Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2002 - 03
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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 7 January 2003

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 7 January 2003, 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.

¶A Questions handed in between Friday 20th December 2002 and Monday 6th January 2003.

TUESDAY 7th JANUARY

1   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to meet the housing needs of (a) homeless children and (b) families with children living in poor housing.

(88540)

2   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to develop a housing poverty indicator to enable the development of more accurate evidence-based policies.

(88541)

3   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues to ensure that information on the placement of families in temporary accommodation is shared among statutory agencies across local authority boundaries, with particular reference to (a) housing departments, (b) education authorities, (c) social services, (d) primary care trusts and (e) the National Asylum Support Service in order to ensure that such families can gain access to the services to which they are entitled.

(88545)

4   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has (a) to increase the supply of affordable housing in areas of shortage and (b) to make changes to reduce the loss of housing stock through the Right to Buy.

(88546)

5   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has (a) to license houses in multiple occupation and (b) to introduce a new housing, health and safety system.

(88548)

6   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to modernise legal standards relating to overcrowding in rented accommodation.

(88550)

7   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to reform the planning system in such a way as to promote the supply of good quality affordable housing.

(88547)

8   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to ensure that the increased funding announced in the Spending Review 2002 is used to provide good quality social housing for rent.

(88543)

9   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to (a) increase supply and (b) improve standards in the private rented sector, and to enable it to play a bigger role in meeting housing need.

(88549)

10   Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many homeless people, broken down by local authority, have been placed in hotel annexes of self-contained accommodation where meals were not provided in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

(89125)

11   Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which of the top 44 authorities have indicated that they anticipate meeting the commitment that no homeless family with children will live in bed and breakfast accommodation by March 2003, as stated in Issue No 5 of the Bed and Breakfast Unit Newsletter.

(89126)

12   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to include an element of resource equalisation in local government settlements from 2004-05.

(88790)

13
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many staff work on the Supporting People Partnership helpline; how many staff in his Department work on administrating and implementing the Supporting People Partnership to local authorities and service providers; and at what cost.

(89241)

14
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he expects to publish the pathfinder review of the fire service.

(89319)

15   Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what evaluation has been undertaken of the implementation by local housing authorities of the Homelessness Act 2002 and associated statutory instruments; and if he will make a statement.

(89397)

16   Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment has been undertaken of the operation by local authorities of section 106 planning obligations; and if he will make a statement.

(89395)

17   Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the legal and financial liabilities of individual councillors appointed by their local authorities to serve on outside bodies by reason of their membership of that outside body.

(88927)

18   Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether ministerial guidance to the Boundary Committee acting under the proposed Regional Assemblies Act will allow for the creation of unitary authorities with a population of less than (a) 100,000 and (b) 50,000.

(88969)

19   Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to make use of the provision for differential pricing contained in the Electronic Communications Act 2000 to support the work of the National Land Information Service.

(88672)

20   Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has for action in the next six months to encourage local authorities to introduce pricing for the electronic provision of answers to land and property search enquiries.

(88657)

21   Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to provide financial support to the National Land Information Service to encourage take up of its services.

(88670)

22   Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he has taken in the last six months to encourage local authorities to introduce pricing that encourages take-up of the electronic provision of answers to land and property search enquiries.

(88655)

23   Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many local authorities have introduced pricing for the electronic provision of answers to land and property search enquiries.

(88656)

24   Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the (a) administrative and (b) staffing cost to local authorities of responding to land and property search enquiries by (i) electronic means and (ii) other means.

(88671)

25   Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether it is his policy to support differential pricing for local authorities for the provision of answers to land and property search enquiries between electronic search and other methods of searches.

(88658)

26   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the timetable for the publication of the fire cover review pathfinder document.

(88531)

27   Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 12th December, Official Report, column 470W, on new mortgage lending, if he will provide corresponding estimates for new mortgage lending that was not for house purchase; and if he will estimate the total amount of new mortgage lending in the last 12 months that was (a) for house purchase and (b) not for house purchase.

(88931)

28   Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proposals to introduce charging regions for refuse collection have been discussed by his Department as part of public service agreement framework negotiations with local authorities.

(88707)

29   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesborough, representing the Church Commissioners, if he will make a statement on retention of freehold in the context of the Archbishops' Council's review.

(88669)

30
N   Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what Lottery funds have been given to the towns of Workington and Maryport in West Cumbria.

(88842)

31   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how her Department defines sustainable procurement, in relation to its Environmental Management System.

(88704)

32
N   Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will reform the independent production quota for the BBC to (a) minimise exclusions to qualifying hours and (b) calculate the quota per channel by (i) qualifying hours and (ii) spending.

(88695)

33
N   Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she intends to announce the Government's response to the Independent Television Commission's Programme Supply Review.

(88668)

34   Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she made of the compatability of the objectives of the Licensing Bill with Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, with particular reference to the prevention of nuisance.

(88532)

35   Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when a decision will be made on preserved rights and beneficiaries of the ARC scheme.

(89113)

36   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to her Answer of 3rd December, Official Report, column 780W, on broadcasting, if she will list the targets set for BBC commercial income, and the Corporation's progress against those targets to date.

(88878)

37   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to her Answer of 2nd December, Official Report, column 539W, on museums and galleries, if she will place the efficiency review of national museums and galleries sponsored by her Department in 1999-2000 in the Library.

(88932)

38   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to her Answer of 11th December 2002, Official Report, column 39W, on Community Radio Station Licences, what organisations are involved in the pilot study of access radio stations, and at what cost; and whether non-returnable deposits are required for individuals applying for licences for community radio.A

(89436)

39   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how she is encouraging (a) individuals and (b) organisations to apply for licences for community radio stations.A

(89435)

40   Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the progress of allocating Lottery funding for children's hospices.

(88631)

41   Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her Department's latest estimate is of the likely cost of a successful London Olympic bid; what her Department's assessment is of the likely cost to the Government of a successful London bid; what impact she estimates a successful bid would have on the funding of sport in the other English regions; and if her Department will carry out an assessment of the benefits of funding a successful bid against other options which promote sport throughout all regions.

(88733)

42   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with European colleagues regarding (a) resources for and (b) co-operation in securing international sporting events in European countries.

(88730)

43   Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of Iraq is covered by no-fly sanctions; and if he will make a statement.

(88530)

44   David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) weekly and (b) total cost of Operation Fresco has been, since it began.

(89281)

45   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to put on the market MoD land used by BFPO on its two sites at Inglis Barracks; what arrangements will be made for the role of the land, to take account of the needs of the local community; and if he will make a statement.

(88615)

46   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, why the main contractor at RAF Leuchars changed in 2002.

(88600)

47   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what sums have been paid to Inframan Ltd in each month since their appointment as contractor to RAF Leuchars.

(88640)

48   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on Inframan Ltd and its continuing role at RAF Leuchars.

(88598)

49   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what procedures are in place for (a) reimbursing sub-contractors who are due monies from Inframan Ltd and (b) allowing them to reclaim assets from RAF Leuchars for which they have not been paid.

(88639)

50   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what procedures are in place for evaluating the financial stability of contractors working on behalf of the RAF.

(88641)

51   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what risk assessment was conducted before anti-rabies testing at Dundrennan Range; and what further assessment has since been made of the risks to (a) local people, (b) pets, and (c) other livestock arising from the testing.

(88642)

52   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements are in place to guarantee prompt payments to subcontractors working on Defence Estates projects.

(88597)

53   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much is owed to sub-contractors in respect of work completed at RAF Leuchars.

(88599)

54   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason Dundrennan Range was selected as the base range for anti-rabies tests; what statutory agencies were consulted over the testing; what plans there are for further such testing; and if he will make a statement on anti-rabies testing at Dundrennan Range.

(88643)

55   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the sites being considered for new barracks.

(88571)

56   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will ensure MOD contracts have at least 50 per cent. UK build content.

(88573)

57   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the ROF sites that supply his Department; and what the length of contract is at each site.

(88572)

58   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many serving members of (a) the armed forces and (b) the infantry are employed on an S-Type contract having been manning controlled.

(89280)

59   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16th December, Official Report, column 515W, how many army personnel were issued with manning control warning certificates in each of the last 10 years, other than those discharged and listed in the Answer of 27th November, Official Report, column 332-3W, broken down by regiment.

(89279)

60   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the use by British operations in Afghanistan of land-based supply routes in operations (a) Fingal, (b) Jacana, (c) Neritas, (d) Ptarmigan, (e) Snipe, (f) Condor and (g) Buzzard.

(89278)

61   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers in the last five years signed an AFB120A form under QR 9.413; and how many soldiers who were discharged under QR 9.413, applied for a war pension after discharge.

(89275)

62   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Government's definition is of overstretch.

(89277)

63   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Cruise missiles are available for operations; what logistics and support operations are required; and if he will make a statement.

(89276)

64   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the result is of his investigation into circumstances of the shooting incident at Knightsbridge Barracks involving a civilian, Mr Rajko Novakovic; who (a) issued and (b) owned the firearm; how many soldiers were involved in the incident; how many civilian complaints concerning the improper use of firearms have been received in the past five years; what disciplinary action has been taken following the conviction of trooper Adam Everett by Horseferry Road magistrates; what ranks of officer have apologised to Mr Novakovic; and when trooper Everett offered an apology.

(89254)

65   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much ordnance has been dropped on Iraq by the RAF in each year since 1992.

(88961)

66   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many MoD personnel are engaged in (a) translating and (b) analysing the dossier submitted by Iraq to the UN; and if he will make a statement.

(88959)

67   Mr Gwyn Prosser (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many merchant ships have been chartered by the MoD in the past five years; what their names were; and what their flag states were.

(88901)

68   Syd Rapson (Portsmouth North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department was informed that the Department of Trade and Industry had hired UBS Warburg to advise it about the relationship between BAE Systems and his Department; which MoD officials met officials from UBS Warburg; and when these meetings took place.

(88665)

69   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been paid in compensation to ex-servicemen and medical auxiliaries who attended British nuclear tests and have suffered consequent illness.

(89019)

70   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the (a) Landmines Act 1998 and (b) Ottawa Treaty permits United Kingdom armed forces or other British nationals acting in consort with the armed forces of another state to handle or otherwise provide support for the deployment of landmines.

(89017)

71   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what restrictions apply on the provision of the medical records of ex-servicemen or ex-military medical auxiliaries who were present at British nuclear tests conducted at Christmas and Maiden Islands.

(89018)

72
N   Rachel Squire (Dunfermline West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the plans of the Sea Technology Group and their impact in relation to the funding, operation and staffing levels of QinetiQ.

(88697)

73
N   Rachel Squire (Dunfermline West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the recent funding decisions by (a) his Department and (b) the Sea Technology Group which affecting QinetiQ.

(88698)

74   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he willl list current appointees on the (a) board of the RAF Museum, (b) board of the Royal Marines Museum, (c) board of the Royal Navy Submarine Museum, (d) Advisory Committee on Conscientious Objectors, (e) Review Board for Government Contracts, (f) board of the National Army Museum and (g) Defence Scientific Advisory Council.

(89052)

75   Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to increase the attraction, reward, and ease of access to higher and further education in areas where exceptionally low proportions of school leavers go into higher and further education.

(88925)

76   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils have been (a) permanently and (b) temporarily excluded from maintained schools in relation to drugs offences in each of the last five years.

(88884)

77   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many serious injuries to teachers caused by violence were reported to the Health and Safety Executive in each year from 1999-2000 to 2001-02.

(88885)

78   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, by what date he expects that every primary school should have a language co-ordinator.

(89332)

79   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what additional IT resources he will provide to assist primary schools in the development of language teaching at Key Stage 2.

(89331)

80   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he has taken towards awarding earned autonomy to schools; and which schools he proposes to be in the first tranche.

(88882)

81   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list (a) schools and (b) local education authorities which have expressed an interest in establishing companies under the provisions of the Education Act 2002; and for what purpose.

(88883)

82   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, for what percentage of pupils their ethnicity has been (a) declared by parents or pupils and (b) determined by the pupil's school.

(88888)

83   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the secondary modern schools which achieved better results at GCSE than the average for all-ability comprehensive schools in 2001.

(88938)

84   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the job description for the National Director for Languages will be; when the appointment will be made; and what resources will be allocated to the National Director.

(89327)

85   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what advice his Department has received from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority regarding the introduction of a GCSE in performing arts and related disciplines.

(88886)

86   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the unit cost is of collecting General Teaching Council registration fees by (a) compulsory deduction and (b) voluntary payments.

(88887)

87   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when new admissions arrangements provided for under the Education Act 2002 will come into effect.

(88941)

88   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools did not have a written statement of race relations policy in place by 31st May.

(88889)

89   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the percentage of children in maintained schools learning a foreign language at Key Stage 2; and what he expects the percentage to be in (a) September 2003, (b) September 2004 and (c) September 2005.

(89328)

90   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the overseas visits on departmental business undertaken by Ministers in his Department during the last 12 months.

(89323)

91   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of re-marked papers at (a) GCSE, (b) AS level and (c) A level resulted in marks being (i) increased and (ii) decreased in each of the last three years.

(88939)

92   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, in what proportion of cases the threshold assessment made by a headteacher has been overturned in each round of applications.

(88940)

93
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many language assistants are currently employed in maintained private schools.

(89329)

94   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many infant classes had 31 or more pupils as a result of a statement of special educational needs specifying that a child should attend a particular school in September 2002.

(88890)

95   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list schools with sixth forms which will face a reduced budget in the next financial year as a result of decisions of the Learning and Skills Councils, giving the percentage reduction proposed in each case.

(88891)

96   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he will introduce the new voluntary recognition system for language skills; which body will operate the system, including the setting and monitoring of standards; and what he expects the cost to be in each of the next five years.

(89330)

97   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what his policy is on the establishment of new faith schools; and how many new faith schools within the maintained sector are proposed.

(88892)

98   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the academies which (a) have been established and (b) are proposed, giving the public expenditure which has been (i) incurred and (ii) budgeted in relation to start-up of each.

(88893)

99   Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will include a question concerning pupil turnover in future Form 7 measures of class size and composition.

(88853)

100   Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what areas of public education are supplied in competition with the private sector.

(88592)

101   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what range of languages are included within the Government's plans to make foreign language learning standard in primary education.

(88998)

102   Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much it would cost to award maintenance allowance to those students in the pilot areas who have been ruled ineligible because maintenance from the absent parent is paid via a court order rather than through the Child Support Agency and is added to the resident parent's household income.

(89119)

103   Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if the rules that apply to CSA payments in relation to assessing household income will apply to maintenance payments paid via a court order when the scheme for educational maintenance allowances is introduced nationally.

(89117)

104   Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance has been issued to local education authorities on the undertaking of tests to determine whether a school pupil is dyslexic.

(89340)

105   Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what his policy is on (a) updating assessments of children who have previously been assessed as dyslexic and (b) the incorporation of support for dyslexia in statements of special educational needs.

(89341)

106   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when (a) he and (b) his predecessor last met representatives of the Local Government Association's Education Executive; and when he next expects to meet them.

(89368)

107   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the responses received to the consultation on Revised School Admissions and Admission Appeals Codes of Practice and Accompanying Regulations.

(89369)

108   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost of recruiting additional exam markers, following the recommendation of Mike Tomlinson's final report into A-levels.

(89292)

109   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of (a) 16 year olds, (b) 17 year olds, (c) 18 year olds, (d) 19 year olds, (e) 20 year olds, (f) 21 year olds, (g) 22 year olds and (h) 23 year olds were in (i) full-time and (ii) part-time education in each year since 1992.

(89293)

110   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on underspend for his Department in (a) the current financial year and (b) each of the last five financial years.

(89364)

111   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many full-time childminders there were in England in each year since 1997.

(89311)

112   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the staff turnover rates were in schools in England in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) local education authority and (b) Government Office region.

(89296)

113   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much money his Department has spent on (a) advertising, (b) marketing and (c) public relations in each year since 1997; and on which projects this money has been spent.

(89297)

114   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students in (a) further education colleges, (b) sixth form colleges, (c) schools and (d) other centres of learning have completed (i) NVQs and (ii) GNVQs in each year since 1997.

(89314)

115   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost of proposals contained within the document, 'Time for Standards'; and what discussions he has had with the Treasury on the document.

(89365)

116   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what changes have been made to the selection criteria for schools applying for specialist status since 1997.

(89300)

117   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the schools that have had their applications for specialist status turned down and the reasons their applications were turned down, in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) local education authority and (b) category of specialism.

(89301)

118   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the special units, task forces, and other permanent and temporary bodies appointed by the Secretary of State since 1997 to (a) administer and (b) advise on Departmental projects and functions; and if he will list the external appointees on these bodies, their annual remuneration and their declared political interest.

(89310)

119   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many ring-fenced grants (a) are provided and (b) were provided in each of the last five years to (i) each school in England and (ii) each local education authority in England; and what the (A) name, (B) purpose and (C) financial value of each was.

(89342)

120   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he has estimated what impact the introduction of classroom assistants has made on teacher workload; and if he will make a statement.

(89304)

121   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what unspent school balances were clawed back using the funding formula set out by Mr S. Bishop in his letter to chief education officers of local education authorities in England dated 23rd October.

(89336)

122   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the documents issued between 1st January and 19th December by his Department to schools that deal with (a) discipline, (b) truancy, (c) bureaucracy and (d) teacher workload; and how many pages were in each document.

(89298)

123   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of children were achieving (a) five or more GCSEs at A*-C grade, and (b) at least one GCSE at A*-G grade in (i) specialist schools, (ii) city technology colleges, (iii) all other comprehensives, (iv) grammar schools and (v) secondary modern schools.

(89299)

124   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many classroom assistants were in service in England in each year since 1997 in (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) all schools.

(89308)

125   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimates he has made of the money lost through fraudulent activities associated with the individual learning account scheme.

(89309)

126   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will estimate the additional costs of achieving the targets, contained in his Department's report Time for Standards, on recruiting (a) extra teachers and (b) extra support staff.

(89294)

127   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 26th November, Official Report, column 189W on non-governmental organisations, if he will list the voluntary and private organisations to which the Department makes grants directly.

(89334)

128   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department last met representatives from (i) the Welsh Assembly and (ii) the Scottish Parliament.

(89335)

129   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of teacher trainees left the profession permanently after (a) one year, (b) two years, (c) three years, (d) four years and (e) five years, in each of the last five years for which information is available.

(89313)

130   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the (a) names, (b) salaries and (c) responsibilities of each special adviser employed by his Department are.

(89337)

131   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the public service agreements targets it was set in the 1998 Comprehensive Spending Review.

(89295)

132   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions his Department has had with each local education authority in England with regard to the provision of guidance for a possible terrorist attack.

(89366)

133   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what school transport costs were for each local education authority in England in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

(89367)

134   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools have been granted specialist status in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) local education authority and (b) category of specialism.

(89302)

135   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what criteria a secondary school has to fulfill to achieve specialist status.

(89303)

136   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average working week for teachers in England was in each year since 1997 in (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) all schools.

(89307)

137   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, (a) which projects will be funded and (b) how much will be spent on each project, in areas covered by each sub-category in Table 4.2 of the Departmental Report 2002 in (i) 2002-03 and (ii) 2003-04.

(89306)

138   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to run pilot schemes for plans contained in his Department's report Time for Standards, to remove administrative and clerical tasks from teachers; and if he will publish the results of those pilots.

(89305)

139   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he is taking to encourage (a) teaching, (b) listening to and (c) participation in music in schools; and how much his Department has spent on music in schools in each year since 1997.

(88680)

140   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent research his Department has undertaken to assess the music literacy of children in schools; and if he will make a statement.

(88679)

141
N   Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what research he has commissioned into disciplinary problems in schools, related to juvenile drug abuse.

(88654)

142
N   Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of people who have received advice through the Connexions service were (a) under 19 and (b) defined as socially excluded in the latest twelve months for which figures are available, broken down by region.

(88996)

143
N   Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time employees were employed by Connexions in each region (i) this year and (ii) last year.

(88993)

144   John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will commission an assessment of the likely impact of the General Agreement in Trade and Services on higher education.

(88943)

145   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of whether Wokingham Unitary Authority would qualify for the last round of Basic Needs funding; and what discussions he has had with Wokingham Unitary Authority on its ability to qualify for the last round of Basic Needs funding.

(89252)

146   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 20th November, Official Report, column 142-3W, on education facilities (Wokingham), if he will place in the Library the list of criteria against which the PFI proposals were judged; why these criteria were chosen, what the (a) scoring system and (b) methodology used to assess the criteria were against which the PFI proposals were judged; and what weighting was given to each criterion when converting the scores into the ranking of the PFI proposal.

(89253)

147   Diana Organ (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on personal insurance cover for teachers in schools.

(88972)

148   Diana Organ (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many education authorities in England and Wales have an insurance policy which covers claims for compensation from a teacher who has sustained a personal assault from a pupil or parent; and which authorities they are.

(88973)

149   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of undergraduates failed to complete their degree courses in each year since 1997.

(88960)

150   Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total cash value in 2002-03 was of the standards funds programmes and specific grants which are to be abolished, as announced in the ministerial statement on 9th December.

(88968)

151   Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the education funding provision is in 2003-04 (a) for Leicestershire and (b) on average for English counties for (i) primary and (ii) secondary pupils.

(88622)

152   Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much funding has increased per pupil in real terms for (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Leicestershire since 1996-97.

(88624)

153   Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the (a) cash and (b) percentage change in education funding for Leicestershire County Council local education authority in each year from 1991-92 to the latest year for which figures are available.

(88623)

154   Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the level of education funding in Leicestershire; and if he will estimate the (a) percentage and (b) cost difference between Leicestershire and the top funded education authority outside London.

(88632)

155   Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what hourly rate of pay an individual who signs up for a modern apprenticeship is entitled to receive during the course of his or her training.

(88731)

156   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 11 December 2002, Official Report, column 311W, on bird registration, what the significant increase in enforcement action was that caused the increase in costs of running her Department's bird registration scheme between 2000-01 and 2001-02; how many police forces were involved; and how many (a) pending court cases and (b) convictions have resulted from this action.

(89282)

157   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 11 December Official Report, column 312W, on bird registration, what evidence she collated that de-registration of bird species currently listed on schedule 4 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 will not lead to an increase in illegal taking from the wild; and what assessment her Department has made of the cost implications for (a) enforcement and (b) conservation agencies of de-registration.

(89283)

158   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 11th December, Official Report, column 311W, on bird registration, whether changes were made to the fees charged following the consultation on Review of Bird Registration and CITES licensing fees undertaken in July 1999.

(89286)

159   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 11th December, Official Report, column 311W, on bird registration, what percentage of her Department's bird registration fees were paid by birdkeepers in (a) 1991-92 and (b) 2001-02.

(89285)

160   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 20th November, Official Report, columns 158-9W, if she will make a statement on the new integrated policy appraisal tools to ensure that environmental impacts are considered alongside social and economic impacts.

(89249)

161   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 11th December 2002, Official Report, column 311W, on bird registration, how many birds were registered with her Department's bird registration scheme in (a) 1991-92 and (b) 2001-02; and what cost savings her Department has made in the running of the scheme following the 1994 review of Schedule 4 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

(89287)

162   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the likely impact on the United Kingdom peregrine falcon population of removing that species from schedule 4 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

(89284)

163   David Burnside (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made towards reforming the Common Agricultural Policy; what factors she estimates will influence further moves to reform; and if she will make a statement.

(88865)

164   David Burnside (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to establish a Fair Price Commission to examine the distribution of profits in the agri-food sector; and if this can be brought about within existing legislative frameworks.

(88864)

165   David Burnside (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to encourage the formation of co-operatives among farmers; and if she will make a statement.

(88866)

166   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Chief Executive of Network Rail about the environmental and health hazards posed by the deposit of litter and human excrement on railway lines; and if she will make a statement.

(88718)

167   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much is owed to Cumbria County Council in respect of reimbursement payments relating to foot and mouth.

(88603)

168   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason slaughter premiums are included in foot and mouth disease valuations after April 2001, but not before.

(88593)

169   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much is outstanding in respect of payments for valuation fees during the foot and mouth outbreak in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK.

(88602)

170   Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to secure greater protection for marine wildlife.

(88862)

171   Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action she will take to assist the UK hen processing industry in response to the Nigerian Government's ban on the import of frozen poultry meat; and what efforts are being made to ensure the speedy resumption of UK poultry meat exports to Nigeria.

(88863)

172
N   Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the most recent figures are for air quality in Lancashire.

(88651)

173
N   Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the most recent figures are for water quality on the Lancashire beaches that are regularly tested.

(88652)

174
N   Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in which of the areas affected by flooding in autumn 2000 the Government is recommending the removal of buildings on the flood plains.

(88997)

175   Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the outcome was of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council held in Brussels on 16th-19th December; what the Government's stance was on the issues discussed, including its voting record; and if she will make a statement.

(89057)

176   Mr Robert Jackson (Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when and how the Government informed the European Commission of its intention to postpone the attainment of the targets set out in Article 5.2 of the Council Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste.

(89274)

177
N   Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh & Berwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will pay invoices submitted to her Department by Peter Boddy Ltd in connection with the slaughter of animals at Skipton, Thirsk and Whitby during the foot and mouth outbreak.

(88501)

178
N   Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh & Berwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will instruct her Department to make payments on account to Mr Houldey of Granthouse, Berwickshire, a sub-contractor of Peter Boddy Ltd.

(88502)

179
N   Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh & Berwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will (a) authorise interest to be paid on the outstanding sums in the invoices rendered by Peter Boddy Ltd and (b) make an ex-gratia payment to Peter Boddy Ltd and his sub-contractor Mr Houldey for the costs incurred in trying to obtain payment for her work during the foot and mouth outbreak.

(88503)

180
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 the implications for Government policy on the payment of slaughter premium of the arbitration decision in the case of Feakins v DEFRA.

(89013)

181
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's policy is on the payment of slaughter premium in respect of stock slaughtered under (a) the foot and mouth cull and (b) the Livestock Welfare Disposal scheme; and if she will make a statement.

(89014)

182   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will place in the Library a copy of the Government's contingency plan for dealing with an outbreak of rabies in the United Kingdom; and what plans she has to review the contingency plan.

(89012)

183   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the hunts active across the Vale of York in part in upland areas will be allowed to continue under the proposed bill.

(89010)

184   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of a Working Time Directive on the farm community (a) in its general application and (b) specifically in relation to the movement of livestock to and from another auction; and if she will make a statement.

(89006)

185   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of who will take over the role of disposing of fallen stock if the number of hunts are reduced as a consequence of the bill.

(89011)

186   Diana Organ (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many badgers have been slaughtered as a result of the Krebs' trial to investigate the relationship between badgers and bovine TB.

(88970)

187   Diana Organ (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Krebs' trial is being carried out in 10 triplet sites as originally planned.

(88971)

188   Mr George Osborne (Tatton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the dairy industry about the impact of the proposed changes to the Welfare Milk Scheme; and if she will make a statement.

(88979)

189   Mr Gwyn Prosser (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many live sheep were exported from Dover to continental Europe on 14th December; when and where health certification was carried out in respect of the sheep; how many of the sheep were rejected as unfit for the intended journey (a) during inspection for health certification purposes and (b) at Dover docks; and to where those sheep were taken; and what was the address of the final destination given on the route plan for each of the consignments.

(88877)

190   Mr Gwyn Prosser (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many live sheep were exported from Dover to continental Europe on 11th December; when and where health certification was carried out in respect of the sheep; how many of the sheep were rejected as unfit for the intended journey (a) during inspection for health certification purposes and (b) at Dover docks, and to where those sheep were taken; and what the address was of the final destination given on the route plan for each of the consignments.

(88569)

191   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has undertaken a life-cycle analysis to compare the environmental impact of re-usable nappies and disposable nappies.

(88709)

192   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list sites in Essex where there is storage of (a) materials that could be contaminated by foot and mouth and (b) the products of the cattle slaughtering exercise undertaken as part of the foot and mouth control strategies.

(88533)

193   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the policy is of the Rural Payments Agency in respect of interest payable on late payments; and if she will make a statement.

(88900)

194   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what targets exist for the Rural Payments Agency in respect of the deadlines within which payments must be made; and what (a) numbers and (b) amounts of payments have (i) been within the target and (ii) failed to meet it in the last 24 months.

(88881)

195   Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the mechanism is for the disposal of diseased coley taken from within salmon cages; and what assessment she has made of the effect diseased coley has on domestic farm animals in Shetland.

(88723)

196   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent legislation ensures the protection of the welfare of animals during transport abroad; and what penalties can be imposed against those who break these regulations.

(88727)

197   Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the ratio was of female to male full-time equivalent earnings for (a) non-manual, (b) manual and (c) all workers in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

(88589)

198   David Burnside (South Antrim): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what deposit was required from the B9 Consortium with regard to the proposed windfarm on the Tunes Plateau off the County Londonderry coast; and if he will make a statement on the tendering process.

(88872)

199   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimates have been made of the amount of foreign investment in the UK resulting from non-domicile tax laws.

(88551)

200
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the privately operated tolls which will be subject to VAT from 1st February.

(89116)

201
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will define the expression 'privately operated' in relation to toll roads in his Written Ministerial Statement of 19th December.

(89399)

202
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his Written Ministerial Statement of 19th December, on VAT on privately operated tolls, if the Central London road user charge will bear VAT; and if he will make a statement.

(89400)

203
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the Written Ministerial statement of 19th December, on VAT on privately operated toll roads, how he intends to ensure that tolls will not increase on account of VAT being levied from 1st February 2003.

(89398)

204   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the anticipated receipts are during the current fiscal year from those companies subject to negotiated agreements under climate change levy.

(88539)

205   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the income tax receipts forgone, since 1997, as a result of Her Majesty's Government's policy of making tax relief available for investment in film production; and if he will make a statement.

(88677)

206   Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Government will make a decision on the criteria or scope of the replacement spending scheme for the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme which runs until March 2003.

(88975)

207   Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many environmental projects which are funded by the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme and that contribute to achieving the United Kingdom biodiversity action plan, have a completion date beyond March 2003.

(88974)

208
N   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will break down by main spending heads (a) salaries and (b) ceremonial expenses paid for by his Department under its provision for honours and dignities, as set out on page 55 of the HM Treasury Departmental Report 2002.

(89263)

209
N   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the scorecard approach based on departmental information used by his Department to measure Spending Review 2000 PSA Target 4, as described on page 26 of the HM Treasury Departmental Report 2002.

(89266)

210
N   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the percentages of excessive hours worked within his Department were in (a) 1999, (b) 2000 and (c) 2001.

(89256)

211
N   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will break down by main spending heads HM Treasury's payments towards (a) the Civil List and (b) honours and dignities, as listed in the table on page 35 of the HM Treasury Departmental Report 2002.

(89259)

212
N   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the scorecard approach based on departmental information used by his Department to measure improvements to the quality and cost-effectiveness of public services, as set out on page 58 of the HM Treasury Departmental Report 2002.

(89269)

213
N   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what measures have been taken to reduce sickness absence in his Department in line with Spending Review 2000 SDA Target E2.1, as described on page 33 of the HM Treasury Departmental Report 2002.

(89268)

214
N   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on progress towards publication of the first consolidated Central Government accounts for 2003-04.

(89271)

215
N   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to improve his targets for responding to named day parliamentary questions.

(89322)

216
N   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the diversity objectives set by members of the Senior Civil Service within his Department, as set out on page 38 of the HM Treasury Departmental Report 2002; to what extent these objectives have been met; and what measures have been put in place to monitor progress towards these objectives.

(89262)

217
N   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on why it has not been possible to measure aggregate Treasury output, as mentioned on page 75 of the HM Treasury Departmental Report 2002.

(89257)

218
N   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the external suppliers used by his Department for training purposes, as stated on page 37 of the HM Treasury Departmental Report 2002; and if he will make a statement on the assessment he has made of the value for money delivered by these suppliers and the programmes.

(89260)

219
N   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how much the relaunch of the www.euro.gov.uk website in March 2001 cost.

(89255)

220
N   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what formula is being used to measure (a) annual efficiency gains and (b) savings of running costs within his Department in order to meet the targets outlined on page 75 of the HM Treasury Departmental Report 2002.

(89258)

221
N   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on his Department's progress towards a reduction in transaction costs by 2004.

(89272)

222
N   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what measures other than implementation of the Financial Services and Marketing Act were used to determine whether Spending Review 2000 SDA Target SDAB3 was met, as stated on page 20 of the HM Treasury Departmental Report 2002.

(89265)

223
N   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the (a) activities and (b) purpose of the Finance Regulation and Industry section of HM Treasury.

(89264)

224
N   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the action his Department has adopted to meet Spending Review 2000 SDA Target E1.2, as described on page 32 of the HM Treasury Departmental Report 2002.

(89267)

225
N   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the programme of activities aimed at raising awareness of diversity in his Department, as set out on page 38 of the HM Treasury Departmental Report 2002; and how much the programme cost.

(89261)

226
N   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on progress towards delivering savings in Government procurement through the office of Government Commerce.

(89270)

227
N   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if his Department has purchased an e-procurement system.

(89273)

228   Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the accuracy of the estimates he used of house price inflation from (a) major mortgage providers and (b) the Land Registry; and if he will make a statement.

(89394)

229   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will take further steps, in addition to those presented in the pre-Budget report, to reduce the division in household income between England's northern and southern regions.

(89023)

230   Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish the calculations his Department has made concerning the value of the tax arising from the landfill levy that would have been forgone in 2002-03 if all the available tax credits had been claimed by landfill operators.

(88582)

231   Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of schemes funded by tax foregone under the landfill levy would be eligible for funding under the terms of the allocation of funds for public spending to encourage sustainable waste management in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06.

(88585)

232   Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of anticipated receipts from the landfill levy will be allocated to (a) continuing funding for environmental schemes and (b) funding to encourage sustainable waste management in (i) 2003-04, (ii) 2004-05 and (iii) 2005-06.

(88584)

233
N   Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the warning issued by the Israeli Government concerning a possible terrorist attack on Goa in the New Year; what intelligence reports his Department have received concerning the threat posed by terrorism to British citizens in Goa during 2002; what changes his Department has made to travel advice on Goa in 2002; what steps his Department plans to take to warn British citizens about reports of terrorists targeting Goa; and if he will make a statement.

(88319)

234   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the fairness of the presidential elections held in Equatorial Guinea on 15th December.

(88682)

235   Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what advice he has given to Mr Ian Hook's relatives about seeking redress for his killing.

(88609)

236   Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 17th December, column 765W and 87111, when he expects to receive the results of the investigations into the killing of Mr Ian Hook from (a) the IDF and (b) the UN.

(88952)

237   Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps are open to the Government to seek legal redress in the event of a United Kingdom citizen being murdered overseas by the forces of an occupying power.

(88610)

238   Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when his Department sent category D compensation claim number 3002250 on behalf of Mr Charles Knowles to the United Nations Compensation Commission; and whether his Department received confirmation of receipt.

(88604)

239   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on discussions with Turkey about the decision to admit Cyprus as a candidate member of the European Union.

(88985)

240   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to (a) the Syrian Government, (b) the Syrian Ambassador in London, (c) the head of Hizbollah and (d) the International Red Cross in respect of medical treatment for Mr Elchanan Tenenboim during his captivity.

(88590)

241   Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will identify the independent studies on migration referred to in his written statement of 16th December, Official Report, columns 537-551, on EU enlargement and free movement of workers.

(89247)

242   Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the establishment of (a) an EU diplomatic academy and (b) an EU diplomatic service.

(89127)

243
N   Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what advice he is giving to (a) British expatriates living in Caracas and (b) British companies with interests in Venezuela on unrest in that country.

(88706)

244   Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on progress in the Sri Lankan peace talks.

(89411)

245   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take action in the Convention on the Future of Europe to ensure that the proposed duty to further the aims of the EU does not include joining the euro.

(88929)

246   Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Sri Lankan Government concerning (a) the publication in July 2001 of the Sinhala Commission Report and (b) the publication of similar anti-Christian material over the last 18 months.

(88619)

247   Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Sri Lankan Government concerning the increase in violent attacks perpetrated upon Christians by Buddhist extremists.

(88618)

248   Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Sri Lankan Government concerning the activities of the Bauddha Sanrakshana Sabhava, the Society for the Preservation of Buddhism.

(88620)

249   Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Sri Lankan Government concerning the difficulties faced by Christians in obtaining planning permission to build new churches.

(88621)

250   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on developments in Co(r)te d'Ivoire; what the Government's policy is on (a) security and (b) international intervention in Co(r)te d'Ivoire; and if he will make a statement.

(88735)

251   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the United States' recently announced national strategy to combat weapons of mass destruction in respect of the policy to discourage the worldwide accumulation of separated plutonium.

(89016)

252   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the potential move of the United Nations London headquarters to another European capital.

(89024)

253   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance Her Majesty's Ambassador to Berlin is giving to Mr Douglas Grindlay.

(88565)

254   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what follow-up action will be taken to contact British parents who have reported prevention of access to their children in Germany to British Consulates, in order to identify the common problems they are experiencing and give them assistance in the future.

(89025)

255   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions took place at the Copenhagen summit regarding the securing of EU borders to illegal immigration.

(88861)

256   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what security concerns were raised regarding EU enlargement at the Copenhagen Summit.

(88951)

257   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with EU representatives and countries surrounding the Caspian Sea regarding the securing of energy resources in the Caspian Sea region for European markets.

(88860)

258   Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what programmes have been initiated by his Department to (a) promote early detection of specific ophthalmic conditions in children and (b) monitor their visual development; and what evaluation has been carried out as to the benefits of such programmes.

(88894)

259   Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the percentage of children between infancy and primary school age who have undetected vision problems.

(88895)

260   Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether it is his Department's policy that identification of visual defects between infancy and primary school age should rely on (a) parental concern and (b) professional awareness.

(88897)

261   Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on the issue of children's vision screening.

(88898)

262   Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on how and when he plans to implement universal vision screening for children aged between 4 and 5 in England.

(88899)

263   Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the likely impact of ceasing screening for vision problems in children between infancy and primary school age.

(88896)

264
N   Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when Lord Laming will publish his report on the Victoria Climbie� Inquiry.

(88345)

265   Mr John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children in (a) local authority and (b) voluntary agency care were awaiting foster homes on 31st March in (i) 1979, (ii) 1987, (iii) 1997 and (iv) 2002.

(88608)

266   Mr John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children in local authority voluntary agency care were adopted in (a) 2000, (b) 2001 and (c) 2002; and what percentage these represent of the total in care.

(88607)

267
N   Andy Burnham (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to (a) implement a programme of vision screening among children with hearing impairments; and (b) ensure consistent access in different areas to specialist eye examinations for children with hearing impairments.

(88580)

268
N   Andy Burnham (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to extend entitlement to NHS vouchers to children who are prescribed coloured spectacle lenses without a power for the purpose of enabling them to read.

(88579)

269
N   Andy Burnham (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much public funding was allocated to raising awareness among parents, children and teachers of (a) the importance and purpose of vision screening in children, (b) the importance of children having regular eye tests and (c) children's entitlement to free NHS eye tests in each year since 1997.

(88578)

270
N   Andy Burnham (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve the (a) consistency and (b) quality of children's vision screening programmes in England.

(88577)

271
N   Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the impact the increase in the NHS superannuation scheme will have on hospices.

(88576)

272
N   Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will reimburse (a) in full and (b) in part the costs to the hospice movement of the impact of the increase in contributions to the NHS superannuation scheme.

(88574)

273
N   Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the extra cost will be in a full year to (a) the Mid-Essex Hospital Trust; and (b) employees of the Mid-Essex Hospital Trust of the increase in national insurance contributions from April 2003.

(88575)

274   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list targets set by his Department in 2002 for social services.

(89032)

275
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether all strategic health authorities and local authorities have agreed eligibility criteria for continuous care in line with current guidance.

(88708)

276   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library the results of the work undertaken by strategic health authorities on behalf of PCTs concerning capacity planning; and if he will set out the national and regional level data arising from the franchise plans produced by strategic health authorities.

(88564)

277   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many whole time equivalent general practitioners there were in (a) each region and (b) England in each of the last five years.

(89029)

278   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the optimal level of bed occupancy to reduce trolley waits for emergency admissions and cancelled operations.

(88561)

279
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many generic drugs have been prescribed in (a) England and (b) each region in each of the last five years.

(88805)

280   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the information collected as part of the Health and Social Services Performance Review.

(88559)

281   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much contractor fraud was detected in the NHS in each of the last four years.

(89030)

282   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list targets set by his Department in 2002 for the NHS in the last year.

(89031)

283   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what conclusions his Department has reached concerning its examination of the effect of the Direction on Choice on delayed transfers.

(88535)

284   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) assumptions and (b) data were used to reach his estimate of the £100 million cost of transfer from the NHS to social services.

(88562)

285
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list (a) the number and (b) the rate of emergency psychiatric readmissions in each of the last five years.

(88806)

286
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out the rate of growth in emergency readmissions of people over 75 per thousand emergency admissions in each of the last five years in (a) each region and (b) England.

(88785)

287   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library his Department's evaluation of the uses to which the (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03 building capacity grants have been put.

(88563)

288   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many practice nurses there were in each of the last five years.

(89028)

289   Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the length of the waiting list for orthopaedic surgery in the (a) Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust area, (b) the Bedfordshire Hospital NHS Trust area, (c) the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust area and (d) the Addenbrookes NHS Trust area (i) is now and (ii) was in each of the preceding five years.

(89338)

290   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research projects focusing on (a) the link between physical activity and the development of breast cancer, (b) diet and the development of breast cancer and (c) breast cancer prevention his Department is funding; and if he will make a statement.

(88716)

291   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what statistical baseline from laboratory reports in 2000 the Food Standards Agency has based its target for reduction of food-borne illness; and what the most recent performance statistics are in relation to this target.

(88715)

292   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Treasury to seek new funding directly to meet the support needs of homeless children to ensure that their education is not adversely affected.

(88544)

293   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what has been spent on the Food Standards Agency's food hygiene campaign; and how much money has been allocated for the campaign over the next five years.

(88720)

294   Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what areas of public health provision are supplied in competition with the private sector.

(88591)

295   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to introduce legislation to regulate the sale of Halal foods.

(89027)

296
N   Mr Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospitals are managed by each of the private sector organisations on the Register of Exports; and how many beds, emergency admissions and intensive care beds there are in each such hospital.

(89064)

297
N   Mr Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in each of the private sector companies on the Register of Exports, how many managers were previously employed in the NHS.

(89061)

298
N   Mr Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the private management of franchised NHS trusts will be able to levy fines on local authorities which fail to provide sufficient help with hospital discharges.

(89067)

299
N   Mr Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the sum to be paid to franchised managements of NHS trusts will be made public.

(89066)

300
N   Mr Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS organisations will need the approval of their board before applying for a franchise to run another trust.

(89059)

301
N   Mr Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the (a) private and (b) voluntary sector organisations which applied to be included in the Register of Exports but were rejected.

(89058)

302
N   Mr Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any of the 3 star NHS trusts included in the Register of Exports asked to be included.

(89065)

303
N   Mr Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who will be responsible for assessing the impact of problems which arise when an NHS management team takes on the franchise for running a further NHS trust.

(89063)

304
N   Mr Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) clinical and (b) non clinical employees each of the private sector companies on the Register of Exports has.

(89060)

305   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has received from the Health and Safety Executive regarding the effects of landfill sites on public health.

(88595)

306   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of elective surgery operations performed at the Cumberland Infirmary related to residents of (a) Scotland and (b) Dumfries and Galloway in the last 12 months.

(88596)

307
N   Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to reply to written questions refs 80495 and 80496 tabled by the honourable Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme on 13th November.

(88616)

308   Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of hospital consultants in (a) Doncaster (b) Yorkshire and (c) England do not undertake private work.

(89115)

309   Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS funded abortions there were in each health authority in England and Wales in each of the last five years.

(89121)

310   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what level of fees the Medicines Control Agency will charge under the proposed Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive for considering applications for the registration of herbal medicines under the terms of the Directive.

(88688)

311   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what opportunities exist for new herbal products under the proposed Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive.

(88694)

312   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of how the pharmaceutical production and testing standards for products under the draft Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive will affect the commercial value of the products on the UK market, with special reference to those produced by smaller specialist companies and distributed through specialist retailers.

(88690)

313   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of how the fees charged by the Medicines Control Agency for considering applications for the registration of herbal products under the terms of the proposed Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive will affect the commercial value of the products on the UK market, with particular reference to those produced by smaller specialist companies and distributed through specialist retailers.

(88691)

314   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many routes to the market will be allowed by the proposed Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive for herbal remedies other than by obtaining a full pharmaceutical licence.

(88686)

315   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what pharmaceutical production and testing standards will be imposed on herbal remedies by the proposed Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive.

(88687)

316   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the compliance costs in terms of registration charges, documentation, storage costs and analysis for companies seeking a full pharmaceutical licence for a herbal product under the proposed Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive.

(88689)

317   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what effect the proposed Traditional Herbal Products Directive will have on the choice of herbal products available to the consumer.

(88692)

318   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) administrators, (b) doctors and (c) nurses have been recruited by the NHS in the past 12 months.

(88770)

319   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the change in the total number of hospital beds was in 2001-02.

(88749)

320   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what targets are in place for the introduction of electronic patient records.

(88736)

321   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of people suffering from addiction to class A and B drugs are receiving treatment for that addiction.

(88766)

322   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care trust areas have a rapid access chest pain clinic within their areas.

(88751)

323   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many ambulances are operating in England; and how many operated in each of the past six years.

(88746)

324   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints the NHS has received in the past 12 months about standards of cleanliness in acute hospitals.

(88763)

325   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information he has assessed on spending levels on drugs in acute hospitals in (a) the last year for which figures are available and (b) each of the past three years.

(88740)

326   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS spent on the leading chefs initiative.

(88761)

327   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of NHS ambulance trusts publish data on their thrombolysis protocols and procedures.

(88754)

328   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects electronic prescribing to be available through the NHS.

(88739)

329   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints the NHS has received in the past 12 months about lack of active care for people suffering from delayed discharges from acute hospitals.

(88760)

330   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many trusts are meeting their targets for the introduction of electronic patient records.

(88737)

331   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have on-line secure access to their electronic records.

(88758)

332   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to address the decline in the number of patients being admitted within two hours in accident and emergency units.

(88743)

333   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many new automated defibrillators have been sited in public places since April 2000.

(88748)

334   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will introduce telemedicine to the NHS; and what development work he has done in this area.

(88741)

335   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what development work has been done for the introduction of electronic prescribing.

(88738)

336   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the NHS takes to provide varied meal options in hospitals for patients from different ethnic backgrounds.

(88765)

337   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to improve the delivery of thrombolysis in acute hospitals since March 2002.

(88752)

338   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have had operations cancelled on more than two occasions in each of the past three years.

(88769)

339   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will publish the consultation document on the Government's alchol strategy.

(88767)

340   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of admissions to accident and emergency units have to wait more than four hours for treatment.

(88742)

341   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes to catering in acute hospitals resulted from the leading chef initiative; how many recipes developed by leading chefs for the NHS are used in the NHS; and how many hospitals use menus resulting from the leading chefs initiative.

(88747)

342   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the areas where waiting lists for treatment in acute hospitals have lengthened since 2000-01.

(88756)

343   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of ambulance trusts are failing to meet the eight minute response target.

(88745)

344   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made in developing indicators to reflect patient views on food and other issues in acute hospitals.

(88762)

345   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have been waiting more than 12 months for (a) revascularisation and (b) heart surgery.

(88755)

346   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many 999 calls for ambulances received a response within eight minutes in the last 12 months.

(88744)

347   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve the ability of ambulance paramedics to provide thrombolysis for appropriate patients.

(88753)

348   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many acute hospitals have (a) closed and (b) opened since 1997.

(88768)

349   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care practices have chronic heart disease management registers.

(88750)

350   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance nursing staff in acute hospitals receive about feeding patients unable to feed themselves; and how many complaints the NHS has received in the past 12 months about patients being left to feed themselves and being unable to do so.

(88759)

351   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department plans to issue initial applications for tenders to supply the NHS with smart card technology for personal medical records.

(88757)

352   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cleaning contractors have lost their contracts as a result of non-performance in acute hospitals in each of the past three years.

(88764)

353   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nursing students were studying at (a) diploma level and (b) degree level in the most recent year for which figures are available.

(88660)

354   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average value is of the bursary for students of nursing degrees in terms of pounds per hour.

(88659)

355
N   Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent advice he has received from the Food Standards Agency on the safety of eating meat from animals which have been vaccinated against foot and mouth disease.

(88994)

356
N   Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of organisations applying for section 56 grants have been successful in each of the past 10 years; and what the average grant given was in each of those years.

(88995)

357   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures the Government has taken since 1997 to remove the postcode lottery in the provision of IVF treatment; if he will take further measures to remove the postcode lottery in the provision of IVF treatment; and if he will make a statement.

(88924)

358   Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 9th December, Official Report, column 23W, if he will publish the advice from independent experts when it is received.

(88667)

359   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the lines of accountability for primary care trust boards are.

(88525)

360   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what has been the cost of treatment with drugs for child and adolescent mental health patients (a) since 1st January and (b) in each of the previous five years.

(88527)

361   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with medical staff recruitment agencies about recruitment of doctors and nurses from Ethiopia.

(89362)

362   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ask for an urgent meeting with the Home Office regarding child protection to discuss implications of the Newham Area Child Protection Committee Report on the Ainlee Walker case.

(89357)

363   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children's nurses there were in the (a) Adur, Arun and Worthing Primary Care Trust and (b) Worthing and Southlands Hosptial Trust in each year since 1997.

(89356)

364   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) doctors and (b) nurses from Ethiopia are employed in the NHS.

(89361)

365   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much it cost to set up the NHS Cancer Plan website.

(89358)

366   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the work of the Hospital Nutrition Policy.

(89355)

367   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he has taken with the Medical Devices Agency to improve public confidence in the effectiveness and reliability of self-testing diagnostic medical devices.

(88529)

368   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to publish the first report on the effectiveness of primary care trusts.

(88524)

369   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many childen under the age of 16 are receiving treatment for mental health problems.

(88526)

370   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to publicise new regulations requiring CE marking on packaging for self-testing diagnostic medical devices.

(88528)

371
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many looked after children there were in each of the last five years.

(88514)

372
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many looked after children were convicted of criminal acts in each of the last five years.

(88515)

373
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which 10 authorities have the (a) highest and (b) lowest numbers of looked after children listed as missing.

(88516)

374
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS trusts in the South-East have introduced electronic patient records.

(88517)

375   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what local action to tackle obesity and increase physical activity entails, as mentioned in his Department's press release of 12th December, Improving the Nation's Health: Government to produce food and action plan.

(89354)

376   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on recruitment of doctors and nurses from Ethiopia.

(89363)

377   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 17th December, ref 83279, for what reason accurate information is not currently available for letters from members of the public.

(89360)

378   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 11th December, Official Report, column 401W, on wheelchair services, if he will make a statement on the Wheelchair Services Collaborative Programme.

(89353)

379   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what agreements he has reached with the Ethiopian Government about recruitment of Ethiopian doctors and nurses by the NHS.

(89393)

380   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 17th December, ref 86806, how many nursing agencies his Department has investigated (a) this year and (b) last year because the nursing agencies' behaviour appeared to be inconsistent with the code of practice.

(89359)

381   John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will consult the charities and voluntary organisations concerned with the issue of infection from E coli-0157 on the future development of services for research, diagnosis and treatment of E coli-0157 related conditions.

(88992)

382   John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the Government plans to reduce the number of cases of E-coli 0157.

(88946)

383   John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the Government has for research into the causes, prevention and treatment of the infection by E coli-0157 and the long term care of those suffering from the consequences of infection.

(88991)

384   John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the Government has for the implementation of the recommendations of the Task Force report on E-coli 0157.

(88945)

385   John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the Government has for improving the speed of detection of E-coli 0157 bacterium.

(88948)

386   John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce free prescriptions for those people who have suffered from the bacterium E coli-0157 when they reach adulthood and display illnesses associated with this bacterium.

(88990)

387   John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the Government has to set up a central data base on the incidence, diagnosis and treatment of E coli-0157 to assist in the treatment and diagnosis and long term monitoring of the effects of infection from E coli-0157.

(88987)

388   John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the Government has for the introduction of a standard testing protocol for the bacterium E-coli 0157 across the UK.

(88949)

389   John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on the labelling and cooking instructions for products which may be susceptible to infection by E coli-0157.

(88989)

390   John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research the Government has undertaken into whether the use of certain types of antibiotics can help spread the E-coli 0157 bacteria in patients; and what action is planned as a result.

(88947)

391   John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the Government has to ban the sale of unpasteurised (a) milk and (b) cream.

(88950)

392   John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on the use of disclaimers by restaurants when selling undercooked meat products.

(88988)

393   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to introduce compulsory (a) methadone and (b) diamorphine prescription training for general practitioners.

(88964)

394   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Department of Work and Pensions to ensure that ex-heroin misusers can re-enter their employment following treatment.

(88965)

395   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors who are citizens of (a) Pakistan and (b) India are working (i) in NHS hospitals and (ii) in general practice.

(88958)

396   Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much statutory funding has been paid to Rainbows Children's Hospice in 2001-02.

(88628)

397   Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to end the differences in funding for children's hospices and adult hospices in Leicestershire.

(88629)

398   Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has issued to PCTs in their purchase of palliative care in children's hospices.

(88630)

399   Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make available some of the additional funding he has allocated for palliative care to children's hospices.

(88627)

400   John Robertson (Glasgow, Anniesland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to discourage smoking in public places.

(89056)

401   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether in reaching his decision to ask the HFEA to consult the public on sex selection, he considered the results of the previous (1993) HFEA public consultation on this; and if he will make a statement.

(89034)

402   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the results of the HFEA 1993 public consultation on sex selection.

(89039)

403   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what conclusions were drawn from the HFEA 1993 public consultation on sex selection; and what assessment he has made of public perception of the issue.

(89040)

404   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what basis the HFEA in their current consultation on sex selection stated that India does not prohibit social sex selection.

(89041)

405   Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the Diabetes National Service Framework Delivery Strategy before primary care trusts plan their expenditure for future years.

(88849)

406
N   Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many places are available for secure psychiatric accommodation for women; how many such places were available five years ago; and if he will make a statement on the adequacy of such provision with special reference to changes in the prison population.

(88241)

407   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent measures have been introduced to support informal care by carers and other groups.

(88873)

408   David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the impact of the introduction of the New Deal for junior doctors and the resources made available to support its implementation.

(89245)

409   David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what work is underway to review NHS funding formulae.

(89244)

410   David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many junior doctors are in training; and how this compares with the number in 1997.

(89243)

411   Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to reply to the correspondence from the honourable Member for Nottingham North of 29th May, 9th September and 6th November on Mr A Cobbinah, ref 18289/2.

(88719)

412   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to reclassify rohypnol.

(88696)

413   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals serving prison sentences in prisons in England and Wales are to be deported on the completion of their prison sentence.

(88838)

414   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the longest time was that a foreign national (a) man and (b) woman who had served a prison sentence waited on completion of that sentence to be deported from the UK in each of the last three years.

(88839)

415   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals held in prisons in England and Wales are awaiting deportation and have completed their prison sentence.

(88841)

416   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with the Governor of HMP Gloucester regarding (a) the removal of young adults from the prison in June 2001 and (b) the reintroduction of young adults to the prison in June 2002.

(89044)

417   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with the Governor of HMP Gloucester regarding conditions for young adults at the prison.

(89043)

418   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he is taking on solicitors who fail to give appropriate assistance to clients seeking to regulate their immigration status in the UK.

(89062)

419
N   Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the cost of crime in the retail industry in (a) Lancashire, (b) the North West of England and (c) Wales.[R]

(88653)

420
N   Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on crime in the retail industry.[R]

(88647)

421
N   Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the effectiveness of CCTV in combating crime in small retail businesses.[R]

(88649)

422
N   Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funds are available to crime reductions partnerships to (a) install CCTV in problem crime areas and (b) combat crime in deprived areas.

(88650)

423   Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to bring in new legislation suggested in the publication Private Action, Public Benefit of December 2002; and if he will make a statement.

(88840)

424   Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the backlog of the vetting of teachers by the Criminal Records Bureau is; and what the average time has been for a case to be dealt with by the Bureau.

(89339)

425   Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) female and (b) male prisoners were parents of dependent children in each of the last four years.

(89123)

426   Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he has issued to police forces on linking the investigation of child physical abuse and the potential for domestic violence against women in the same household.

(89124)

427   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 4th November from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Dr Aisha Budhwani.

(89236)

428   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 4th November from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Rizgar Ghalib Ali.

(89235)

429   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 4th November from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Jabar Abdullah Mawlood.

(89234)

430   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 11th November from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Muhammad Khaziz.

(89239)

431   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 11th November from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Miss H U Abdi.

(89238)

432   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 4th November from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Imad Osman Ahmid.

(89237)

433   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 14th November from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to the Nawab International Restaurant Group.

(89240)

434   Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if his Department will take lead responsibility for the Government response to the Strategy Unit Review of Charities and the Wider Not-For-Profit Sector.

(89288)

435   Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to propose legislation in response to the recommendations of the Strategy Unit Review of Charities and the Wider Not-For-Profit Sector.

(89289)

436   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have been attached to Sussex traffic police in each of the last 10 years.

(89349)

437   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much correspondence he has received from (a) honourable Members and (b) members of the public on the licensing checks made by Work Permits (UK) on nursing agencies who recruit overseas nurses.

(89345)

438   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on changes to traffic policing within Sussex.

(89347)

439   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on changes in shift patterns for Sussex traffic police.

(89350)

440
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the proportion of Criminal Record Bureau checks (a) carried out and (b) awaiting completion, broken down into the five most frequently active areas.

(88703)

441   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 11th December 2002, Official Report, column 307W, on anti-social behaviour orders, of the 18 persons fined how many fines have been collected; and at what rate.

(89343)

442
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his department has paid Capita plc for work on Criminal Records Bureau checks; how much work is outstanding; and what penalty clause arrangements apply and on what basis.

(88523)

443
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children were in prison in each of the last 10 years.

(88518)

444   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, hoiw many mobile camera speed checks have been carried out by Sussex traffic police in the last year.

(89352)

445   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) number and (b) percentage of Sussex Police are engaged in speed management.

(89351)

446   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what police traffic operations will be based within (a) Adur and (b) Worthing following current reorganisation proposals.

(89348)

447   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 18th December, ref 87475, how much funding has been allocated and over what time period for the full time and part time suicide prevention co-ordinators; what definition he uses of the term prisoner listeners; what the purpose of the initiative is; and if he will list the establishments piloting the new health care screening procedures.

(89346)

448
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been assessed by the Criminal Records Bureau; and how many applications are pending.

(88522)

449
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children are held in prison, broken down by type of offence.

(88519)

450   Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers needing accommodation were dispersed to each region of UK in each month since the introduction of the NASS.

(89409)

451   Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions for abandoning a motor vehicle there were in each London borough in each of the last five years.

(89407)

452   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional assistance does he plan to invest in (a) coalfield communities and (b) Bassetlaw following the re-launch of the Government's drugs strategy.

(88963)

453   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with the Department of Work and Pensions to ensure that ex-heroin misusers can re-enter employment following a criminal conviction.

(88962)

454   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultation was held with the towns and cities to which asylum seekers will be sent; how many agreed to accept them; and what responsibility (a) NASS and (b) the accommodation agency has for assessing health and social services provision.

(88674)

455   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what review of the experience of (a) Clearsprings and (b) Landmark (Liverpool) in (i) housing and (ii) accommodation of asylum seekers was conducted before contracts were agreed.

(88676)

456   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of his contractors for making provision for asylum seekers are (a) run, (b), owned and (c) managed by former asylum seekers.

(88675)

457   Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long it is taking the Immigration and Nationality Directorate to process (a) a non-straightforward and (b) a straightforward further leave to remain visa application; and which month's post is being opened by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate with regard to visa applications.

(88700)

458   Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidelines are given to case workers at the Immigration and Nationality Directorate to assist them in determining what constitutes (a) a straightforward and (b) a non-straightforward further leave to remain visa application.

(88699)

459   Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidelines are issued to honourable Members hotlines on what length of time must expire in the process of a visa application before an honourable Member's staff are permitted to make enquiries to the honourable Member's hotline; and what steps he has taken to communicate these guidelines to honourable Members.

(88701)

460   Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress he has made to end the status of Overseas British Citizen and to provide those affected with full British citizenship; what representations he has received about amending the status of Overseas British Citizens; and if he will make a statement.

(88625)

461   Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the number of people who would benefit from a change in the status of Overseas British Citizens.

(88626)

462   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 10th December, Official Report, column 232W, if he will ask his noble Friend the Lord Falconer of Thoroton to raise at his next weekly meeting with the Chief Executive of the Criminal Records Bureau the cases of constituents from Colchester who have been waiting months for their applications to be processed; and if he will make a statement on the operational performance of the Criminal Records Bureau measured against targets.

(88908)

463   Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Banff and Buchan of 9th July, regarding his constituent Mr A. Innes of Banff.

(88644)

464   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many victims of transnational sex trade have been reported to British authorities in each of the last five years.

(89021)

465   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what legal assistance is provided to women that have entered Britain illegally as victims of sex trade.

(89020)

466   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the backlog is of applications for nationality.

(88567)

467   Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action his Department can take in circumstances where police forces refuse to investigate particular complaints.

(88981)

468   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proposals he has to combat terrorism through cultural integration and co-operation.

(88728)

469   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if illegal immigrants who have spent a long period of time in the UK will be considered for deportation in the same way as those who have just arrived in the country.

(88857)

470   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people he estimates are in the UK illegally but not in contact with authorities.

(88858)

471   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with European colleagues regarding prevention of violence at football and other sporting events.

(88725)

472   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been legally prevented from travelling abroad to football matches since 1997 as a result of prosecution for violent behaviour.

(88724)

473   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures have been taken to prevent the separation and isolation of minority religious and ethnic groups from the rest of UK society.

(88729)

474   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures have been introduced (a) to assist the police in combating football hooliganism in the UK and (b) to ensure that people who organise fights are prosecuted.

(88726)

475   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to make changes to the use of asylum centres to process applications; how many asylum seekers are housed in accommodation centres; and where asylum seekers are placed when the centres are full.

(88859)

476   David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action the Government proposes to take to regulate motor vehicle clamping by private organisations.

(88570)

477
N   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many (a) Clerks of the House and (b) Clerks of Committees are (i) black and (ii) Asian.

(89325)

478   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the food aid requirements of Eritrea.

(88684)

479   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the numbers of children aged (a) 1 to 3 and (b) 4 to 5 years old suffering from malnutrition in Eritrea; and if she will make a statement.

(88683)

480   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what impact fuel shortages are having on the transportation of food aid in Zimbabwe.

(88685)

481   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps are being taken to reduce the numbers of children involved in armed conflict, following the report by the UN Secretary General of 16 December on child soldiers.

(88678)

482   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what potential there is for the replacement of maize by sorghum as the staple crop of Southern Mozambique.

(88681)

483   Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what contributions her Department has made to assist UNRWA in its work with Palestinians in the Occupied Territories; and if she will make a statement.

(88693)

484   Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the recent report by Catherine Bertini on the level of UK development funds allocated to Palestinians.

(88613)

485   Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the total UK aid to the Palestinian Authority was in each year since 1999.

(88612)

486   Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on Government funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency.

(88611)

487   Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what emergency funds are being made available by the UK to assist Palestinians impoverished by Israeli military actions.

(88614)

488   Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department selected the agencies to oversee the (a) management and (b) distribution of the recent grant to the Department of Health in Peru.

(89413)

489   Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what development projects her Department has supported in Iraq since the Gulf War for the rehabilitation of the country which have focussed on women and children; and how much was financed for each project.

(89120)

490   Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what development projects her Department has supported in Iraq since the Gulf War in the rehabilitation of the country; and how much was financed for each project.

(89122)

491   Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid has been given to (a) Colombia and (b) Bolivia in the last three years; what proportion was to combat production of hard drugs; and if she will make a statement.

(89412)

492   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the humanitarian situation in Co(r)te d'Ivoire; what the Government's policy is on humanitarian aid to Co(r)te d'Ivoire; and if she will make a statement.

(88734)

493   John Robertson (Glasgow, Anniesland): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had on the humanitarian situation in Malawi.

(89048)

494   John Robertson (Glasgow, Anniesland): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had on the humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe.

(89047)

495   John Robertson (Glasgow, Anniesland): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had on the humanitarian situation in Zambia.

(89046)

496   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has made to the Committee for International Investment and Multinational Enterprises to consult with (a) NGOs and (b) others regarding the report of the UN Panel of Experts on the economic causes of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

(88702)

497   Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what assessment she has made of the feasibility of weekend voting.

(88560)

498
N   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many cases have been brought before the Land Tribunal in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement.

(89326)

499   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will take steps to contact parents who have reported prevention of access to their children in Germany to the Child Abduction Unit, to determine if their problems remain and offer them assistance as appropriate; and what progress has been made on Lady Meyer's case.

(89055)

500   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if the Lord Chancellor's Department will produce a yearly report presenting the results of legal proceedings abroad sought to settle disputes related to child abduction.

(89053)

501   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the average length of time was from explanatory statement receipt to the fixing of a hearing date by the Immigration Appellate Authority in the last year for which figures are available.

(88566)

502   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if she will take actions against countries that deny British parents reasonable access to their children held abroad.

(89054)

503   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what reasons underlay the number of young people whose views were sought as part of the Review of Post Primary Education; and if he will make a statement.

(88799)

504   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made on the formation of parental consultation bodies to consider the Burns proposals for secondary education.

(88788)

505
N   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much public finance has been allocated to support extending broadband coverage in Northern Ireland.

(89110)

506   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will place in the Library the data underlying the Review of Post Primary Education Household Survey.

(88797)

507   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the latest available scientific research on the safety of mobile phone masts.

(89402)

508   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to award golden hellos to trainee mathematics teachers.

(88786)

509   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average amount spent on each pupil studying two A levels was in each of the last five years at (a) a further education college and (b) a school.

(88800)

510   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what (a) public grants, (b) loans and (c) subsidies are available to support windfarm developments.

(89401)

511   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Department of Education officials are involved in the Review of Post Primary Education; and how officials in the Department are progressing the issue of pupil profiles contained in the Review of Post Primary Education in Northern Ireland.

(88795)

512   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he plans to allocate additional monies to primary and post-primary schools' central budgets.

(88794)

513   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will instruct the PSNI that acts of vandalism on mobile phone masts should be investigated by the PSNI.

(89403)

514   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the differential between the salaries of primary school principals and vice principals.

(88789)

515   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a further statement regarding progress on considering the planning application for the waste water treatment plant at Larne.

(88986)

516   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will place in the Library the findings of the report on education by Professor John Gardner commissioned by the Northern Ireland Assembly prior to its suspension.

(88798)

517   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the future of grammar schools in Northern Ireland.

(88796)

518   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the composition is of the group conducting the Review of the Springvale Campus project; what its terms of reference are; and when the Review is expected to be completed.

(88787)

519   David Burnside (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures are being taken to tackle the problem of drivers driving while under the influence of drugs.

(88867)

520   David Burnside (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make the body of official forms issued by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development more comprehensible to farmers.

(88870)

521   David Burnside (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans there are to upgrade the A29; and if he will commission a traffic census on the A29.

(88868)

522   David Burnside (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the impact of the suspension of the Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive on the process of local government and public administration reform begun by the Northern Ireland Excecutive.

(88871)

523   David Burnside (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans there are to build a bypass for Moy.

(88869)

524   Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on Government policy with regard to the late payment of bills by large firms to other firms smaller than themselves.

(88845)

525
N   Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to introduce legislation for Northern Ireland to deal with high hedges.

(88379)

526
N   Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what arrangements have been made by the Chief Constable for the distribution to his officers of the Golden Jubilee Medal awarded by Her Majesty the Queen.

(88381)

527   Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the extent of underspend in the Northern Ireland departments; and what action has been taken to deal with this.

(88844)

528
N   Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Chief Constables certificates have been issued in the past 12 months in respect of arson attacks on, (a) Orange Halls, (b) premises owned by the Gaelic Athletic Association clubs, (c) Ancient Order of Hibernian's halls, (d) Roman Catholic chapels or halls, (e) Protestant churches or halls, (f) controlled school buildings and (g) maintained school buildings.

(88380)

529   Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to provide pilots of the Step-up job scheme.

(88846)

530   Mr George Foulkes (Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the potential for enhanced rail, air and sea transport links between Scotland and Northern Ireland.

(88936)

531   Mr George Foulkes (Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has for a drive for water efficiency measures in connection with the assessment of the future of the Water Service, water charges and water rates in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.

(88933)

532   Mr George Foulkes (Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the progress towards restoring the Ballycastle to Campbeltown ferry.

(88935)

533   Mr George Foulkes (Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what research he has undertaken as a result of the Northern Ireland Audit Office report into water efficiency in 2001; and if he will make a statement on water efficiency targets in Northern Ireland.

(88934)

534   Mr George Foulkes (Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the provision of free nursing care and personal care in Northern Ireland.

(88937)

535   Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to assist with the re-opening of the Navan Centre in Armagh.

(88804)

536   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take measures to achieve greater equality of funding for the NHS trusts in the Eastern Health Board.

(88914)

537   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if it is his policy to retain a system of selection in post-primary education; and if he will make a statement.

(88921)

538   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with DEFRA regarding applications to the EU for wet weather payments; and if he will make a statement.

(88912)

539   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures he proposes to take to reduce hospital waiting lists in Northern Ireland.

(88916)

540   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assistance (a) has been offered and (b) he proposes to offer to prison officers whose personal details are known to the Provisional IRA.

(88919)

541   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many prison officers in Northern Ireland have been informed that their personal details are known to the Provisional IRA; and how many remain to be informed.

(88918)

542   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take steps to ensure full resumption of beef exports from Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.

(88913)

543   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which public inquiries into road improvements in Northern Ireland have yet to announce their findings; and when they will be announced.

(88915)

544   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make it his policy not to remove industrial rates relief before electricity prices in Northern Ireland are more in line with those in the rest of the United Kingdom.

(88920)

545   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what criteria he takes into account when distributing capital funding for the development of new schools in Northern Ireland.

(88917)

546   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what funding the Department of Employment and Learning is making available to vocational training for young adults with learning difficulties; which units are receiving this support; and how much they are receiving.

(88922)

547   The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what further action he intends to take to reduce hospital waiting lists; and if he will make a statement.

(88802)

548   The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what action he has taken to extend the National Bone Marrow database to Northern Ireland.

(88801)

549   Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the President of the Council, what steps he is taking to alert departments to the new opportunities for pre-legislative scrutiny of bills for next session's legislative programme.

(88930)

550   Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the President of the Council, if he will bring forward proposals to improve the legal advice available to Parliament.

(88911)

551   Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the President of the Council, if he will bring forward proposals for enhancing the role of Parliament in decisions to deploy British forces in armed conflict overseas.

(88910)

552   Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the President of the Council, if he will bring forward proposals for changing the arrangements for the recall of Parliament.

(88909)

553   Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Prime Minister, what recent discussions he has had on establishing a written constitution for the UK.

(88926)

554
N   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Prime Minister, to whom his speech of 28th November on the future structure of the European Union was distributed prior to delivery; and whether it has been presented to the Convention on the Future of Europe.

(88710)

555   The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Prime Minister, what his policy is on the further extension of European Union membership into Eastern Europe and North Africa; and if he will make a statement.

(88803)

556   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the European Council decision to postpone negotiations on Turkey's accession to the EU; and what steps he plans to take to assist Turkey's accession.

(89022)

557   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Prime Minister, what progress has been made on the proposals for EU institutional change pursued in his joint letter with Chancellor Schro�der of 25th February 2002; and what steps he will take to ensure that these targets of institutional change are reached.

(89026)

558   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if she will make a statement on her plans to implement the latest review by the Boundary Commission for Scotland.

(88594)

559   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions she has had with Ministerial colleagues on the expansion of airport capacity in Scotland.

(89324)

560   Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on what grounds courts may disqualify a person from acting as an (a) executive and (b) non-executive company director; and what plans she has to extend them.

(89251)

561
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action she has taken to facilitate the distribution to customers by sub-postmasters of material produced by their trade association concerning changes to the payment of benefits and pensions; and if she will make a statement.

(88666)

562
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what (a) percentage and (b) amounts of savings on her Department's running costs have been achieved in each year since 1998; and if she will make a statement.

(88814)

563
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the likely cost of undersea cables to take power from northern Scotland to southern England, down the west and east coasts; and if she will make a statement.

(88663)

564
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, who sits on the HMSO's Crown Copyright User Group from (a) her Department and (b) industry; and if she will make a statement.

(88815)

565
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the projects by PACEC Consultancy within her Department since 1998 and their costs; and if she will make a statement.

(88810)

566
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of her Department and its associated agencies' services are accessible electronically; and if she will make a statement.

(88812)

567
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent representations she has received from rural newsagents on the impact of changes in newspaper carriage costs.

(88664)

568
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many ISI centres are open; if she will list their locations; and if she will make a statement.

(88809)

569
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on her plans for Government general practitioner services to be provided in post offices.

(88673)

570
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the financial implications to BNFL of the rescue package for British Energy; and if she will make a statement.

(88662)

571
N   Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimates she has made of the number of people employed in small retail businesses in (a) the UK, (b) Lancashire, (c) the North West and (d) Wales.[R]

(88646)

572
N   Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimates she has made of the value of small retail businesses to the UK economy.[R]

(88645)

573   Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment has been made of the role of regional development agencies in promoting growth of childcare in industry; and if she will make a statement.

(89114)

574   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which projects involving renewable energy sources have been accepted for generation export since May 2001.

(89315)

575   Jane Griffiths (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what support her Department is giving to the European Trans-Sonic Wind Tunnel.

(88617)

576
N   Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the reply of 19th December, ref 88008, which industry and user groups were consulted about the Convention on the Future of Europe; and in what terms.

(89371)

577   John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the impact of the General Agreement in Trade and Services upon (a) teaching and research and (b) the knowledge economy.

(88944)

578   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many mineworkers (a) are employed in England, (b) were employed 10 years ago and (c) there are estimated to be in 10 years time.

(88967)

579   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the average delay between a current or former miner agreeing to a final settlement payment for industrial disease and receiving it was in the last 12 months (a) in the UK, (b) in the East Midlands and (c) in Bassetlaw.

(88976)

580
N   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many mineworkers (a) are employed in Bassetlaw, (b) were employed in Bassetlaw 10 years ago and (c) are estimated to be employed in 10 years time.

(88966)

581   Syd Rapson (Portsmouth North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether she (a) directed and (b) approved UBS Warburg's engagement of Financial Dynamics to advise on matters connected with BAE Systems.

(88854)

582   Syd Rapson (Portsmouth North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what meetings her Department had with officials of Financial Dynamics since 1st December.

(88855)

583   John Robertson (Glasgow, Anniesland): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions she has had with (a) the Confederation of British Industry, (b) the TUC and (c) the Institute of Directors regarding union recognition in the workplace.

(89045)

584   Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she will reply to the letter of October 2002 regarding mis-selling of pensions from the honourable Member for Banff and Buchan.

(88634)

585   Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she will reply to the letter of 16th October regarding car imports from the honourable Member for Banff and Buchan.

(88633)

586   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the total energy requirement of the United Kingdom's cement kilns (a) is and (b) is expected to be over the next 20 years; and if she will forecast the maximum quantity and types of waste these cement kilns can digest over this time period.

(88568)

587   Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures her Department is taking to address the construction industry's skills gap; and if she will make a statement.

(88732)

588
N   Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to make (a) judgements and (b) transcripts of cases being heard by industrial tribunals available through the Internet.

(88791)

589   Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the findings of the Competition Commission's inquiry into the pricing of prescription-only veterinary medicines will be published; and if she will make a statement.

(88721)

590   Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the Competition Commission's provisional conclusions and hypothetical remedies contained in its inquiry into the pricing of prescription-only medicines; what assessment she has made of the effect of the inquiry's initial proposals on the (a) ability to dispense and (b) profitability of (i) small animal and (ii) large animal veterinary practices; and if she will make a statement.

(88722)

591
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the outside consultancy firms which have been appointed to undertake work in connection with his consultation on airport capacity in the South East, together with (a) the tasks assigned and (b) the value of the contracts awarded in each case; and if he will make a statement.

(88280)

592   Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what estimate he has made of changes to the annual net level of CO2 emissions in the United Kingdom that would result from the operation of (a) the Sandy-Bedford rail link and (b) the Bedford-Milton Keynes canal link.

(89405)

593   Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the level of (a) lottery grant (b) landfill grant, and (c) other public money that would need to be made available to (i) bring into operation and (ii) maintain each year (A) the Sandy-Bedford rail link and (B) the Bedford-Milton Keynes canal link.

(89406)

594   Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what estimate he has made of (a) the volume of freight that could be carried by and (b) the number of passengers who would use (i) the Sandy-Bedford rail link and (ii) the Bedford-Milton Keynes canal link each year.

(89404)

595   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what redress is available to residents whose homes are situated adjacent to speed cameras which they deem visually unacceptable.

(88554)

596   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of how many speeding motorists have (a) been caught as a result of speed cameras and (b) caused accidents by sudden reduction of speed on approaching speed cameras in the last three years.

(88553)

597   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of speed cameras in reducing (a) speed and (b) accidents.

(88552)

598   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many speed cameras have been erected with authorisation by the Highways Agency.

(88558)

599   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what procedure is in place for consulting residents about siting of speed cameras.

(88557)

600   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what discussions have been held with other relevant departments about the (a) guidelines for siting of and (b) design and visual acceptability of speed cameras.

(88555)

601   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many residents near and adjacent to speed cameras were consulted about the positioning of each camera on average in the last year for which figures are available.

(88556)

602   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what research (a) has been carried out in the past five years and (b) is in hand to identify issues connected with passenger personal security and perceptions about their surroundings on the railways; and if he will make a statement.

(88713)

603   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will issue guidance to the Strategic Rail Authority that personal security is a key aspect of their responsibilities for safety; and if he will make a statement.

(88712)

604   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what action he is taking to ensure that there is clear responsibility and accountability for personal security design standards in new rolling stock to protect the public; and if he will make a statement.

(88711)

605   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will establish a national strategy and standards for CCTV on stations and in railway coaches; and if he will make a statement.

(88717)

606   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will take steps to require future editions of the annual report, Railway Safety, to incorporate data and performance measures concerning the personal security of passengers during the year, and the outcomes of action taken.

(88714)

607   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to improve security at small seaports and harbours to prevent (a) acts of terrorism and (b) importation of material for use in terrorism; and if he will make a statement.

(89248)

608   Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what representations he has received regarding the removal of graves from St Pancras cemetery in connection with the building of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link.

(89333)

609   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many illegal minicabs have been stopped this year for (a) having no tax disc and (b) being unroadworthy; and what penalties were imposed.

(89250)

610
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, whether the British fleet of commercial aviation will be protected by electronic counter measures equipment over and above Goodrich video surveillance apparatus.

(88520)

611   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, in what form and at what cost his Department, in conjunction with the Home Office, plan to advertise the undesirability of using illegal minicabs (a) this Christmas and New Year period and (b) next year.

(89320)

612
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of terrorist threats to British commercial aircraft from handheld ground to air missile launchers; and what advice has been issued by his Department.

(88521)

613   Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what evaluation has been undertaken of pilot schemes to allow Local Authorities to fine and remove vehicles without a valid road tax certificate; and if he will make a statement.

(89408)

614   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the comparative level of investment by the United Kingdom in national air traffic control equipment with that of the EU average.

(89007)

615   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what representations he has received on the reliability of the pilot controller radio communication system; and if he will make a statement.[R]

(89004)

616   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many air traffic controllers were employed by NATS on (a) 1st May 1997 and (b) 1st May 2002; and how many hours of training was provided to air traffic controllers annually in the year ending (a) 1st May 1997 and (b) 1st May 2002.[R]

(89005)

617   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what cooperation there is between British and Dutch air traffic controllers; and what form this takes.[R]

(79002)

618   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what representations he has received on the clarity of the newly fitted computer screens at Swanwick air traffic control centre.

(88999)

619   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what percentage of air traffic dealt with by (a) Swanwick, (b) Prestwick, (c) West Drayton and (d) other air traffic control operators is (i) over 20,000 feet, (ii) over 25,000 feet and (iii) under 20,000 feet.[R]

(89001)

620   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many engineers were employed by NATS on (a) 1st May 1997 and (b) 1st May 2002.

(89008)

621   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what representations he has received on equipment failure experienced by NATS; and if he will make a statement.

(89009)

622   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the level of staff morale at NATS; and if he will make a statement.[R]

(89000)

623   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the level is of medical ailments registered by employees at NATS on (a) 1st May 1997 and (b) 1st May 2002 in (i) the appropriate book and (ii) by other means.[R]

(89003)

624   Mr George Osborne (Tatton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much money has been spent by his Department on (a) consultants' fees and (b) lawyers' fees for the London Underground PPP.

(88978)

625   Mr George Osborne (Tatton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what has been the cost to his Department, and its predecessor departments, of preparing the PPP for London Underground.

(88977)

626   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many feasibility studies the SRA commissioned in 2002 into the possible re-opening of dismantled railway lines; and if he will make a statement.

(88957)

627   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the life expectancy of Concorde is; and if he will make a statement.

(88956)

628   Mr Gwyn Prosser (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many seafarers have been detected by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency to be in breach of the STCW 95 Convention requirements since February 2002.

(88904)

629   Mr Gwyn Prosser (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many port state control inspections were carried out by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in each of the last five years; how many ships were detained; what percentage were found with deficiencies; and how many inspections of UK ships were undertaken in each of these years.

(88905)

630   Mr Gwyn Prosser (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many marine surveyors were employed by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in each of the past five years.

(88906)

631   Mr Gwyn Prosser (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many certificates of equivalent competency have been issued to foreign seafarers by the UK maritime administration in each year since the scheme was established.

(88903)

632   Mr Gwyn Prosser (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many foreign seafarers have been employed on UK-registered merchant ships in each of the past five years.

(88902)

633   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans the UK has to denounce the Open Skies agreement with the USA in accordance with the recent European Court of Justice judgement.

(88928)

634
N   Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what decibel level was predicted on the M20, junctions 8 and 9, at the time of the public inquiry prior to the construction of the motorway.

(88346)

635   Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what incentive airlines are offering their passengers to complete questionnaires on behalf of researchers involved in the WHO study into DVT and flying.

(88847)

636   Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many seats on long haul flights airlines are offering free of charge to researchers to undertake clinical experiments on volunteers into the relationship between cabin atmosphere and the incidence of blood clotting as part of the WHO's study into DVT and flying.

(88848)

637   Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what help the researchers involved in the World Health Organisation's study into deep vein thrombosis and flying are getting from the airlines to obtain passenger lists of frequent flyers.

(88850)

638   Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what cooperation researchers involved in the World Health Organisation's study into deep vein thrombosis and flying are receiving from airlines through the IATA medical group; and if he will make a statement.

(88852)

639   Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what access researchers involved in the World Health Organisation's study into deep vein thrombosis and flying are getting to passengers on board aircraft through the IATA.

(88851)

640   Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will take steps to increase the level of local bus services that are not profitable for bus operators.

(88843)

641   Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what representations his Department has received on proposed port developments at (a) Southampton, (b) Shell Haven, (c) Felixstowe and (d) Harwich.

(88581)

642   Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what representation he has received in respect of amending regulations relating to community transport schemes so as to facilitate their development.

(88982)

643   Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what provisions are in force for the exemption of community transport vehicles from vehicle excise duty when (a) they are used exclusively by disabled people and (b) they are used both by disabled and able bodied people.

(88983)

644   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of income support have full refugee status.

(89111)

645   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non-UK citizens who have been granted exceptional leave to remain in the United Kingdom are in receipt of income support.

(89112)

646   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non UK citizens are in receipt of income support by reason of their status of having suffered a recent upheaval in their country.

(89118)

647   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to ensure that those who enter work (a) do not experience delays in obtaining the benefits to which they are entitled and (b) are not financially penalised in the time before they receive their first full wage payments.

(89290)

648   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the basis is for his policy that a couple who are both in receipt of benefits where one receives invalidity or incapacity benefit and the other jobseeker allowance, are not eligible for childcare costs when the parent on jobseeker allowance joins the Government New Deal and Training for Work programmes.

(88601)

649
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much housing benefit is unclaimed so far this financial year; and what impact he expects the implementation of the Supporting People Partnership will have on reducing this figure.

(89242)

650   Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the change in the number of occupational pension schemes since the abolition of the right for employers to make membership a condition of employment; and if he will make a statement.

(89396)

651   Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what evaluation has been undertaken of the changes in the single room rent regulations of housing benefit; what the conclusion of that evaluation were; and if he will make a statement.

(89410)

652   Mr George Osborne (Tatton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Consultative Committee of the Maxwell Communication Pension Plan; and if he will make a statement on the proposed reduction in benefits payable to pensioners under the plan.

(88980)

653   John Robertson (Glasgow, Anniesland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what action he is taking to help the poorest pensioners.

(89049)

654   John Robertson (Glasgow, Anniesland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the work of the Jobs Transition Service.

(89050)

655   John Robertson (Glasgow, Anniesland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what action he is taking to encourage companies to retain final salary pension schemes for existing employees and to make them available to new employees.

(89051)

656   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of claims made to the Benefits Agency were delayed because of papers lost or mislaid by the Agency in the last year for which figures are available.

(88534)

657   Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the effect is of a short period of residence in the UK on the rate of retirement pension payable to a British citizen living overseas in a country where pensions in payment are not subject to annual uprating.

(88793)

658   Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on his policy on the annual upgrading of retirement pensions for British citizens living in (a) Barbados and (b) Canada.

(88792)

659
N   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 26th November, Official Report, column 212W, which companies were registered as stakeholder pension providers on 6th April 2001; and whether any of these have stopped offering stakeholder pensions direct to individuals since then.

(88221)

660
N   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of pensioner benefit units have been in receipt of income-related benefits in each of the last five years, including the effects of the (a) guarantee and (b) savings elements of the pension credit; and what his estimate is for the proportion in the next five years.

(88222)

661   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with European colleagues regarding a EU-wide approach to problems arising from changes in the average age of the population of Europe.

(88874)

662   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with European colleagues regarding pension reforms; and what issues were addressed, and what conclusions were reached.

(88876)

663
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Cabinet Office, what evaluation has taken place of the Millennium Bug Campaign; who undertook the consultation; what the overall costs were; and if he will make a statement.

(88813)

664
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Cabinet Office, how much was spent on the Millennium Bug Campaign in each year from 1990; and if he will make a statement.

(88811)

665   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Cabinet Office, how the Cabinet Office defines sustainably managed sources, in relation to purchasing paper supplies.

(88705)

666   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Cabinet Office, what meetings his officials have held with external organisations concerning the preparation of the Energy White Paper; and in each case, who attended and when the meeting took place.

(88537)

667   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Cabinet Office, what meetings his officials have had with representatives of the energy efficiency industry during the preparation of the Energy White Paper.

(88538)

668   Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Cabinet Office, what research he undertook to seek to ensure that the Licensing Bill and related ministerial guidance (a) have broad public support, (b) are enforceable, (c) are easy to understand, (d) are balanced and avoid unintended consequences and (e) balance the risks, costs and practical benefits.

(88907)

669
N   Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the President of the Council, if he will make a statement on proposals for further reform of the House of Lords.

[Question Unstarred] (89172)

670   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with other ministers to ensure that no Government strategy impacts adversely on child poverty.

[Transferred] (88542)

671
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the productivity performance figures were in each year since 1992 for (a) output per worker and (b) output per hour.

[Transferred] (88856)

672
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assistance has been given by his Department to Union Learning funds; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (88808)

673
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when power will be granted to the Office of Fair Trading to allow it to regulate the bank clearance system; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (88661)

674
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many Union Learning representatives there are in his Department; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (88807)

675
N   Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimates he has made of the financial cost of petty crime on small retail businesses in the UK.

[Transferred][R] (88648)

676   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures have been introduced since 1997 to help ensure that elderly people not capable of self-care can maintain the highest possible quality of life.

[Transferred] (88875)

677   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what jurisdiction the United Kingdom has in respect of the anti-personnel landmines being stored by the United States on Diego Garcia.

[Transferred] (88984)

678   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many teachers are awaiting clearance from the Criminal Records Bureau, broken down by local education authority.

[Transferred] (89312)

679
N   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he intends to implement targets for take-up of the minimum income guarantee.

[Transferred] (89321)

680   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action she will take to prevent a conflict between the Polkinghorne guidelines on separation and the MRC initiative to target IVF clinics to make more embryonic stem cells available via the donation of embryos.

[Transferred] (89042)

681   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what criteria were used by the MRC to decide which clinics would be approached as part of the national stem cell initiative.

[Transferred] (89038)

682   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what annual sums the MRC is proposing to make available as part of its targeted call for expressions of interest in developing consortia that foster two way collaborations between IVF clinics and researchers in the context of the national stem cell initiative.

[Transferred] (89036)

683   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what incentives the MRC will use to increase the supply of human embryos for the national stem cell initiative.

[Transferred] (89035)

684   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the clinics that received the MRC letter seeking expressions of interest in developing consortia that foster two way collaboration between IVF clinics and researchers in the context of the national stem cell initiative.

[Transferred] (89037)

685   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will estimate the number of human embryos the MRC are aiming to obtain as part of their seeking expressions of interest in the national stem cell initiative.

[Transferred] (89033)

686   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) social workers and (b) health visitors were assaulted in 2002 in their duties in child protection.

[Transferred] (89344)

687   Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his statement of 16th December, Official Report, column 547, on the European Council (Copenhagen), what rules govern the distribution and expenditure of EU budget funds in information campaigns.

[Transferred] (89370)

688   Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will identify the source of the GDP growth estimates given in his statement of 16th December, Official Report, columns 537-51, on the Copenhagen summit and enlargement of the EU.

[Transferred] (89246)

689   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member for South Norfolk, of 11th December, Official Report, column 252, if he will list the PFI projects being carried out in the constituency of Maidenhead.

[Transferred] (89015)

690   Joyce Quin (Gateshead East & Washington West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many representations he has received concerning his Department's policy of refusing to transfer pension rights to the second spouses of servicemen who completed their periods of service prior to 1976.

[Transferred] (88953)

691   Joyce Quin (Gateshead East & Washington West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's estimate is of the cost of extending service pension rights to the second spouses of deceased servicemen who completed their period of service prior to 1976.

[Transferred] (88954)

692   Joyce Quin (Gateshead East & Washington West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assumptions concerning survival rates of spouses are made by his Department when estimating the cost of financing the transfer of pension rights to spouses after the death of a serviceman.

[Transferred] (88955)

693   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps she will take to encourage employers promptly to pay the wages due to those entering work; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (89291)

694   Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the effect of his policy of exempting the biodegradable elements of waste feed from the climate change levy upon the economic size of incinerators.

[Transferred] (88583)

695   Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library the guidance issued to district valuers about the determination of a valuation of a property being sold under the Right to Buy.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89523)

696   Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 16th December, Official Report, column 612W, if he will publish a table showing households in England below the bedroom standard broken down by (a) region and (b) tenure for the year 2001-02.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89524)

697   Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what definition of the terms (a) living room, (b) sitting room and (c) lounge exists in legislation.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89549)

698   Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if kitchens and bathrooms with a floor space greater than 50 square feet are counted as rooms available to sleep in.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89525)

699   Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when the regulations prescribing the manner in which the floor area of a room is to be ascertained under section 326 (4) of the Housing Act 1985 were laid before Parliament; and if he will make a statement.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89526)

700   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the progress of the Historic Environment Scheme Notification within the European Community.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89469)

701   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which senior officials within his Department and its agencies take responsibility for health and safety at board or equivalent level; and where their names are publicised.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89515)

702   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information he has collated on the application to his Department and its agencies of the checklist, circulated by letter by Sir Richard Mottram, referred to under Action Point 12 of the revitalising health and safety strategy statement; and if he will make a statement.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89516)

703   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department and its agencies have met the commitment arising from Action Point 13 of the June 2000 strategy statement on Revitalising Health and Safety to summarise health and safety performance and plans in annual reports from the year 2000-01 onwards.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89514)

704   Mr Martin Salter (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what long-term plans he has for the future use of RAF Welford.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89443)

705   Mr Martin Salter (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has been made of the safety of movements of munitions between military bases during industrial action by the Fire Brigades Union.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89444)

706   Mr Martin Salter (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who is in command of munitions convoys entering and leaving the US Air Force Base at RAF Welford; and what arrangements are made for providing security and safety escorts for these convoys.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89445)

707   Mr Martin Salter (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recommendations the Defence Munitions Rationalisation Studies made concerning the RAF Welford site; and when he plans to implement them.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89446)

708   Mr Martin Salter (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps have been taken to assess the risks from accidents involving vehicles carrying munitions to and from RAF Welford and other military bases.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89447)

709   Mr Martin Salter (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who manages contracts for the haulage of munitions to and from RAF Welford; who is responsible for initiating and controlling an emergency response in the event of an accident involving munitions in transit to or from RAF Welford; and whether the West Berkshire Emergency Planning Officer and the Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service are informed of movements of such munitions.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89448)

710   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether a copy of the programme report known as CDEE 3/61 which was drawn up be scientists from the chemical and biological defence establishment has been placed in the Public Record Office by his Department; and at which classmark in the Public Record Office this document can be found.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89531)

711   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department will deposit documents relating to the reports and papers of the Scientific Advisory Council in 1970 and 1971 into the WO 195 classmark at the Public Record Office; and for what reason these documents are not already deposited in accordance with the 30-year rule of the Public Records Act 1967.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89464)

712   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Public Record Office a copy of the report produced in 1961 by the chemical and biological defence establishment entitled, 'The change of size-spectrum of zinc cadmium sulphide particles with increasing distance of travel' (Porton Note 218).

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89463)

713   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which senior officials within his Department and its agencies take responsibility for health and safety at board or equivalent level; and where their names are publicised.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89503)

714   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what information he has on the application to his Department and its agencies of the checklist, circulated by letter by Sir Richard Mottram, referred to under Action Point 12 of the Revitalising Health and Safety strategy statement; and if he will make a statement.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89504)

715   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether his Department and its agencies have met the commitment arising from Action Point 13 of the June 2000 strategy statement on Revitalising Health and Safety to summarise health and safety performance and plans in Annual Reports from the year 2000-01 onwards.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89502)

716   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department and its agencies have met the commitment arising from Action Point 13 of the June 2000 strategy statement on Revitalising Health and Safety to summarise health and safety performance and plans in annual reports from the year 2000-01 onwards.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89511)

717   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information she has collated on the application to her Department and its agencies of the checklist, circulated by letter by Sir Richard Mottram, referred to under Action Point 12 of the Revitalising Health and Safety strategy statement; and if she will make a statement.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89513)

718   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which senior officials within her Department and its agencies take responsibility for health and safety at board or equivalent level; and where their names are publicised.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89512)

719   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the level of amnesic shellfish poisoning may vary from scallop to scallop; and on what basis the whole Irish Sea scallop fishery is closed when one particular scallop is detected with levels of AMP above that of the safety level.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January] [Transferred]¶A (89454)

720   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her policy is with regard to the introduction of a 4.6ug/g safety limit for amnesic shellfish poisoning toxins; and what estimate she has made of the likely effect upon the UK scallop fishery industry.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January] [Transferred]¶A (89456)

721   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many UK vessels are involved in scallop fishing; how many people work in scallop fishing in the UK; how many people are employed in the scallop processing industry in the UK; and what estimate she has made of the value of the scallop fishery industry to the UK economy.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89451)

722   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Northern Ireland vessels are involved in scallop fishing; how many people work in scallop fishing in Northern Ireland; how many people are employed in the scallop processing industry in Northern Ireland; and what estimate she has made of the value of the scallop fishery industry to the Northern Ireland economy.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89452)

723   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether there is scientific evidence to suggest that the presence of amnesic shellfish poisoning toxins in scallops represent a threat to human health; what scientific investigations have been carried out by the Government in relation to the impact of ASP on human health; what level of ASP is regarded as a threat to human health; and what scientific evidence was used to determine this level.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January] [Transferred]¶A (89453)

724   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what scientific evidence the decision was taken to impose the safety level of 20ug/g of amnesic shellfish poisoning in scallops caught in UK waters; on which dates the Irish Sea scallop fishery was closed and reopened in each of the last five years; and what estimate she has made of the length of time that the Irish Sea scallop fishery would have been closed in each of the last five years had there been a safety limit of 4.6ug/g for amnesic shellfish poisoning in place.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January] [Transferred]¶A (89455)

725   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what information he has collated on the application to his Department and its agencies of the checklist, circulated by letter by Sir Richard Mottram, referred to under Action Point 12 of the Revitalising Health and Safety strategy statement; and if he will make a statement.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89522)

726   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer which senior officials within his Department and its agencies take responsibility for health and safety at board or equivalent level; and where their names are publicised.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89521)

727   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his Department and its agencies have met the commitment arising from Action Point 13 of the June 2000 strategy statement on Revitalising Health and Safety to summarise health and safety performance and plans in Annual Reports from the year 2000-01 onwards.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89520)

728   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions he has had with the European Commission on (a) the sale of investment products or services and (b) the liability of advisors and providers in relation to their customers, following the recommendations of the Sandler Report; and if he will make a statement.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89468)

729   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on progress since 6th November 2002 on a strategy for a national financial advice network and the extent to which (a) credit unions and (b) friendly societies can play a part in the process of providing advice to the financially excluded.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89460)

730   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which senior officials within his Department and its agencies take responsibility for health and safety at board or equivalent level; and where their names are publicised.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89494)

731   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department and its agencies have met the commitment arising from Action Point 13 of the June 2000 strategy statement on Revitalising Health and Safety to summarise health and safety performance and plans in annual reports from the year 2000-01 onwards.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89493)

732   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information he has collated on the application to his Department and its agencies of the checklist, circulated by letter by Sir Richard Mottram, referred to under Action Point 12 of the Revitalising Health and Safety strategy statement; and if he will make a statement.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89495)

733   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library copies of the reports compiled by the secondee from BAE Systems following his secondment to the British Embassy in Brazil between May and October 2002.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89462)

734   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the name of the committee within British Trade International is which oversees the placement and monitoring of secondments from outside organisations to the Foreign Office.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89532)

735   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library copies of the reports which were compiled by the secondee from BG Group to the British Embassy in Indonesia in 2001 on the strengthening of official organisations in that country.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89461)

736   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information he has collated on the application to his Department and its agencies of the checklist, circulated by letter by Sir Richard Mottram, referred to under Action Point 12 of the revitalising health and safety strategy statement; and if he will make a statement.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89492)

737   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department and its agencies have met the commitment arising from Action Point 13 of the June 2000 Strategy statement on revitalising health and safety to summarise health and safety performance and plans in annual reports from the year 2000�01 onwards.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89490)

738   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which senior officials within his Department and its agencies take responsibility for health and safety at board or equivalent level; and where their names are publicised.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89491)

739   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department and its agencies have met the commitment arising from Action Point 13 of the June 2000 Strategy statement on revitalising health and safety to summarise health and safety performance and plans in annual reports from the year 2000�01 onwards.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89496)

740   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information he has collated on the application to his Department and its agencies of the checklist, circulated by letter by Sir Richard Mottram, referred to under Action Point 12 of the revitalising health and safety strategy statement; and if he will make a statement.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89498)

741   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which senior officials within his Department and its agencies take responsibility for health and safety at board or equivalent level; and where their names are publicised.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89497)

742   Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures have been put in place to ensure high standards amongst door security personnel working for nightclubs and other entertainment venues.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89478)

743   Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many child curfew orders have been issued in England and Wales, broken down by local authority area.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89480)

744   Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what Government support is available to police authorities that are considering introducing community support officers or accredited community safety organisations.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89479)

745   Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many accredited community safety organisations have been established in England and Wales, broken down by local authority area.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89481)

746   Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to allow new asylum seekers to be able to work and so enable them to pay for their own support.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89534)

747   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what dates ministers in his Department have held meetings with members and officials of the United States Administration since 8th June 2001; where each meeting took place; which ministers were involved in each meeting; which United States Administration departments attended each meeting; and which members and officials from the United States administration attended each of these meetings.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89465)

748   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long on average his Department took to consider an application for settlement in each year since 1990.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89459)

749   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which senior officials within her Department and its agencies take responsibility for health and safety at board or equivalent level; and where their names are publicised.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89488)

750   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what information she has collated on the application to her Department and its agencies of the checklist, circulated by letter by Sir Richard Mottram, referred to under Action Point 12 of the revitalising health and safety strategy statement; and if she will make a statement.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89489)

751   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department and its agencies have met the commitment arising from Action Point 13 of the June 2000 Strategy statement on revitalising health and safety to summarise health and safety performance and plans in annual reports from the year 2000�01 onwards.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89487)

752   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, whether the Lord Chancellor's Department and its agencies have met the commitment arising from Action Point 13 of the June 2000 strategy Statement on Revitalising Health and Safety to summarise health and safety performance and plans in Annual Reports from the year 2000-01 onwards.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89499)

753   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what information the Lord Chancellor has collated on the application to his Department and its agencies of the checklist, circulated by letter by Sir Richard Mottram, referred to under Action Point 12 of the revitalising health and safety strategy statement; and if he will make a statement.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89501)

754   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, which senior officials within the Lord Chancellor's Department and its agencies take responsibility for health and safety at board or equivalent level; and where their names are publicised.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89500)

755   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what research facilities for MLAs are available at Parliament Buildings, Stormont.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89437)

756   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many former prisoners with terrorist convictions are receiving payments from Government agencies in remuneration for work carried out by them through legitimate community groups or community programmes.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89438)

757   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many former RUC officers who retired on severance pay have re-entered employment.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89439)

758   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his definition is of (a) a security response and (b) a community safety initiative in the context of dealing with interface conflict in Northern Ireland.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89440)

759   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the purpose is of the planned visits by the honourable Member for Basildon to Scotland and Wales.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89441)

760   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to introduce direct water charges in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89442)

761   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the locations of land banks held for housing development by (a) the Housing Executive and (b) housing associations are; and what estimate he has made of the number of new homes which will be built on those land banks over the next five years.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89467)

762   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take steps to institute a public inquiry into (a) the asbestos leak at the Headquarters of the South Eastern Education Library Board in September 2002 and (b) steps taken to address the consequences.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89533)

763   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the (a) rateable value was and (b) how much was paid in rates by the owner of the property at 51 to 55 Falls Road in Belfast in each of the last 10 years.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89458)

764   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to ensure the completion of renovation work at the Model Primary School in Newtownards.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89450)

765   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many asbestos leaks occurred in buildings owned or leased by (a) the Department of Education in Northern Ireland and (b) South Eastern Education and Library Board since 1973; where these leaks occurred; and how many people were exposed in each case.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89457)

766   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which senior officials within her Department and its agencies take responsibility for health and safety at board or equivalent level; and where their names are publicised.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89506)

767   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether her Department and its agencies have met the commitment arising from Action Point 13 of the June 2000 strategy Statement on Revitalising Health and Safety to summarise health and safety performance and plans in Annual Reports from the year 2000-01 onwards.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89505)

768   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what information she has collated on the application to her Department and its agencies of the checklist, circulated by letter by Sir Richard Mottram, referred to under Action Point 12 of the revitalising health and safety strategy statement; and if he will make a statement.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89507)

769   Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans the Government has to increase the use of solar energy by domestic industry; and if she will make a statement.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89482)

770   Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent consideration has been given to harnessing tidal power in the Severn Estuary; and if she will make a statement.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89484)

771   Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to reduce the United Kingdom's reliance upon nuclear energy.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89483)

772   Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what protection there is for consumers against overcharging by water companies.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January] [Transferred]¶A (89537)

773   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what information he has collated on the application to his Department and its agencies of the checklist, circulated by letter by Sir Richard Mottram, referred to under Action Point 12 of the revitalising health and safety strategy statement; and if he will make a statement.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89510)

774   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, whether his Department and its agencies have met the commitment arising from Action Point 13 of the June 2000 strategy Statement on Revitalising Health and Safety to summarise health and safety performance and plans in Annual Reports from the year 2000-01 onwards.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89508)

775   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, which senior officials within his Department and its agencies take responsibility for health and safety at board or equivalent level; and where their names are publicised.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89509)

776   Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, which major road schemes in the local transport settlement for 2002 were (a) accepted, (b) provisionally approved, (c) considered work in progress and (d) rejected.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89535)

777   Martin Linton (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will publish the results of the two-year trial, beginning August 2000, to extend night period runway alternation at Heathrow to the hour between 6 am and 7 am; and if he will make a statement.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89536)

778   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, on what dates ministers in his Department and his predecessor's department have held meetings with members and officials of the United States Administration since 8th June 2001; where each meeting took place; which ministers were involved in each meeting; which United States Administration departments attended each meeting; and which members and officials from the United States Administration attended each of these meetings.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89466)

779   Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, whether low-noise tarmac is being used in the construction of the Birmingham Northern Relief Road.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89449)

780   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information he has collated on the application to his Department and its agencies of the checklist, circulated by letter by Sir Richard Mottram, referred to under Action Point 12 of the revitalising health and safety strategy statement; and if he will make a statement.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89519)

781   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department and its agencies have met the commitment arising from Action Point 13 of the June 2000 strategy Statement on Revitalising Health and Safety, to summarise health and safety performance and plans in Annual Reports from the year 2000-01 onwards.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89517)

782   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which senior officials within his Department and its agencies take responsibility for health and safety at board or equivalent level; and where their names are publicised.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89518)

783   Mr David Clelland (Tyne Bridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Newcastle upon Tyne and (b) Gateshead have been assisted by the New Deal.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89530)

784   Mr David Clelland (Tyne Bridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many people in (a) Newcastle upon Tyne and (b) Gateshead have benefited from the introduction of the national minimum wage; and what was the average uplift on earnings.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January] [Transferred]¶A (89529)

785   Mr David Clelland (Tyne Bridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families in (a) Newcastle upon Tyne and (b) Gateshead are receiving working families tax credit; and what the average value of the credit is.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January] [Transferred]¶A (89527)

786   Mr David Clelland (Tyne Bridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners have benefited from the minimum income guarantee in (a) Newcastle upon Tyne and (b) Gateshead; and what was the average uplift.

[Deferred from Wednesday 8th January]¶A (89528)