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| 177 | Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many post-16 students went on to further education in (a) Burnley and (b) Lancashire in 2001. |
| | (65544)
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| 178 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what her policy is on using 0870 telephone numbers for enquiries by the public to the Department and its agencies. |
| | (66201)
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| 179 | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when the EU Tempus Committee is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (66462)
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| 180 | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when the EU Advisory Committee on the training of chemists is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (66453)
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| 181 | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when the EU Leonardo da Vinci Committee is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (66463)
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| 182 | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when the EU Advisory Committee on vocational training is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (66464)
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| 183 | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when the EU Advisory Committee on veterinary training is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (66454)
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| 184 | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when the EU Advisory Committee on the training in architecture is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (66455)
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| 185 | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when the EU Coordination Group to promote uniformity of application of the general system for the recognition of higher education diplomas (first general system) is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (66456)
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| 186 | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when the EU Committee on the second general system for the recognition of professional education and training is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (66457)
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| 187 | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when (a) the EU Socrates Committee, (b) the Erasmus and (c) the Comenius subcommittees are next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of them; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (66458)
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188
N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how long it is taking the Criminal Records Bureau to process clearance applications by new teachers; if she estimates that all new teachers due to start in September will have clearance in time; if she has contingency plans should applications not be cleared in time; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (65776)
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189
N | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average pupil teacher ratio was in Suffolk in each year between 1997 and 2002 in (a) primary, (b) middle and (c) upper schools. |
| | (64390)
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| 190 | Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the estimated (a) level and (b) cost of energy use in her Department and associated agencies was in each year since 1997; what proportion of energy was generated from renewable sources; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (65953)
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| 191 | Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations she has received concerning the closure of Amraf Training plc and payments to it by her Department. |
| | (65492)
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192
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the schools visited by senior officials in her Department, broken down by (a) local education authority and (b) dates, since 1997; and how many schools have been visited by officials in her Department each year since 1997. |
| | (65578)
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193
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the schools visited by ministers in her Department, broken down by (a) local education authority, (b) dates and (c) ministers, since 1997. |
| | (65577)
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| 194 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much money was spent by the relevant pension fund on paying pensions to retired (a) teachers and (b) university staff in 2001-02; if she will estimate the corresponding amounts to be spent in (i) five years' time, (ii) 10 years' time, (iii) 20 years' time and (iv) 30 years' time; if she will estimate in each case the proportion of such liabilities which will arise from (A) unfunded pension schemes and (B) pre-funded pension schemes; and in the case of pre-funded schemes, if she will estimate the value of the corresponding pre-funded funds in each of these years. |
| | (66561)
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195
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of children of secondary age were absent from school due to (a) authorised and (b) unauthorised absence in each of the years 1996-97 to 2001-02 in (i) foundation, (ii) voluntary aided, (iii) voluntary controlled, (iv) community, (v) specialist, (vi) city technology college and (vii) grammar schools. |
| | (65400)
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196
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the unit of funding was for each student in FE and HE in each of the years 1992-93 to 2001-02 as expressed at 2001-02 prices. |
| | (65397)
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197
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what calculations she has made about the impact on special school budgets of the introduction of the (a) upper pay spine and (b) management pay spine. |
| | (65535)
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198
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) full time and (b) part time students were in (i) FE and (ii) HE in each of the years 1992-93 to 2001-02. |
| | (65398)
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199
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of children were in receipt of free school meals in each year from 1996-97 to 2001-02 in (a) foundation, (b) voluntary-aided-community, (c) specialist, (d) city technology college, (e) grammar and (f) voluntary-controlled schools. |
| | (65395)
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200
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will calculate in percentage terms the increase in costs to local education authorities and schools of the introduction of the new rates of employers national insurance. |
| | (65534)
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201
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will ensure that UK universities in receipt of state funding accept Welsh A-level as a valid qualification for entry. |
| | (65391)
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202
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which secondary comprehensive schools she has visited since 1997; and which were unsatisfactory. |
| | (65399)
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203
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much capital was made available to (a) FE and (b) HE in each of the years 1992-93 to 2001-02 as expressed at 2001-02 prices. |
| | (65396)
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| 204 | Mr Peter Atkinson (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letters of the honourable Member for Hexham of 19th March, ref. 167263, and 21st February, ref. 167311, in respect of compensation claims for foot and mouth disease. |
| | (65543)
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205
N | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the addresses of landfill sites that have successfully complied with Landfill Directive 99/31/EC in order to operate beyond 16th July. |
| | (65538)
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206
N | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of existing landfills have demonstrated that they can comply with the Landfill Directive 99/31/EC in order to operate beyond 16th July. |
| | (65539)
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207
N | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many secondments and exchanges of staff there have been between central and regional Government offices and organisations with a rural remit since November 2000. |
| | (65393)
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208
N | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what training programmes she has run for operators and staff at existing landfills to ensure that they are technically competent to manage the site and have the financial provisions to cover the maintenance and aftercare requirements of the site according to Landfill Directive 99/31/EC; how many staff have been made available; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (65540)
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209
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department's latest modelling shows that the objectives of the 1997 National Air Quality Strategy will be achieved for each of the eight pollutants named in the strategy under current policies. |
| | (65541)
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210
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which of the pollutants covered by the National Air Quality Strategy are monitored by each of the main London air quality monitoring sites. |
| | (65092)
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| 211 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the last assessment of the relative risks and priorities in regard to the categorisation of watercourses in England took place; and when she intends to review this categorisation to determine responsibilities for flood defence measures based on the current assessment of the severity of the flood risk issues and their relative priority. |
| | (66189)
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212
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the recommended standard is for each of the eight pollutants named in the National Air Quality Strategy; and whether the standards for each pollutant were breached in (a) the UK and (b) London in the last recorded year of monitoring. |
| | (65542)
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| 213 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many members of her Department have been employed in its regulatory impact unit in the past five years; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (65967)
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| 214 | Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress she has made in the management of access and systems to ensure that members of the public are informed of their rights and responsibilities if the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 is implemented on a regional basis. |
| | (65736)
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| 215 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list those applications where incinerator ash, waste lime or dust was ultimately released to land by (a) site location, (b) year, (c) tonnage, (d) source and (e) end-use in 2001; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (65623)
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| 216 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she had had with (a) the European Commission and (b) others regarding the Waste Acceptance Criteria; what the status of the timetable for implementation is; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (65630)
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| 217 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been conducted for (a) her Department and (b) the Environment Agency on progress towards meeting the EU Incinerator Directive; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (65603)
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| 218 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the likely date for the introduction co-disposal practices under the landfill directive; what change to (a) guidance from her Department and (b) legislation (i) has taken place and (ii) is planned as a result; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (65627)
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| 219 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with (a) the European Commission, (b) the Environment Agency, (c) local authorities, (d) industry and (e) others on building developments on former landfill sites; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (65961)
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| 220 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions since 1997 waste disposal authorities have been consulted by local planning authorities regarding developments within 250 metres of landfill sites; if she will list the location and nature of the development on each occasion; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (65602)
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| 221 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research (a) has been conducted and (b) is planned for her Department on the (i) healthy, (ii) environmental and (iii) other impacts of (A) emissions from incinerators and (B) dioxins in incinerator ash; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (65605)
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| 222 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which posts in her Department (a) centrally and (b) regionally are vacant; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (65632)
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| 223 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has had from the (a) European Commission, (b) Environment Agency, (c) Environmental Services Association, (d) waste management companies, (e) industry and (f) others on the EU Waste Incineration Directive; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (65604)
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| 224 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which bodies she (a) has consulted recently and (b) plans to consult in relation to radioactive waste management; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (65631)
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| 225 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) guidance (i) has been given and (ii) is planned from her Department to local authorities and (b) legislation (1) is in place and (2) is planned regarding the environmental implications of developments through the Public Finance Initiative; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (65601)
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| 226 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been conducted by (a) her Department and (b) the Environment Agency into the destination of waste from municipal waste incinerators; if she will place copies of this documentation in the Library; and if she will make a statement. |
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| 227 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received regarding the Waste Acceptance Criteria; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (65629)
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| 228 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what change to (a) guidance from her Department and (b) legislation (i) has taken place and (ii) is planned as a result of changes required under the EU Landfill Directive; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (65628)
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| 229 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who is responsible for (a) testing and (b) monitoring (i) incinerator ash and (ii) incinerator emissions; and if she will make a statement. |
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| 230 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department has advertised for the position of landfill directive manager in her Department since 1997; on what dates the post has been filled; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (65626)
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| 231 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which UK heat stations have supplied incinerator ash for construction; if she will list (a) the total amount of ash produced by each station and (b) the proportion of ash for each method of disposal or use; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (65622)
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| 232 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has spent on (a) programmes and (b) campaigns conducted by her Department related to changing individual behaviour in relation to the environment (i) in each year since 1997 and (ii) since 7th June 2001; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (65625)
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| 233 | Julia Drown (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Biotech Unit will update its public register on the list of trial sites where GMOs may be released to include the list of sites where winter oil seed rape was planted last autumn for research and development. |
| | (65588)
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| 234 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what changes there have been to benthic fauna since 1997; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (65502)
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| 235 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has (a) made and (b) intends to make of the impact of (i) dredging and (ii) other marine activities on benthic fauna; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (65503)
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| 236 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) guidance and (b) legislation is in place with regard to benthic fauna; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (65501)
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237
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward proposals to ban the import of food products produced (a) under conditions and (b) using chemicals that would not be permitted in the United Kingdom. |
| | (65150)
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| 238 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) hazardous and (b) radioactive material has been transported through the Portsmouth South constituency by road on a regular basis in the last year; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (66481)
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| 239 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will hold a meeting with representatives from dairy farmers and buyers regarding the price of milk. |
| | (66576)
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| 240 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the scientific assessments peer reviews that data from the GM field scale evaluations will undergo; and in what order they will take place. |
| | (65517)
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| 241 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the scientific assessment of GM issues announced on 31st May relates to existing regulatory processes for GM crops; and whether the findings will be submitted to (a) Action with Communities in Rural England and (b) the Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes. |
| | (65516)
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| 242 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) scientific assessments, (b) peer reviews and (c) field scale evaluations outside the formal regulatory process will be a pre-requisite for investment in new start-up companies carrying out research and development in agricultural biotechnology. |
| | (65518)
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| 243 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will publish her detailed response to the Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission Report; and if she will launch the public debate on genetic modification. |
| | (65519)
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244
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) total TB tests on herds, (b) herds under movement restriction, (c) tests on unrestricted herds, (d) new herd incidents and (e) new confirmed herd incidents there were in each county betwen 1st January and 30th March, and what percentage of tests on unrestricted herds in each county resulted in a confirmed herd incident. |
| | (65474)
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245
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on progress with Krebs trials in triplets I and J. |
| | (65475)
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246
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average time taken is (a) in the territory of each of her Department's regional offices, and (b) in England, between an animal reacting positive to a test for Bovine TB and that animal being taken for slaughter. |
| | (65472)
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247
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of (a) the number of sheep and (b) the proportion of the national flock which were born before the imposition of the ban on feeding animal protein to ruminants and are still alive. |
| | (65467)
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248
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her target date is for eliminating the backlog of herd tests for Bovine TB. |
| | (65473)
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249
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many veterinary surgeons in each regional office of her Department work on the herd testing programme for Bovine TB. |
| | (65470)
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250
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many veterinary surgeons work for each regional office of her Department. |
| | (65471)
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251
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the conclusions were of the meeting on 12th June of the Independent Scientific group on Bovine TB. |
| | (65468)
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252
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what average number of hours per week is spent on veterinary surgeons in her Department in herd testing programme for Bovine TB; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (65469)
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| 253 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many abandoned cars there have been in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (65640)
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| 254 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on using 0870 telephone numbers for enquiries by the public to the Department and its agencies. |
| | (66192)
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| 255 | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the EU Committee for the adaptation to technical progress of the Directive on air quality standards for nitrogen dioxide is next due to meet; whether experts nominated by the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (66443)
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| 256 | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the EU Committee for the adaptation to technical and scientific progress of the Directive on the prevention and reduction of environmental pollution by asbestos is next due to meet; whether experts nominated by the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (66459)
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| 257 | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the EU Committee for the implementation of the Community framework for co-operation in the field of accidental or deliberate marine pollution is next due to meet; whether experts nominated by the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (66450)
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| 258 | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the EU Committee for the adaptation to technical progress and the implementation of the Directive on the control of volatile organic compound emissions resulting from the storage of petrol and its distribution from terminals to service stations is next due to meet; whether experts nominated by the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (66461)
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| 259 | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the EU Committee for the adaptation to scientific and technical progress of the directive on the limit value for lead in the air is next due to meet; whether experts nominated by the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (66429)
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| 260 | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the EU Advisory Committee for the implementation of the directive on the reduction of the sulphur content of certain liquid fuels is next due to meet; whether any experts nominated by the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (66436)
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| 261 | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the EU Committee for the implementation of legislation on ambient air quality assessment and management is next due to meet; whether experts nominated by the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (66451)
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| 262 | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the EU Committee for the implementation of the Directive relating to the availability of consumer information on fuel economy and CO2 emmissions in respect of the marketing of new passenger cars is next due to meet; whether experts nominated by the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (66460)
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| 263 | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the EU Committee on the control of major accident hazards involving dangerous substances (Seveso II) is next due to meet; whether experts nominated by the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (66449)
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| 264 | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the EU Committee for the adaptation to technical and scientific progress of the air quality values and guide values for sulphur dioxide and suspended particulates is next due to meet; whether experts nominated by the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (66442)
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265
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what regulatory impact assessment regarding costs to the egg industry has been made by her Department in the event of enriched cages being phased out before 2012. |
| | (65227)
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N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether enriched cages for the egg industry will be allowed to operate until 2012. |
| | (65229)
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N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects the research will be completed into bird welfare and bird behavioural aspects of enriched cages. |
| | (65228)
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N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the statement of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation of 12th June, column 22, on the timescale for the operation of enriched cages if she will make a statement on the phasing out of enriched cages; and when the policy was decided. |
| | (65231)
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