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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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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)
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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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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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)
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| 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)
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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)
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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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 62 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Government's definition is of overstretch. |
| | (89277)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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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)
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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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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227
N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if his Department has purchased an e-procurement system. |
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| 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. |
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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. |
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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. |
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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 ClimbieĞ Inquiry. |
| | (88345)
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| 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. |
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