Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2002 - 03
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The Order Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 20 January 2003

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Monday 20 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.

MONDAY 20th JANUARY

1   Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which local authorities have taken forward large scale voluntary transfer, broken down by party control; and what assessment he has made of the benefits of Large Scale Voluntary Transfer.

(92010)

2   Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many households in (a) private regulated tenancies and (b) private deregulated tenancies there were in each English region in each year since 1996.

(91690)

3
N   Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what representations he has received from North Tyneside Council regarding the level of the council's financial settlement for 2003¸04.

(91857)

4   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which London local authorities will not have a real terms grant increase this year based on inflation, wage commitments and net nursing care and health transfers applicable to those local authorities; how much the shortfall is in each case in (a) percentage and (b) cash terms; and what percentage that represents of each of those local authorities' average Band D council tax.

(91873)

5   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, for what reasons the City of London received the ceiling in the recently announced local authority grant settlement; and if he will make a statement.

(91876)

6   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with Islington council on the disposal of the freehold of buildings which house Government-funded regeneration programmes; and if he will make a statement.

(92326)

7   Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the cash reserves of (a) Taunton Deane Borough Council, (b) Somerset County Council, (c) Mendip District Council, (d) West Somerset District Council, (e) Sedgemoor District Council and (f) South Somerset District Council were in each of the last 15 years.

(92183)

8   Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what has been the annual budget of the (a) South West Regional Development Agency, (b) Government Office for South West and (c) South West Regional Assembly since their inception.

(92182)

9   Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many people are employed by the (a) South West Regional Development Agency, (b) Government Office for South West and (c) South West Regional Assembly.

(92181)

10   Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he expects to have completed his evaluation of the report in the previous session of Parliament of the Transport, Local Government and Regions Select Committee on Empty Homes.

(92646)

11   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many fire officers are employed in Herefordshire.

(91747)

12   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much (a) his Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body spent on external consultancy in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (planned); and if he will make a statement.

(92225)

13   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much money has been lost by his Department and its agencies and non departmental public bodies through (a) fraud and (b) theft in each year since 1996-97.

(92424)

14   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many press releases have been issued by his Department in each (a) year and (b) quarter from 1995-96 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92422)

15   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his estimate is of the total expenditure by his Department on ministerial travel (a) in the UK and (b) abroad in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (estimated); and if he will make a statement.

(92421)

16   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many civil servants have been employed by (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies and non-departmental bodies in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92412)

17   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the estimate is of the total spending of his Department in all forms of entertainment in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92413)

18   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what sales of heritage assets and antique assets have been made by his Department since May 1997; if he will list other assets; and if he will estimate the total sales proceeds.

(92414)

19   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much (a) his Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department spent on (i) publicity and (ii) advertising in each year from 1995-96 to 2000-03 (estimated); and if he will make a statement.

(92231)

20   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers have been employed by his Department in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92423)

21
N   Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many representations he has received from electors living in (a) the south-east region, (b) Hampshire and (c) the New Forest East constituency in favour of the establishment of an elected regional assembly for the south-east.

(91399)

22   Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what reasons underlay the technical adjustment of £1,000,000 to correct the treatment of an Ordnance Survey interest payment in his Departmental Expenditure Limit.

(92510)

23   Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment the Intra Governmental Group on Geographic Information has made of the size of the geographic information market in the UK.

(92511)

24   Martin Linton (Battersea): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many London boroughs have (a) unitary development plans and (b) revised unitary development plans specifying in an objective or other paragraph that is not a policy what proportion of affordable housing should be provided on suitable sites.

(92129)

25   Martin Linton (Battersea): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many London boroughs have (a) unitary development plans and (b) revised unitary development plans specifying in a policy what proportion of affordable housing should be provided on suitable sites.

(92130)

26   Martin Linton (Battersea): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many people were on housing waiting lists in each London borough at the latest date for which figures are available.

(92132)

27   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many staff work for the Business Co-ordination Unit; how many worked for the Unit in each year since it was formed; and what the running costs of the Unit are in 2002-03.

(92576)

28   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the average cash reserves were for shire county councils in each of the last 10 years.

(92065)

29   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the cash reserves of (a) Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council and (b) Shropshire County Council were in each of the last 10 years.

(92066)

30   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what mechanism exists for compensating relatives for the cost of raising headstones that have been laid flat for safety reasons by local authorities.

(91879)

31   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what measures he advises local authorities to take to advise relatives of the instability of headstones in cemeteries.

(91882)

32   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many (a) deaths and (b) injuries have been attributed to unsafe headstones in cemeteries in each year since 1990.

(91878)

33   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will estimate the cost to local authorities in 2002-03 of the safety testing of headstones.

(91880)

34   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what guidance is issued to local authorities on funding the safety of headstones in cemeteries.

(91881)

35   Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list for each region from the latest available English house condition survey the figures for (a) construction date, (b) unfitness, (c) worst and best condition, (d) unfit vacants, (e) unfitness, broken down by dwelling type, (f) reason for vacancy and (g) variation of general comprehensive and urgent repair costs, broken down by type of tenure.

(92068)

36   Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy to use alternative data sources to the 2001 census to calculate Westminster City Council's (a) grant settlement for 2003-04 and (b) future grant settlements; and if he will make a statement.

(92494)

37   Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make allowance for inaccuracies in the 2001 census count when considering the grant allocation for 2004-05; and if he will make a statement.

(92495)

38   Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what margin of error is officially regarded as acceptable for the 2001 census in (a) inner city areas and (b) rural areas; and if he will make a statement.

(92496)

39   Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many (a) malicious vehicle fires, (b) incidents of arson and (c) incidents of arson in educational establishments there were, broken down by local authority fire brigade area, in England and Wales, in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2001.

(92497)

40
N   Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many deaths there were due to fires in the United Kingdom in each of the last five years between (a) 10.00 pm and 6.00 am, (b) 6.00 am and 2.00 pm and (c) 2.00 pm and 10.00 pm.

(91895)

41
N   Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the average percentage rise in the government grant to police authorities is for the forthcoming financial year; and what the percentage increase was for the Essex police force.

(91397)

42
N   Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what average domestic rate was paid to local councils in the most recent annual period for which figures are available; and what the average amount of rates paid in Essex was in the same period.

(91398)

43
N   Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the average grant entitlement increase awarded to County Councils for the forthcoming financial year has been; and what the percentage increase provided for Essex was.

(91396)

44   Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip - Northwood): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he has taken to address the concerns about the protection of green belt land from speculative development expressed in Early Day Motion 1236 in the previous session of Parliament.

(92648)

45   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, who the suppliers are of her Department's (a) paper and (b) paper products.

(91906)

46
N   Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the UK's nominations for world heritage site status in 2003.

(91520)

47   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assistance she will provide (a) to the Rugby Football League in helping promote supporters trusts within rugby league and (b) to rugby league clubs wishing to establish supporters trusts.

(91981)

48   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to hold further discussions with the ECB regarding the Cricket World Cup; and what discussions she has had with other governments whose cricket teams are participating in the Cricket World Cup.

(91941)

49   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on progress being made on the Wembley Stadium project; and when the Wembley Stadium project is expected to be complete.

(91980)

50   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much financial support for cricket has been provided this financial year by agencies and organisations which she funds.

(91756)

51   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what Government funds are available for modernisation of sports clubs; and by what means she channels modernisation funds to sports clubs.

(91915)

52   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information her Department collates relating to the composition of (a) sports clubs and (b) governing bodies of sports clubs in respect of (i) gender, (ii) ethnicity and (iii) socio-economic groups.

(91917)

53   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportions of the members of the governing bodies of sports clubs that receive funding from her Department are (a) male and (b) female.

(91916)

54   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much (a) her Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body sponsored by her Department spent on (i) publicity and (ii) advertising in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (estimated); and if she will make a statement.

(92255)

55   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers have been employed by her Department in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and at what cost in each year.

(92468)

56   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much (a) her Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body spent on external consultancy in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (planned); and if she will make a statement.

(92256)

57   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many press releases have been issued by her Department in each (a) year and (b) quarter from 1995-96 to 2002-03; and if she will make a statement.

(92467)

58   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her estimate is of the total expenditure by her Department on ministerial travel (a) in the UK and (b) abroad, in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (estimated); and if she will make a statement.

(92466)

59   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much money has been lost by her Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies through (a) fraud and (b) theft for each year since 1996-97.

(92469)

60   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what sales of heritage assets and antique assets have been made by her Department since May 1997; and if she will list such assets; and if she will estimate the total sales proceeds.

(92396)

61   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many civil servants have been employed by (a) her Department and (b) each of its agencies and non-departmental bodies in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and if she will make a statement.

(92394)

62   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her estimate is of the total spending of his Department on entertainment in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and if she will make a statement.

(92395)

63   Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many tests for erythropoictin and human growth hormones she expects to be conducted by UK Sport in each of the next three years; and if she will make a statement.

(91874)

64   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9th January, Official Report, column 293W, on Iraq, when figures for ordnance released over Iraq for the whole of 2002 will be published.

(93517)

65   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what numerical restrictions there are under the CFE Treaty on deployments of armed forces to Turkey.

(92532)

66   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of munitions released over Iraq were precision guided in each of the last five years.

(92534)

67   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the (a) names and (b) employers of the members of the (i) National Defence Industries Council, (ii) National Defence Industries Council Research and Technology Group, (iii) National Defence and Aerospace Systems Panel, (iv) Research and Technology Task Force and (v) Defence Task Force.

(91918)

68
N   Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library unrestricted information about ricin from the Laboratory of the Government Chemist.

(91431)

69   Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 7th January, Official Report, column 45W, on Financial Dynamics, when the two meetings which his Department's official attended with Financial Dynamics took place; and whether Financial Dynamics were authorised to represent his Department in liaising with the Press.

(92057)

70
N   Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Public and Commercial Services Union about their opposition to the four year pay settlement; and if he will make a statement.

(91641)

71   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who are the suppliers of (a) paper and (b) paper products used by his Department.

(91827)

72   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the composition was of the financial payment made to Qinetiq on its post-privatisation; how much was paid in respect of (a) staff pensions, (b) termination of prior contracts and (c) other issues.

(92293)

73   Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what level of BA/Rescue team support is required to support the planned deployment of Royal Naval and Royal Air Force personnel to the Persian Gulf; and what impact such a deployment would have on emergency military fire cover in the United Kingdom.

(92649)

74   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was in each of the last five years of his Department's search and rescue capability in the UK; and if he will make a statement.

(91914)

75   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what problems have arisen in the evaluation of the bids for the contract for the new wheeled support vehicles; how near these are to resolution; and if he will make a statement.

(91872)

76   Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF aircraft have been fitted with ground proximity warning systems, (a) in total and (b) by aircraft type; and if he plans that the successor to Hawk trainers will be fitted with GPWS.

(92507)

77   Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what orders in excess of £500,000 his Department has placed for urgent operational requirements in the last three months.

(92508)

78   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is supplied from each of the ROF sites in the UK.

(92033)

79   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is supplied from ROF Chorley; and what the length is of each contract.

(92034)

80   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the security of supply for armed forces equipment and munitions should forces be committed to military action in Iraq.

(92035)

81   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when a decision will be made on whether Suez veterans should receive an honour.

(92036)

82
N   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many medical reservists were found to be unfit for military service in the last period for which figures are available.

(91516)

83
N   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which foreign navies will be participating in Naval Task Group 2003; and which foreign warships will be involved.

(91519)

84
N   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many medical regular reserves are (a) serving on operations; and (b) eligible for call up.

(91518)

85
N   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many field hospitals are deployable; and if he will make a statement.

(91517)

86
N   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the (a) establishment and (b) strength of each (i) regular and (ii) reserve field hospital; and where each is based.

(91515)

87   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers indicated when last questioned that they were (a) satisfied and (b) unsatisfied with Combat 95 clothing; what percentage of respondents this represents; what comments were made about the clothing; and if he will make a statement.

(92145)

88   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how Army personnel when last questioned described the morale of (a) themselves, (b) their working group, (c) their unit and (d) the Army as a whole; how many people responded; what percentage responded to each option asked; and if he will make a statement.

(92147)

89   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Clansmen radios have been issued to the task force commanded by Ark Royal; and if he will make a statement.

(92134)

90   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what medical equipment is (a) possessed by his Department and (b) being shipped to the Gulf; and if he will make a statement.

(92139)

91   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the last three operational deployments and the length between each has been for (a) 1 Para, (b) 2 Para, (c) 3 Para, (d) 7th Armoured Brigade, (e) 1st Armoured Brigade and (f) 161 Ambulance Regiment RLC; and how many personnel have been medically downgraded in each.

(92140)

92   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many reservists served in (a) the Gulf War, (b) Kosovo and (c) Afghanistan; and what percentage of those fit for active duty this represented at the time.

(92137)

93   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the vaccines given to troops preparing to go to the Gulf, stating in each case (a) whether they have been approved by the Medicines Control Agency and (b) whether they are administered voluntarily or compulsorily; and if he will make a statement.

(92142)

94   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many NBC suits are (a) issued to personnel and (b) in stock; and if he will make a statement.

(92135)

95   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what stocks his Department holds of (a) desert boots, (b) desert clothing and (c) Combat 95 clothing; and if he will make a statement.

(92136)

96   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Challenger II tanks are (a) undergoing desertification, (b) fully serviceable and (c) 1, 2, 3, 4th line inserviceable, broken down by regiment.

(92133)

97   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many call-out notices have been issued in 2003; what percentage of those fit for active duty this represents; and if he will make a statement.

(92138)

98   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list PSA targets for 1999-2000 to 2001-02 which his Department has not achieved stating the progress made in each case; and if he will make a statement.

(92143)

99   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel have volunteered to receive (a) anthrax vaccines and (b) other vaccines; and what percentage of those offered the injections this represents.

(92144)

100   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many modified SA 80 rifles are (a) issued to personnel and (b) held in stock; and if he will make a statement.

(92141)

101   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers when last questioned indicated that they were (a) unsatisfied and (b) satisfied with (i) military health care, (ii) waiting lists, (iii) remedial treatment and (iv) health care for their family; what percentage of respondents this represents; and if he will make a statement.

(92146)

102   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his estimate is of the total expenditure by his Department on ministerial travel (a) in the UK and (b) abroad, in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (estimated); and if he will make a statement.

(92462)

103   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what sales of heritage assets and antique assets have been made by his Department since May 1997; and if he will list such assets; and if he will estimate the total sales proceeds.

(92393)

104   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many press releases have been issued by his Department in each (a) year and (b) quarter from 1995-96 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92463)

105   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his estimate is of the total spending of his Department on entertainment in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92392)

106   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) his Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department spent on (i) publicity and (ii) advertising in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (estimated); and if he will make a statement.

(92257)

107   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers have been employed by his Department in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and at what cost in each year.

(92464)

108   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants have been employed by (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies and non-departmental bodies in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92391)

109   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) his Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body spent on external consultancy in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (planned); and if he will make a statement.

(92258)

110   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much money has been lost by his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies through (a) fraud and (b) theft for each year since 1996-97.

(92465)

111   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what health promotion advice is planned for troops deployed to the Middle East.

(91820)

112   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the take-up of anthrax vaccination among troops preparing to deploy to the Middle East.

(91821)

113   Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contingency measures have been put in place to ensure there are sufficient stocks of blood and plasma available to the armed forces in the event of military action in Iraq.

(91885)

114   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the timing of his placing in the Library his departmental minute on the sell-off of QinetiQ to the Carlyle Group.

(91962)

115   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to postpone to go-ahead with the sale of QinetiQ to the Carlyle Group until Parliament has an opportunity to evaluate and debate the proposals set out in his departmental minute of 17th December 2002.

(92300)

116   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the number of Iraqi civilian casualties that could arise from a war against Iraq.

(91967)

117   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) British forces and (b) United States forces deployed to the Gulf have depleted uranium munitions available as part of their armoury.

(91974)

118   Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it is his Department's policy to regard the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 and the Protocol of 1978 related thereto (MARPOL 73/78), as amended and reiterated in Regulation (EC) No 417/2002 as best practice; what plans he has to take steps to apply MARPOL 73/78 to vessels falling under the auspices of his Department; and if he will make a statement.

(92314)

119   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on progress made since 1997 in (a) making British forces more mobile and (b) increasing their ability to contribute to international peace and security.

(91855)

120   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the size is of the British Army of the Rhine; what its size was in (a) 1997, (b) 1993 and (c) 1983; and what British forces remain in Germany.

(91854)

121   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the Government's policy is on diversity of supply in post-16 education.

(91853)

122   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when 16 to 18 year olds in Redcar constituency will become entitled to education maintenance allowances.

(91836)

123   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will give priority to areas adjacent to the pilot schemes in the national implementation of education maintenance allowances.

(91838)

124   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, by what percentage the pilot schemes suggest education maintenance allowances will improve progression rates into post sixteen education in deprived areas.

(91837)

125   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether premiums will be available on education maintenance allowances to help single parents to access childcare.

(91840)

126   Mr Nigel Beard (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much public money has been given to the London Institute; and how the use of this money has been accounted for in each year since the foundation of the Institute.

(92299)

127
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of pupils obtained A* - C grades in all three core subjects in (a) wholly comprehensive local authority areas and (b) wholly selective local authority areas, in each of the last five years.

(91583)

128
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what his definition is of a High Level Teaching Assistant; and what the (a) minimum qualification levels, (b) training requirements and (c) salary scales are.

(91584)

129   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people serving sentences in (a) prisons and (b) Young Offender Institutes in England and Wales have been diagnosed as suffering from dyslexia, in each year since 1992; and what estimate he has made of the numbers serving sentences and suffering from dyslexia, in each year since 1992.

(91824)

130   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which (a) prisons and (b) Young Offender Institutes in England and Wales have facilities for (i) diagnosing dyslexia and (ii) providing education for inmates suffering from dyslexia.

(91825)

131
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many career development loans have been allocated since 1998; how many applications have been refused since 1998; what the total sum issued since 1998 has been; how much remains outstanding; how much has been recovered via debt agencies and court orders; how much has been defaulted; and if he will make a statement.

(88837)

132   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, who the suppliers are of his Department's (a) paper and (b) paper products.

(91901)

133
N   Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many UK students in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) Scotland qualified for (i) the full amount, (ii) a proportion and (iii) no part of student maintenance grants in each academic year from 1990 to 1998.

(91753)

134
N   Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what reports he has received about the number of students who have qualified for (a) full exemption, (b) part exemption and (c) no exemption from tuition fees in Scotland in each academic year from 1998 until 2001.

(91640)

135
N   Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils entered (a) further education and (b) higher education in each local education authority area in each academic year since 1990.

(91752)

136
N   Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils left school at 16 years in each local education authority area in each academic year since 1990.

(91751)

137
N   Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many UK students have entered universities in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) Scotland in each academic year since 1990.

(91638)

138
N   Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what reports he has received on the number of students in Scotland who have qualified for (a) the full amount, (b) a proportion and (c) no part of the income-dependent element of student loans in each academic year since 1998.

(91823)

139
N   Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what reports he has received about the number of students in Scotland who have qualified for (a) the full amount, (b) a proportion and (c) no part of the young students' bursary in each academic year since its introduction.

(91639)

140
N   Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many UK students have qualified for the income-dependent element of student loans in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland in each academic year since 1998.

(91637)

141
N   Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimates he has made of how many pupils from each social class entered (a) further education and (b) higher education in each local education authority area in each academic year since 1990.

(91750)

142
N   Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many UK students have qualified for (a) full exemption, (b) part exemption and (c) no exemption from tuition fees in (i) England, (ii) Wales and (iii) Northern Ireland in each academic year from 1998 onwards.

(91636)

143   Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when 16-18 year olds in Somerset will become entitled to education maintenance allowance.

(92180)

144
N   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the administrative cost of the (a) introduction and (b) implementation of the Leadership Incentive grants; and if he will make a statement.

(91525)

145
N   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total cost was to (a) local Government, (b) central Government and (c) both local and central Government of employing (i) teachers, (ii) deputy head teachers, (iii) head teachers and (iv) all teachers in each year since 1997.

(91521)

146
N   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of new consultants needed to assess applications for the Leadership Incentive grants; and if he will make a statement.

(91524)

147
N   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average number of hours worked per week was for (a) teachers, (b) deputy head teachers, (c) head teachers and (d) all teachers in each year since 1997.

(91522)

148
N   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of the working time of (a) teachers, (b) deputy head teachers, (c) head teachers and (d) all teachers was spent on (i) teaching, (ii) other teaching related tasks and (iii) non-teaching related tasks in each year since 1997.

(91523)

149   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the review of funding for higher education.

(92014)

150   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures he is taking to reduce the number of children failing to attend school; and what discussions he has had with officials and Ministers in the Home Office regarding truancy from schools.

(92013)

151   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what actions he has taken to ensure that examination papers are marked and returned on time to schools and colleges.

(92012)

152   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) secondary school teachers, (b) primary school teachers and (c) classroom assistants are employed in Herefordshire.

(91735)

153   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what his estimate is of the total spending of his Department on entertainment in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92380)

154   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much (a) his Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department spent on (i) publicity and (ii) advertising in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (estimated); and if he will make a statement;

(92239)

155   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many civil servants have been employed by (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies and non-departmental bodies in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92379)

156   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much (a) his Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body spent on external consultancy in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (planned); and if he will make a statement.

(92240)

157   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many press releases have been issued by his Department in each (a) year and (b) quarter from 1995-96 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92447)

158   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what sales of heritage assets and antique assets have been made by his Department since May 1997; if he will list such assets; and if he will estimate the total sales proceeds.

(92381)

159   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what his estimate is of the total expenditure by his Department on ministerial travel (a) in the UK and (b) abroad, in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (estimated); and if he will make a statement.

(92446)

160   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much money has been lost by his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies through (a) fraud and (b) theft for each year since 1996-97.

(92449)

161   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers have been employed by his Department in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and at what cost in each year.

(92448)

162   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people enrolled to begin advanced modern apprenticeship courses in each of the last three years for which information is available.

(92635)

163   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he will reply to the Question from the honourable Member for East Worthing and Shoreham, Ref 84763.

(92578)

164   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list for each year since 1997 the percentage of rural parishes with (a) no nursery, (b) no parent and toddler group and (c) no pre-school play group.

(91985)

165   Dr Nick Palmer (Broxtowe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on progress in providing teachers in Broxtowe with a laptop computer with internet access.

(92004)

166   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what alternative provision he will put in place to meet the needs of people with special needs who are excluded from attending their clubs on attaining the age of 25.

(92320)

167   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, for what reason it was decided to set 25 as the age at which to exclude people with special needs from the clubs they had been attending; and if he will make a statement.

(92323)

168   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether it is his policy, with reference to the document Resourcing Excellence in Youth Services, launched in December, that people with special needs should be excluded from youth services when they reach the age of 25.

(92322)

169   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what his policy is on the exclusion of people with serious learning difficulties from youth and other clubs at the age of 25; and if he will make a statement.

(92324)

170   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what provision he will make for people with serious learning difficulties to continue to be able to attend their clubs after reaching the age of 25.

(92321)

171   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the research projects (with duration and name of contractor) commissioned by his Department in each of the last five years; if he will indicate (a) the duration of each project and (b) the name of the organisation contracted to undertake the research; and what the aggregate cost was of research projects in each year.

(92641)

172   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools administered the Key Stage 2 English and mathematics tests to Year 7 pupils in 2002.

(92150)

173   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many Year 7 pupils took the Key Stage 2 tests in English and mathematics in 2002.

(92151)

174   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of Year 7 pupils achieved a Level 4 or above in the Key Stage 2 tests in English and mathematics in 2002.

(92152)

175
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) public and (b) other money internal drainage boards have received in each year since 1997; how much money internal drainage boards have spent in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement.

(91579)

176
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the internal drainage boards in England and Wales, broken down by constituency.

(91578)

177
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which Government ministers are members of internal drainage boards.

(91581)

178
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the effectiveness of internal drainage boards in dealing with flood alleviation in England and Wales.

(91580)

179
N   Mr A.J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether animal grazing will be permitted in 2003 on sites used for mass burning of carcasses during the foot and mouth epidemic.

(89807)

180
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department and its agencies have spent in the last twelve months for which figures are available on promoting the consumption of fruit and vegetables.

(92050)

181
N   Mr Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the organisations who (a) were invited to tender and (b) tendered unsuccessfully for the research contract which was awarded to MCM Research Ltd.

(91306)

182
N   Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what arrangements are in place to monitor compliance with her Department's guidelines on the disposal of refrigerators; and if she will make a statement.

(91644)

183   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who the suppliers are of her Department's (a) paper and (b) paper products.

(91908)

184
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with (a) the livestock industry and (b) hunts on the introduction of the EU directive on disposal of dead stock.

(92076)

185
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on what funding is available for consequential loss for TB herd breakdowns for those farmers who are part of the Woodchester Park Project area of Gloucestershire.

(92076)

186
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy towards the forthcoming EU directive on disposal of dead stock.

(92074)

187
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on what funding was made available in the last financial year for TB research in the areas of (a) finding a cattle vaccine, (b) finding a badger vaccine and (c) providing a comprehensive cattle test for TB.

(92077)

188
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what calculation she has made of the costs of the EU directive on disposal of dead stock for (a) the Government and (b) farmers.

(92075)

189   Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research she intends to carry out in the next 12 months to determine whether the Thames Barrier is sufficiently able to protect London in the event of a tidal surge.

(92650)

190   Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many civil servants have (a) been tested and (b) will be tested using psychometric testing.

(92592)

191   Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on progress with its flood defence scheme at Hillfarrance, near Taunton.

(91944)

192   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many prosecutions were made for seizures of illegal meats and bushmeat in 2002 at (a) airports and (b) seaports.

(92588)

193   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what quantity of illegal meat was seized coming into the UK at each airport and seaport in each of the last 22 months; and what percentage of each seizure was defined as bushmeat.

(92611)

194   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to publish the Veterinary Laboratory Agency risk analysis report into animal health from illegal meat importation.

(92612)

195   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what instructions her Department has issued to local authority environment health officers and port health authorities about illegal meat importation.

(92614)

196   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with the governments of countries from which bushmeat is illegally imported.

(92613)

197   Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 7th January 2003, Official Report, columns 81-4W, concerning the Agriculture and Fisheries Council on 16th to 19th December 2002, what the Government's stance was on each of the 11 key features of the Council's conclusions, embodied in the three new regulations on the Common Fisheries Policy.

(91774)

198   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she intends to reply to the letter to her Department dated 29th November from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms Jean Kellock.

(92281)

199   Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to provide additional funding for flood defences.

(91956)

200   Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what new funding mechanisms have been introduced for flood defences; and how much she estimates they will raise in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-6.

(92011)

201   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) her Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body sponsored by her Department spent on (i) publicity and (ii) advertising in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (estimated); and if she will make a statement.

(92249)

202   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what sales of heritage assets and antique assets have been made by her Department since May 1997; if she will list such assets; and if she will estimate the total sales proceeds.

(92390)

203   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers have been employed by her Department in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and at what cost in each year.

(92460)

204   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) her Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body spent on external consultancy in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (planned); and if she will make a statement.

(92250)

205   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her estimate is of the total spending of her Department on entertainment in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and if she will make a statement.

(92389)

206   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much money has been lost by her Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies through (a) fraud and (b) theft for each year since 1996-97.

(92461)

207   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many civil servants have been employed by (a) her Department and (b) each of its agencies and non-departmental bodies in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and if she will make a statement.

(92388)

208   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her estimate is of the total expenditure by her Department on ministerial travel (a) in the UK and (b) abroad, in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (estimated); and if she will make a statement.

(92458)

209   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many press releases have been issued by her Department in each (a) year and (b) quarter from 1995-96 to 2002-03; and if she will make a statement.

(92459)

210   Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on the obtaining of temporary kennels for stray dogs collected by local authority dog wardens from (a) local police forces and (b) other sources when temporary police kennels are not available.

(92589)

211   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has held with the Home Office about strategies for safe handling of domestic pets in the event of bio terrorist attacks.

(92523)

212   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice is available for pet owners in the event of bio-terrorist attacks.

(92522)

213   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what targets she has set for the recycling and retreading of tyres.

(91848)

214   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the British Cement Association on the use of alternative fuels.

(91847)

215   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact on village halls of regulations introduced since 1997.

(91844)

216   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has for promoting the use of old tyres as a surfacing material.

(91846)

217   Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what studies she has evaluated on the effect of the dumping of aircraft fuel into airspace on (a) the ozone layer, (b) human and plant health and (c) water quality; and if she will make a statement.

(92265)

218
N   Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what statutory performance standards local authorities are required to meet for the percentage of household waste sent for recycling or composting in (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2005-06; and what the performance against target for waste recycling was in (i) 2001-02 and (ii) 2002-03.

(92056)

219   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures her Department and the Environment Agency are putting in place to prepare for the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive.

(91933)

220   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations her Department will be making to the Council of Ministers in discussions regarding the European Water Framework Directive concerning acceptable targets and objectives for levels of mercury in groundwater.

(91928)

221   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what she estimates the impact of the European Water Framework Directive to be upon (a) water management and (b) land use planning at local government level.

(91931)

222   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will estimate the overall costs to the United Kingdom that will be incurred by the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive.

(91932)

223   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what planning policy and regional guidance will be issued to local authorities with regard to the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive.

(91930)

224   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what resources have been made available in the Spending Review to the Environment Agency to carry out its role as competent authority in implementing the European Water Framework Directive.

(91929)

225   Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to prevent illegal meat imports into Britain.

(91996)

226   Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent measures she has taken to encourage energy efficiency.

(92000)

227   Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the reform of CAP.

(92003)

228   Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received from the NFU regarding the 20-day standstill movement restrictions.

(91997)

229   Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of the 20-day standstill period on British agriculture.

(91998)

230
N   Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will advise insurance companies that premiums on flooding policies should relate directly to risk and not to the post code areas in which the property is situated.

(91400)

231
N   Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her estimate is of the annual cost to the farming industry of the introduction of the EU Draft Regulations on the double-tagging of sheep; and what proportion of that cost she plans to meet from her Departmental budget.

(91420)

232
N   Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received from the farming industry on the proposed EU Draft Regulations on the double-tagging of sheep; and if she will make a statement.

(91418)

233
N   Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which Ministers and Officials attended the January Council of Ministers meeting on the EU Draft Regulations on the double-tagging of sheep.

(91417)

234
N   Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice she has received on the animal welfare implications of the use of distance-readable tags proposed in the EU Draft Regulations on sheep tagging; and if she will make a statement.

(91419)

235   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 14th January, Official Report, column 541W, when she plans to answer the letter of Mr D Parton of Lymington, dated 8th October 2002, regarding composted green waste.

(91859)

236
N   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what evidential basis her Department stated that fisheries in cod related fisheries will be able to fish for 15 days per month, with reference to the terms of Annex XVII to regulation 2341/2002.

(91772)

237
N   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Treasury regarding additional funding for aid to fishing communities since the agreement reached at the recent Fisheries Council.

(91773)

238
N   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Scottish Executive in respect of aid packages to fishing communities since the agreement reached at the Fisheries Council.

(91771)

239
N   Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the use of the immunocapillary electrophoresis test for diagnostic purposes; and what steps she is taking to enable the test to be used throughout the United Kingdom.

(90845)

240   Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 13th January, Official Report, column 372W, on fisheries, for what reasons a copy of Opinion of the Legal Service, Council of the European Union, No 13585/02, Limite, JUR424 PECHE164, dated 29th October 2002, was not passed by her Department to the (a) Scottish Fishermen's Federation and (b) National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations.

(92645)

241   Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many British fishery officers have been sent during 2002 to those Baltic States which are due to accede to the European Union in 2004; and what the purpose was of sending them.

(92644)

242   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer who the suppliers are of his Department's paper and paper products.

(91902)

243
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the cost of early retirement for the public sector in each of the last five years.

(92073)

244   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of total government revenue is represented by the total public sector pension obligation.

(92072)

245   Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what advice he has received about the likely impact of the introduction of tax-transparent property investment trusts on the supply of affordable housing in the UK.

(92568)

246   Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer whether payments made by public sector employers to employees working within the Central London congestion charging zone by way of reimbursement of congestion charges incurred on travel to their place of work will be treated as taxable emoluments, subject to (a) tax and NI payments by the recipient employee and (b) employers' NI contributions.

(92569)

247   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people entitled to the minimum wage are being paid less than the minimum wage in (a) the North West and (b) the UK.

(91943)

248   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to alter VAT rates on the restoration of buildings.

(91990)

249
N   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the impact that proposed revisions to the 1993 European Investment Services Directive would have on the proposals contained in the Sandler review of savings.

(91574)

250
N   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many self-assessment tax-returns were received by the Inland Revenue, and how many of these that have subsequently been lost (a) in the current financial year to date and (b) in each previous year of the operation of the self-assessment system; and how many complaints were received by the Inland Revenue from taxpayers who claim to have submitted their tax-returns before the self-assessment deadline, but where the Inland Revenue has no such record of such a tax-return being received (i) in the current financial year to date and (ii) in each previous year of the operation of the self-assessment system.

(91575)

251
N   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the loss of self-assessment tax return forms by the Inland Revenue.

(91573)

252
N   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the level of co-operation between Imperial Tobacco and HM Customs and Excise on the issue of tobacco smuggling; and what recent discussions HM Customs and Excise has had with Imperial Tobacco on strategies to tackle tobacco smuggling.

(91576)

253   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what his latest estimate is of the value of the fixed assets of the Bank of England; and what date these estimates were made; and if he will make a statement.

(92516)

254   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what his estimate is of total public spending on HM Customs and Excise in each year from 1990-91 to 2004-05 (planned) in real terms using 2000-01 prices; and if he will make a statement.

(91725)

255   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how much the Inland Revenue spent on (a) publicity and (b) advertising in each year from 1990-91 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(91722)

256   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what his estimate is of the total spending of his Department on entertainment in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92371)

257   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what his estimate is of the net cost of the Royal Mint in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

(91713)

258   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many full time staff he estimates (a) were employed in the Government Actuary's Department in 1998-99 and (b) will be employed in 2003-04; and if he will make a statement.

(91712)

259   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to allow all staff in his Department to retire at age 65; what proportion of staff retire at or before age 60; and if he will make a statement.

(92553)

260   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what his estimate is of the total cost of the UK 2001 Census of Population, broken down to show (a) gross cost and (b) net cost after census-related income; and if he will make a statement.

(91704)

261   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he plans to privatise the Office for National Statistics; and if he will make a statement.

(91703)

262   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimates he has made of the cost savings from re-locating HM Treasury Staff out of central London premises; and if he will make a statement.

(92514)

263   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to privatise National Savings and Investments; and if he will make a statement.

(91727)

264   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what his estimate is of the annual cost of the National Investment and Loan Office in each year from 1990-91 to 2003-04 (planned).

(91728)

265   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what sales of heritage assets and antique assets have been made by his Department since May 1997; if he will list such assets; and if he will estimate the total sales proceeds.

(92372)

266   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what his estimate is of the annual saving in each of the last 10 years from borrowing money through National Savings and Investment rather than through conventional issuance of UK Government debt securities; how much of that saving is due to (a) the term structure of debt and (b) the underlying cost of debt; and if he will make a statement.

(91733)

267   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what his estimate is of the outstanding amount of savings and investment with National Savings and Investments, broken down by product; and if he will make a statement.

(91730)

268   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to increase the powers and responsibilities of the Financial Services Authority; and if he will make a statement.

(92563)

269   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it is his policy that all buildings should be valued in the National Asset Register on the basis of (a) their existing use and (b) the maximum market value for alternative use; and if he will make a statement.

(92564)

270   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what his estimate is of staff numbers at the Inland Revenue in (a) 1997-98 and (b) 2002-03; what the reasons are for change in staff numbers; in which areas changes in numbers have taken place; and if he will make a statement.

(91719)

271   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what his estimate is of the (a) nominal and (b) real percentage increase in spending in the Inland Revenue from 1998-99 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(91720)

272   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what his latest estimate is of the value of the Bank of England's land and buildings at (a) Threadneedle Street, London, (b) other London addresses and (c) other UK addresses, based on (i) the valuation for existing use and (ii) the highest valuation for alternative use; and if he will make a statement.

(92515)

273   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what his latest estimate is of the value of the Drummond Gate Offices of the Office for National Statistics; and if he will make a statement.

(91708)

274   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what his latest estimate is of the total value of all the fixed assets of the Office for National Statistics; and if he will make a statement.

(91707)

275   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many civil servants have been employed by (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies and non-departmental bodies in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92370)

276   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what his estimate is of the latest value of Inland Revenue total fixed assets, broken down by (a) land, (b) buildings and (c) other assets; and if he will make a statement.

(91717)

277   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what his latest estimate is of unpaid tax by each major category of tax for the last year for which information is available; and if he will make a statement.

(91716)

278   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers have been employed by his Department in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and at what cost in each year.

(92436)

279   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what his estimate is of the reduction in the annual costs of government borrowing as a consequence of the existence of National Savings and Investments (a) in gross terms and (b) net of the administrative costs involved; and if he will make a statement.

(91729)

280   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer who owns the Customs and Excise headquarters at Custom House, Lower Thames Street, London; how many staff work there and what work they are engaged in; what his estimate is of the market value of the building; and if he will make a statement.

(91726)

281   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how much (a) his Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department spent on (i) publicity and (ii) advertising in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (estimated); and if he will make a statement.

(92233)

282   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what reasons underlie his policy that the Royal Mint should be in the public sector; and if he will make a statement.

(91715)

283   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what his estimate is of the market value of the Royal Mint; and if he will make a statement.

(91714)

284   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many HM Treasury staff are based at Great George Street in London; and what floor space of office accommodation they are occupying.

(92221)

285   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what his latest estimate is of the value of (a) land, (b) buildings and (c) other assets owned by the Office for National Statistics; and if he will make a statement.

(91706)

286   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what reasons underlie the increase in real spending on the Office for National Statistics, comparing 1998-99 with 2003-04; and if he will make a statement.

(91705)

287   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what his estimate is of the total expenditure by his Department on ministerial travel (a) in the UK and (b) abroad, in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (estimated); and if he will make a statement.

(92434)

288   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what his latest estimate is of the date by which his Department will have completed its assessment of the five economic tests; what his policy is on holding a referendum on membership of the euro in the current Parliament if the five economic tests are not met by June 2003; and if he will make a statement.

(92049)

289   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what his estimate is of the total administration costs for National Savings and Investments in each year from 1990-91 to 2005-06 (planned); and if he will make a statement.

(91731)

290   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what his estimate is of the present (a) maturity structure and (b) average interest cost of outstanding monies borrowed by the UK Government through National Savings and Investments; and if he will make a statement.

(91732)

291   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how much (a) his Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body spent on external consultancy in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (planned); and if he will make a statement.

(92234)

292   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff were employed by the Office for National Statistics in each year from
1996-97 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(91702)

293   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what his estimate is of real terms expenditure at the Office for National Statistics in each year from 1996-97 to 2005-06 (planned); and if he will make a statement.

(91701)

294   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how much money has been lost by his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies through (a) fraud and (b) theft for each year since 1996-97.

(92437)

295   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what his latest estimate is of the value of the land and buildings at Great George Street, London SW1, on the basis of (a) existing use and (b) the best valuation for alternative use; and if he will make a statement.

(92220)

296   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many local tax offices have been (a) owned and (b) utilised by the Inland Revenue in each year from 1985-86 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(91723)

297   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the annual cost is to the Inland Revenue of the collection of student loan repayments; and if he will make a statement.

(91724)

298   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many press releases have been issued by his Department in each (a) year and (b) quarter from 1995-96 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92435)

299   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many motor vehicles are owned by the Office for National Statistics; if he will list these with the current total valuation; and if he will make a statement.

(91711)

300   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff work in the Drummond Gate Office of the Office for National Statistics; and if he will make a statement.

(91709)

301   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to publish the supporting studies undertaken as part of the preliminary technical work on euro convergence, prior to the formal assessment of the five economic tests for the euro; and if he will make a statement.

(92562)

302   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what his estimate is of the level of real spending in the Inland Revenue in each year from 1985-86 to 2002-03, using 2000-01 prices; and if he will make a statement.

(91721)

303   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many Inland Revenue computers have been (a) lost and (b) stolen in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(91718)

304   Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what his policy is on the introduction of a common recognisable logo for products which meet the CAT standard.

(92566)

305   Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to change the regulatory regime applicable to equity release products and providers.

(92567)

306   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the infant mortality, broken down by category, for each social class in each year since 1997.

(91986)

307   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list for each year since 1997 the death rates from sudden infant death syndrome for babies born into families in the manual social classes.

(91984)

308   Estelle Morris (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the effect of fuel duty on low-income families in rural areas.

(92354)

309   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what fiscal measures he proposes to encourage the use of sustainable fuels in road vehicles.

(91845)

310   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish the background papers associated with the forthcoming recommendation on the five economic tests; and if he will make a statement.

(91866)

311   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimates have been made of the total costs for developing software for the future administration of the Construction Industry Scheme.

(91952)

312   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimates the Inland Revenue has made of the costs of administering the Construction Industry Scheme (a) for the constuction industry and (b) for the Inland Revenue in the last financial year.

(91953)

313   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the value is of tax lost in the last year to the Inland Revenue in connection with the Construction Industry Scheme.

(91950)

314   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimates have been made of the cost to date of developing software to manage the Construction Industry Scheme.

(91951)

315   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what savings the Office of Government Commerce has secured in (a) financial years (i) 2000-01 and (ii) 2001-02 and (b) from May 2002 to December 2002.

(91936)

316   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer for what reason the figure of £850 million saved in Government procurement was not included in the Treasury performance report against public service agreement.

(91937)

317   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many Construction Industry Scheme vouchers the Inland Revenue processed in the last financial year.

(91954)

318   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress is being made by the Inland Revenue to develop software to manage the Construction Industry Scheme.

(91955)

319   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received on the VAT rate of 17.5 per cent. on the sale of thermal insulation products for private purchasers; and if he will make a statement.

(91976)

320   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the statement by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, of 15th January, Official Report 307-88WH, what the cost was of the printing and distribution of the factsheets and business case studies on the euro.

(92319)

321   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will amend medium and longer-term taxation policy to encourage more LPG fuelled vehicles.

(92052)

322   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the budget was of (a) Customs and Excise, (b) the Inland Revenue and (c) the Government Actuary's Department will be in 2004-05 and 2005-06; and if he will make a statement.

(91775)

323   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his Answer of 13th January, Official Report, column 414W, on the euro, when his Department last updated its survey of April 1999 on the proportion of small and medium sized companies prepared for membership of the euro; and if he will make a statement.

(92053)

324   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the cost of the exemption from capital gains tax of gains arising on the disposal of the only or main residence as stated in table 7 of the November 2002 'Tax Ready Reckoner and Tax Reliefs' if gains could be rolled over onto the purchase of another residential property; and if he will make a statement.

(91744)

325   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if the estimated cost of income tax relief for approved pension schemes as stated in table 7 of the November 2002 'Tax Ready Reckoner and Tax Reliefs' includes tax paid on all pension payments including the state retirement pension; what the tax take was from pension income netted off in the total cost given in the row; and if he will make a statement.

(91743)

326   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his Answer of 9th January, Official Report, column 360W, on public services productivity, if he will place in the Library a list of attendees for the meetings of the Public Services Productivity Panel for 2000-02; and if he will make a statement.

(91745)

327   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families received the children's tax credit in 2001-02, broken down (a) into those that received (i) under £100, (ii) £101 to £200, (iii) £201 to £300, (iv) £301 to £400, (v) £401 to £500 and (vi) over £500; and in what form it was collected in each case.

(91971)

328   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how much income tax was paid during the last financial year, broken down by (a) gender and (b) 10 year age bands.

(91970)

329
N   David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what numbers and percentage of people received an annual income from all sources of (a) £15,000 to £20,000, (b) £20,000 to £30,000, (c) £30,000 to £40,000, (d) £40,000 to £50,000, (e) £50,000 to £60,000, (f) £60,000 to £70,000, (g) £70,000 to £80,000, (h) £80,000 to £90,000, (i) £90,000 to £100,000 and (j) above £100,000 in the latest period for which figures are available.

(91875)

330   Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with representatives of the Northern Iraqi Kurdish people on the situation in Iraq.

(91685)

331   Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions the Government has had with the Government of the USA on its policies on trade between UK companies and Cuba.

(91680)

332   Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Government of Syria on relations with Iraq.

(91686)

333   Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with EU applicant countries on the Convention on the Future of Europe.

(91681)

334   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects to receive the UN Secretary General's proposals on the putative referendum on the future of the Western Sahara; and if he will make a statement.

(92325)

335   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, who the suppliers are of his Department's (a) paper and (b) paper products.

(91913)

336   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Nigerian authorities on of religious conflict.

(92047)

337   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the authorities in Gujarat, India on the subject of violence against Christians.

(92048)

338   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Pakistani authorities on its blasphemy laws.

(92046)

339   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the situation of Christians in Pakistan.

(92045)

340   Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) murders and (b) other serious crimes of violence were committed against UK nationals whilst on holiday in Greece in each of the last five years.

(91817)

341   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many claims for property appropriated without compensation by the Mozambique Government since 1975 have been lodged with his Department; how many such claims have been settled; and what steps are being taken to secure the settlement of those claims still outstanding.

(91896)

342   Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the French Government concerning appropriate celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Entente Cordiale; and if he will make a statement.

(92591)

343   Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the opportunities for British business in Equatorial Guinea; and what steps are being taken to ensure that British diplomatic representation reflects that level of opportunity.

(92623)

344   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he intends to take to bolster the security of energy supplies.

(92176)

345   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions with other (a) departments and (b) governments his Department has had over the last 12 months with regard to the British Foreign Policy objective of ensuring secure energy supplies.

(92177)

346
N   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the number of (a) British citizens and (b) foreign nationals who have been (i) denied entry to Israel and (ii) deported from Israel over the last two years.

(91572)

347   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which countries he has identified as posing a threat to the security of energy supplies.

(92175)

348   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what current international security risks he has identified as posing a threat to energy supplies.

(92178)

349   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much money has been lost by his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies through (a) fraud and (b) theft for each year since 1996-97.

(92441)

350   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what sales of heritage assets and antique assets have been made by his Department since May 1997; if he will list such assets; and if he will estimate the total sales proceeds.

(92375)

351   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many press releases have been issued by his Department in each (a) year and (b) quarter from 1995-96 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92439)

352   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his estimate is of the total spending of his Department on entertainment in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92374)

353   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many civil servants have been employed by (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies and non-departmental bodies in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92373)

354   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the estimated value is of Central Government's stock of alcoholic beverages; how many bottles of (a) wine, (b) beer, (c) spirits and (d) other alcoholic beverages are held in the Government reserves for entertainment and other purposes; and if he will make a statement.

(92222)

355   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much (a) his Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department spent on (i) publicity and (ii) advertising in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (estimated); and if he will make a statement.

(92229)

356   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers have been employed by his Department in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and at what cost in each year.

(92440)

357   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which countries in the Middle East have made requests to the United Kingdom Government to take military action against Iraq on their behalf or with their support; and if he will make a statement.

(91734)

358   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much (a) his Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body spent on external consultancy in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (planned); and if he will make a statement.

(92227)

359   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his estimate is of the total expenditure by his Department on ministerial travel (a) in the UK and (b) abroad, in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (estimated); and if he will make a statement.

(92438)

360
N   Mr John Lyons (Strathkelvin & Bearsden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the new Turkish government on what has happened to the people missing since the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.

(91526)

361   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received on the forced repatriation of Chechen internally displaced persons from their displacement camps in Ingushetia; and if he will make a statement.

(91766)

362
N   Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the details and purpose of the Global Partners Agreement known as ten plus ten plus ten reached between the G8 and the Russia Federation in Canada in 2002.

(90691)

363
N   Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what monies were pledged by the G8, broken down by country, as part of the Global Partners Agreement, known as ten plus ten plus ten; how much has been spent or advanced by each country; what impediments there are to the expenditure and disposition of the global amount; and if he will make a statement.

(90690)

364   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote democracy in the Arab world.

(91867)

365   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart on the position under international law of those detained at Guantanamo Bay.

(91868)

366   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contribution the UK has made to the cost of sealing the nuclear reactors at Chernobyl; and if he will make a statement.

(91870)

367   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the countries to which missile technology has been exported by North Korea; and if he will make a statement.

(91865)

368   John Robertson (Glasgow, Anniesland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to (a) the United States Federal Authorities, (b) the Texas State Authorities and (c) the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to plead for clemency for John 'Jackie' Elliot.

(92313)

369   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 8th January, Official Report, column 266W, on plutonium disposition, what proportion of the funds committed by the United Kingdom to the disposition of Russian plutonium is earmarked to convert the plutonium into MOX nuclear fuel.

(92060)

370   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will set out the direct and indirect trade, barter or other form of exchange that has taken place since 1973 between the United States and the United Kingdom on nuclear weapons, nuclear weapons components or nuclear weapons materials under the provisions of the 1959 amendment to the 1958 US-UK Agreement on Mutual Defense on Atomic Energy Matters.

(92307)

371   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the initiatives taken by the United Kingdom since May 1997 in respect of furtherance of the aims of Article 6 of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

(91963)

372   The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the political situation in Zimbabwe.

(91818)

373
N   Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the terms are of the UK arms embargo on Iran.

(91571)

374   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the United States regarding abuse of human rights in Colombia.

(92633)

375   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made concerning the referendum on the future of Western Sahara to (a) the government of Morocco and (b) the United Nations.

(92640)

376   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to Saudi Arabia concerning the seven United Kingdom citizens recently imprisoned on alcohol charges.

(92055)

377   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the United Kingdom representatives at the United Nations regarding human rights surveillance by the United Nations in Colombia.

(92628)

378   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the United States regarding (a) Plan Colombia and (b) other aid packages to Colombia.

(92629)

379   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Colombia regarding (a) abuses of human rights and (b) persecution of human rights workers.

(92632)

380   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to recommend the introduction of certification schemes similar to the Kimberley Process for (a) timber and (b) coltan.

(92054)

381
N   Mr Robert N. Wareing (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which UN resolutions relating to (a) Turkey, and (b) Israel remain to be enforced; and what action the Government has taken to ensure their enforcement.

(91344)

382
N   Mr Robert N. Wareing (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, under what procedures the United States gained first access to Iraq's document of 8th December 2002 on weapons of mass destruction.

(91346)

383
N   Mr Robert N. Wareing (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what parts of the Iraqi document on weapons of mass destruction of 8th December 2002 were released to the non-permanent members of the UN Security Council; and what the response has been of those non-permanent members.

(91345)

384   Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost is of the proposed development by the Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale Primary Care Trust on the site of Irwell Mill, Rochdale Road, Bacup; who will be responsible for the demolition and at what cost; and what payments in connection with the purchase of this site will be made to Stylegleam Limited.

(91935)

385   Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the future of the ambulance station in Stacksteads, Rossendale, Lancashire; when a decision was taken that it is surplus to NHS requirements; and who took that decision.

(91860)

386   Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients waited more than one year for in-patient treatment in the last period for which figures are available.

(92040)

387   Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what financial support his Department has provided for Cruse Bereavement Care; and what assessment he has made of their contribution to the alleviation of mental ill health.

(92043)

388   Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) volume and (b) type of NHS work was undertaken by King Edward VII Hospital, Midhurst, in 2002-03; and if he will make a statement on its future.

(92039)

389   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria are applied in the selection of non-executive directors of PCTs.

(92124)

390
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 15th January (ref 84461), for what reason primary care trusts need to supplement the national expenditure programme on promoting consumption of fruit and vegetables.

(92008)

391
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 15th January (ref 84461), by how much consumption of (a) fruit and (b) vegetables has changed since 2001.

(92007)

392
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 15th January (ref 84467 and 84461), if he will list the programmes and the amount of money spent on each.

(92009)

393
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 15th January (ref 84461), what cost benefit analysis has been carried out on expenditure on promoting consumption of fruit and vegetables.

(92006)

394   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, to what extent the National Health Service is bound by the Joint Royal College Ambulance Liaison Committee guidelines on pre-hospital care.

(92529)

395   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to public funds was of the preparation of the Joint Royal College Ambulance Liaison guidelines on pre-hospital care.

(92530)

396   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the requirement for more professional staff in genito-urinary services with special reference to drop-in centres; what measures are being taken to employ more such staff; and if he will make a statement.

(92531)

397
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to support Alzheimer's Awareness Week in July.

(91151)

398
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures are in place to assess the implementation of the National Service Framework for Older People in England.

(91150)

399   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who the suppliers are of his Department's (a) paper and (b) paper products.

(91899)

400   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the effectiveness of brain cooling technologies in treating brain damage.

(92289)

401   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance is given to health and social services professionals regarding the retention of unsubstantiated allegations on child protection issues.

(92292)

402   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on profiling of individuals in assessing the basis of unsubstantiated allegations in relation to child protection.

(92290)

403   Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many mixed sex mental health wards there are in (a) Somerset and (b) Somerset and Dorset Strategic Health Authority area.

(91946)

404   Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust area were waiting for in-patient treatment on the latest available date.

(91945)

405   Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information he has on the long term efficacy of tobacco advertising bans upon the numbers of regular smokers in Council of Europe countries.

(92572)

406   Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the UK have been prescribed roaccutane in each of the past five years; and what proportion of those people have reported symptoms of depression or psychiatric disorders.

(91831)

407   Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made (i) on the long term efficacy of (a) Zyban and (b) nicotine replacement therapies (i) in the UK and (ii) in other Council of Europe countries in reducing the number of regular smokers.

(92571)

408   Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the percentage of smokers who will stop smoking permanently through the use of nicotine replacement therapies in the next five years.

(92604)

409   Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of the likely (a) fatal and (b) non-fatal side effects of Zyban if used for six months.

(92605)

410   Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the European Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products' review of safety information for roaccutane.

(91832)

411   Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many regular tobacco smokers there are (a) in the UK and (b) in other Council of Europe countries; and how many there were in each case in 1980.

(92573)

412   Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of the population (a) permanently stopped smoking and (b) took up smoking in each of the last five years.

(92603)

413   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what comparative risk assessment he has conducted of kava-kava.

(91948)

414   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will publish his Department's Autumn Performance Report, Service Delivery Agreements and Departmental Investment Strategy.

(92157)

415   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust area were waiting for inpatient treatment on the latest available date.

(92067)

416
N   Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what method he will adopt to test whether local people support the establishment of a foundation trust; who will be consulted; and whether local people will be able to reject the establishment of such a trust.

(91361)

417
N   Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which representatives of partner organisations will be eligible to become members of foundation trusts; how the number of representatives from each partner organisation will be determined; and whether it will be a requirement of membership that representatives of partner organisations live in the area served by the trust.

(91363)

418
N   Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which key shareholders he plans to consult on proposals to establish a foundation trust; by what means such consultations will be conducted; and whether organisations will be required to consult their staff before replying.

(91362)

419   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to publish his consultation document on the provision of aids and adaptations; and whether the document will include an assessment of the adequacy of staffing and financial resources in the provision of adaptations for elderly and disabled people.

(92606)

420   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 25th November from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Anne France.

(92283)

421   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 2nd December from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Z Dav Gavietis.

(92284)

422   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 11th December from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr and Mrs A Wild.

(92525)

423   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) general practitioners, (b) nurses and (c) consultants are employed in Herefordshire.

(91736)

424   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nursing vacancies there were in each Somerset NHS Trust in (a) March 1997 and (B) December 2002; and if he will make a statement.

(92561)

425   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money has been lost by his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies through (a) fraud and (b) theft for each year since 1996-97.

(92453)

426   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of the total expenditure by his Department on ministerial travel (a) in the UK and (b) abroad, in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (estimated); and if he will make a statement.

(92450)

427   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) his Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department spent on (i) publicity and (ii) advertising in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (estimated); and if he will make a statement.

(92237)

428   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of the vacancy rate for nurses in each quarter in (a) each English health authority and (b) each English health trust in each year from 1996 to 2003; and if he will make a statement.

(92560)

429   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) his Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body spent on external consultancy in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (planned); and if he will make a statement.

(92238)

430   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of the total spending of his Department on entertainment in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92383)

431   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans are being drawn up by (a) East Somerset NHS Trust and (b) Dorset and Somerset Health Authority to establish a new diagnostic and treatment centre in Yeovil; and if he will make a statement.

(92559)

432   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what sales of heritage assets and antique assets have been made by his Department since May 1997; if he will list such assets; and if will estimate the total sales proceeds.

(92384)

433   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many press releases have been issued by his Department in each (a) year and (b) quarter from 1995-96 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92451)

434   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many civil servants have been employed by (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies and non-departmental bodies in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92382)

435   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers have been employed by his Department in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and at what cost in each year.

(92452)

436   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to begin his Department's public awareness campaign on prostate cancer.

(92634)

437   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the European Union's Beef Management Committee to discuss the practical problems of identifying spinal cord in frozen carcasses; and if he will make a statement.

(92637)

438   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what basis the Food Standards Agency advised against banning imports to the United Kingdom of meat from abattoirs in other European Union member states and third countries which have previously sent beef with specified risk material still attached.

(92636)

439   Martin Linton (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adults resident in Battersea pay for non-residential social services; and how many will no longer have to pay after April 2003.

(92131)

440   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will name those people who took part in the interview and selection process for the position of Chairman at the new Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health; and how many people applied for the position.

(92597)

441   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost is to his Department of setting up, researching and administering the pilot scheme to treat 234 NHS patients in France and Germany.

(92557)

442   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to reply to the Questions tabled by the honourable Member for East Worthing and Shoreham Refs. 83295, 83289, 86703, 86805 and 86807.

(92593)

443   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many paediatric nurse training places were available in each of the last 10 years; and how many applications were received for each training place.

(92539)

444   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients forums have been established.

(92596)

445   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many paediatric nurses are employed by each hospital trust in England; and what the vacancy rates are in each case.

(92538)

446   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he plans to adopt the Joint Committee on Human Rights recommendation that the Code of Practice in the draft mental health bill be given statutory force.

(92581)

447   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what remuneration (a) the chairman (b) the Chief Executive and (c) each commissioner of the new Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health will receive.

(92594)

448   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will define the term traditionally marginalised groups used in his Department's press release of 31st December 2002, New Era in Patient and Public Involvement in NHS.

(92595)

449   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the property portfolio being transferred to Miller Group as part of the acquisition of Inventures.

(92526)

450   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the proposals contained in the draft Mental Health Bill relate to the Government's strategy on alcohol.

(92583)

451   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has met in full its three objectives regarding single sex wards.

(92584)

452   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the unit cost was of cataract operations carried out at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary under Operation Cataract by a visiting South African team; and what the equivalent cost is (a) normally at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary and (b) on average in NHS hospital trusts in England.

(92555)

453   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what date he expects the drug clozaril to be available across all PCTs in England and Wales for the treatment of schizophrenia.

(92552)

454   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to extend the availability of operations in France and Germany to other NHS patients outside the south-east, in the rest of England.

(92558)

455   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer given to the honourable Member for East Worthing and Shoreham on 13th January, Official Report, column 499w, on looked after children, how many of the 920 children who went missing from their usual place of residence are still missing; and what action has he taken to (a) reduce the numbers of run aways and (b) trace those run aways who have still not returned to local authority care.

(92599)

456   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was to the NHS (a) in total and (b) per patient of the 234 patients treated for joint replacement and cataract operations in Germany and France under the Government pilot.

(92556)

457   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many sick days were taken by NHS staff last year as a result of being assaulted by patients.

(92601)

458   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide a right to assessment of mental health needs for any individual making a reasonable request for such assessment in the new mental health bill.

(92580)

459   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which hospital trusts in England operate mixed-sex wards.

(92537)

460   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to publish the responses to the Draft Mental Health Bill consultation.

(92579)

461   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with healthcare officials in Tunisia about possible treatment of NHS patients.

(92535)

462   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any of his officials have visited hospitals in Tunisia.

(92536)

463   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer given to the honourable Member for East Worthing and Shoreham on 7th January Official Report, column 208w, on public information, how much it cost to establish his Department's Customer Services Centre; and how many staff work here.

(92600)

464   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance has been issued to primary care trusts for the prescription of Aricept, Exelon and Reminyl for patients with mental health problems.

(92527)

465   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care trusts prescribe (a) Aricept, (b) Exelon and (c) Reminyl.

(92528)

466   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the current cost to the NHS is of prescribing (a) Aricept, (b) Exelon and (c) Reminyl.

(92533)

467   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy that no person will be deemed as suffering from a mental disorder under the provisions of new mental health legislation solely for the purpose of preventing commission of illegal or disorderly acts.

(92582)

468   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant, to the Answer given to the honourable Member for East Worthing and Shoreham on 13th January, Official Report, column 488W, when he expects all NHS Trusts in the South East to have introduced electronic patient records.

(92598)

469   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many mental health trusts had reached departmental targets for December 2002 to (a) ensure that appropriate organisational arrangements are in place to secure good standards of privacy and dignity for hospital patients, (b) activate the Patient's Charter Standard for segregated washing and toilet facilities across the NHS and (c) provide safe facilities for patients in hospitals who are mentally ill which safeguard their privacy and dignity.

(92551)

470   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients are currently prescribed (a) Aricept, (b) Exelon and (c) Reminyl on the NHS.

(92550)

471
N   Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on progress towards the recognition of qualifications and accreditation of dentists trained and qualified in Poland with a view to their being allowed to practise in the United Kingdom on Poland's accession to the European Union.

(89859)

472
N   Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on progress towards the recognition of qualifications and accreditation of (a) surgeons, (b) doctors and (c) nurses trained and qualified in Poland with a view to their possible recruitment to the NHS on Poland's accession to the European Union.

(89860)

473
N   Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on his policy on the recognition of qualifications and accreditation of professional medical staff, including surgeons and nurses, in the Ukraine with a view to possible recruitment to the NHS.

(89861)

474   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for each year since 1997, broken down by ethnicity, the percentage of children suffering from asthma.

(91987)

475   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on his assessment of the risk factors increasing the likelihood of mental health problems in children.

(91989)

476   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for each year since 1997 the percentage of children who were diagnosed as suffering from each category of mental disorder.

(91988)

477   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on what health assessment is made for unaccompanied children applying for asylum.

(91993)

478   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of children undertook at least one hour's sporting activity each week on average each year since 1997.

(92064)

479   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what percentage of children had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in each year since 1997.

(92063)

480   Ms Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has considered on the risks of body piercing to people with congenital heart disease.

(92519)

481   Ms Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce legislation to prohibit body piercing of minors without their parents' or guardians' consent; if he will list the statutory provisions which cover the body piercing of minors.

(92520)

482   Ms Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on the need for further regulation of body piercing; what plans he has for the further regulation of body piercing; and what recent consultations the Government has had with local authorities concerning the body piercing of minors.

(92521)

483   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what items of expenditure he has included in his tracking exercise for earmarked cancer funds.

(91940)

484   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will publish the results of his investigation into the destination of money earmarked for cancer in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03.

(91939)

485   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS trusts in England have introduced electronic patient records.

(91849)

486   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the number of medical students and training grade doctors who intend to enter into a career in general practice.

(92109)

487   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the impact of shift patterns of working in acute hospitals on (a) continuity of patient care and (b) overall quality of patient care.

(92108)

488   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many drug rehabilitation places were available to registered drug addicts in (a) Tunbridge Wells and (b) Kent in each of the past five years.

(92117)

489   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many registered drug addicts there were in (a) Tunbridge Wells and (b) Kent in each of the past five years.

(92110)

490   Mr Michael Portillo (Kensington & Chelsea): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether, under the Government's proposals for public service pension reform, a male doctor, over 60 years of age and with 40 years' service, who decides not to retire before 2005, would still be able to retire before the age of 65; what rewards would accrue to him for working beyond the age of 60; and whether his accrual rate would move from to per year after 2005.

(91861)

491   Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will introduce the public education programme about prostate cancer announced in the NHS Prostate Cancer Programme in September 2000.

(91777)

492   Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will check that each NHS Trust has instituted a Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) before community health councils are abolished; where a suitable PALS has not been implemented in an area, if he will extend the life of the local community health council to maintain cover; and whose responsibility it is to ensure a PALS is instituted before the relevant community health council is abolished.

(91862)

493   Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many paediatric pathologists were employed in each Health Authority in each year since 1997; and how many established posts there were in the same period.

(92518)

494   Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research regarding changes to corporate investment behaviour consequential to the changes to ACT announced in the 1997 budget has been (a) carried out and (b) commissioned by his Department.

(92316)

495   Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he last met representatives of the Orpheus Centre; and if he will make a statement.

(92044)

496   Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to tackle graffiti.

(92038)

497   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the average number of hours of community service required by community sentences given by magistrates in England and Wales to (a) under 17 year olds, (b) 17-21 year olds and (c) over 21 year olds in each year since 1995.

(92149)

498   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many community sentences were given by magistrates in England and Wales to (a) under 17 years olds, (b) 17-21 year olds and (c) over 21 year olds in each year since 1995.

(92148)

499
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 7th January, to the honourable Member for East Worthing and Shoreham, Official Report, column 140W, on children in prison, how many children were held in prison, broken down by (a) type of offence, (b) gender, (c) ethnicity, (d) age and (e) length of sentence in each of the last five years.

(91754)

500
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many ex gratia payments have been made by the Criminal Records Bureau to customers because of maladministration.

(91776)

501
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 7th January, to the honourable Member for East Worthing and Shoreham, Official Report, column 140W, on children in prison, what his Department is doing to establish what offences were categorized as (a) other and (b) not recorded.

(91755)

502   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the budgets of police authorities over each of the last five years.

(91884)

503   Ross Cranston (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Written Answer of 16th December, Official Report, column 624W, when he plans to place the findings of the exercise on crime and disorder reduction partnerships and their implications for nuisance and noise associated with fireworks in the Library; and if he will make a statement.

(91856)

504
N   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were in prison in England and Wales in each year since 1992; how many were (a) below 18 years of age and (b) women; of the women in prison, how many were pregnant when they were convicted; how many mothers are in prison with their children; and which prisons have mother and child facilities.

(89544)

505
N   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many males and females were in prison serving sentences of over four years in (a) June 1991 and (b) June 2002.

(89545)

506
N   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners were given life sentences in June (a) 2002, (b) 1998 and (c) 1992.

(89546)

507
N   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average cost is of maintaining a prisoner in (a) Class A, (b) Class B, (c) Class C and (d) open prison.

(89547)

508
N   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which prisons were overcrowded in (a) 1992, (b) 1998 and (c) 2002; and by what percentage each was above optimal occupancy; and what definition of overcrowded he uses.

(89548)

509   Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what financial support is given to organisations that work with the victims of crime.

(92094)

510   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who the suppliers are of his Department's (a) paper and (b) paper products.

(91904)

511   Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) Zimbabwean nationals and (b) British passport holders previously resident in Zimbabwe without the right of residence have applied for residence in the UK in each of the last 24 months.

(91947)

512
N   Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information he has received on the (a) establishment and (b) capacity of the residential refugee centre in Coquelles, France.

(91991)

513   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on his Department's proposed spending plans on new prison building in 2003-04.

(91897)

514   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the number of bed watches taking place at HMP Wymott; and what the average number was in other prisons at the most recent available date.

(92024)

515   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to build (a) extensions to and (b) a new prison at (i) HMP Garth and (ii) HMP Wymott.

(92022)

516   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners were taken to hospital from HMP Wymott on average in each of the last five years.

(92025)

517   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what security checks are carried out on prisoners' mail in UK prisons.

(92028)

518   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how quickly a risk assessment has to be carried out in prisons when changes in staffing levels take place.

(92021)

519   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners died in HMP Wymott in each of the last five years.

(92026)

520   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to introduce 24 hour health care at HMP Wymott.

(92027)

521   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to build a prison hospital on the site of (a) HMP Garth and (b) HMP Wymott.

(92023)

522   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures he is taking to ensure that it is easier for the police to issue behaviour orders.

(92018)

523   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures he is taking to ensure that the courts deal effectively with persistent juvenile offenders.

(92019)

524   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of community beat wardens in helping reduce nuisance and crime.

(92016)

525   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to increase funding to police authorities to extend CCTV schemes.

(92017)

526   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the decision was taken to place two prisoners in single cells at HMP Wymott.

(92020)

527   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the possibility of introducing identity cards in the UK.

(92015)

528   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 Ali Mohamad Oshmand.

(92288)

529   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 Abdi.

(92287)

530   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers are employed in Herefordshire.

(91748)

531   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to intern Iraqi citizens in the UK, including asylum seekers, in the event of armed conflict with Saddam Hussein's regime; and if he will make a statement.

(91692)

532   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much (a) his Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body spent on external consultancy in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (planned); and if he will make a statement.

(92232)

533   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many press releases have been issued by his Department in each (a) year and (b) quarter from 1995-96 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92443)

534   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many civil servants have been employed by (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies and non-departmental bodies in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92376)

535   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his estimate is of the total spending of his Department on entertainment in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92377)

536   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what sales of heritage assets and antique assets have been made by his Department since May 1997; if he will list such assets; and if he will estimate the total sales proceeds.

(92378)

537   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much (a) his Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department spent on (i) publicity and (ii) advertising in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (estimated); and if he will make a statement.

(92228)

538   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers have been employed by his Department in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and at what cost in each year.

(92444)

539   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his estimate is of the total expenditure by his Department on ministerial travel (a) in the UK and (b) abroad, in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (estimated); and if he will make a statement.

(92442)

540   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money has been lost by his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies through (a) fraud and (b) theft for each year since 1996-97.

(92445)

541
N   Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, at what times on (a) 1st December, (b) 2nd December and (c) 3rd December 2002, members of the Press Office at 10 Downing Street held conversations with members of the Press Office at the Home Office regarding the deportation of Mr Foster; which officials in the Downing Street Press Office and in the Home Office Press Office took part in these conversations; and what the duration was of each such conversation.

(91364)

542   Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on the provision by local police forces of temporary kennels for stray dogs collected by local authority dog wardens.

(92590)

543   Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 14th January, Official Report, column 597W, on arrests made under the Terrorism Act 2000 since 1st December 2002, if he will list (a) the locations where the 50 arrests were made, (b) the numbers arrested and charged or released at each location and (c) the date of each of these incidents.

(92037)

544   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were deported last year having served a custodial sentence in a UK prison.

(92619)

545   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions took place last year against people who assaulted NHS staff; and what range of penalties was imposed.

(92618)

546   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration has been made for dealing with domestic pets in drawing up strategies to deal with bio-terrorist attacks.

(92524)

547   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have left Sussex constabulary in the last 12 months because of (a) retirement, (b) early retirement, (c) injury and (d) other employment.

(92577)

548
N   Mr Andrew Mackay (Bracknell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on retention in the Thames Valley Police Force.

(91436)

549
N   Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 19th December 2002, Official Report, column 988W, on immigration, when the evaluation was completed, and by whom; who was consulted; and when she expects to be in a position to write to the honourable Member for Woking.

(91894)

550   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, show much his Department has invested in the Blueprint research programme.

(92270)

551   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current status of the Blueprint research programme is; and if he will make a statement.

(92268)

552   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with the Department for Education and Skills regarding the Blueprint research programme.

(92269)

553   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied children applied for asylum within the UK in each year since 1997, broken down by country of origin.

(91992)

554   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police in England have been allocated to traffic duties in each year since 1990; and what training in road accident investigation is given to police officers.

(91852)

555   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of drug treatment testing orders in (a) Tunbridge Wells and (b) Kent have been breached.

(92105)

556   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drug treatment and testing orders have been made in (a) Tunbridge Wells and (b) Kent.

(92107)

557   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of each type of crime in (a) Tunbridge Wells and (b) Kent in each of the past five years was deemed to be drug-related.

(92116)

558   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners in the past year underwent treatment for drugs dependency in (a) England and (b) Kent.

(92119)

559   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures he intends to ensure that arrestees who test positive for drugs are directed into treatment programmes.

(92112)

560   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of prisoners in Kent tested positive for drugs in each of the past five years.

(92113)

561   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures he proposes to address the availability of drugs in prisons.

(92120)

562   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many places on drug treatment programmes are available to prisoners in (a) England and (b) Kent.

(92101)

563   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of those given drug treatment testing orders in (a) Tunbridge Wells and (b) Kent have subsequently reoffended.

(92106)

564   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of street crime offenders with drug problems are fast-tracked into drug treatment services within 24 hours of their arrest or release from custody.

(92111)

565   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of prisoners in the United Kingdom who would benefit from a programme of treatment for drugs dependency.

(92118)

566   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the routes by which drugs enter prisons; and what proportion enter through external visits.

(92121)

567   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures he proposes to improve the quality and coverage of prison-based drug treatment programmes.

(92114)

568   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of street crime offenders with drug problems who were fast-tracked into drug treatment services within 24 hours of their arrest or release from custody have subsequently reoffended.

(92115)

569   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the cost of drug treatment testing orders in (a) Tunbridge Wells and (b) Kent.

(92104)

570   Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions have been recorded in each of the last three years for (i) carrying a loaded firearm in a public place, (ii) acquiring a firearm under the age of 17, (iii) a person under 14 possessing an airgun or ammunition, (iv) a person under 17 having an air weapon in a public place, (v) a person under 14 making improper use of an airgun when under supervision, (vi) supplying an air weapon to a person under 14, (vii) discharging a firearm within 50 feet of the centre of a highway, and (viii) an adult supervisor of a person under 14 making improper use of an airgun.

(92267)

571   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Roma from the Czech Republic have (a) sought and (b) been granted asylum in the UK in each year since 1997.

(91869)

572   Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what would the financial effect be of a 20 per cent. reduction in the grant allocated to police authorities in each authority in the metropolitan counties.

(92317)

573   John Robertson (Glasgow, Anniesland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases the Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred to the Court of Appeal since March 1997.

(92311)

574   John Robertson (Glasgow, Anniesland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases, where the conviction has been overturned by the Court of Appeal following a referral by the Criminal Cases Review Commission, had previously been investigated by his Department prior to March 1997.

(92310)

575   John Robertson (Glasgow, Anniesland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases have been referred to the Criminal Cases Review Commission since March 1997.

(92312)

576   John Robertson (Glasgow, Anniesland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions have been overturned by the Court of Appeal following a referral by the Criminal Cases Review Commission since March 1997.

(92309)

577   Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with banks and credit card companies to request (a) that they proactively seek out child pornography sites, (b) that they take action to prevent their credit cards and other financial facilities being used to pay for child pornography and (c) that they report the details of customers who attempt to pay for internet child pornography by credit card to the police.

(91975)

578   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what liaison has taken place between the Civil Contingencies Unit and the Office of Civil Nuclear Security in respect of preparation of counter measures against radiological terrorism.

(91961)

579
N   Mr Gerry Steinberg (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been killed in each of the last six years by motorists who have subsequently been charged with a motoring offence.

(91549)

580
N   Mr Gerry Steinberg (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been killed in each of the last six years by firearms during the commissioning of a crime.

(91550)

581   Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the ethnic breakdown was of (a) prisoners of British nationality and (b) all prisoners in each prison in England and Wales in each year between 1997 and 2002.

(92098)

582   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the launch of the EU's centralised fingerprinting system aimed at asylum seekers.

(92100)

583   Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has held with the Centre for International Briefing, Farnham; and what plans she has to visit the centre.

(92041)

584   Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department will pledge to the Angolan Government at the forthcoming Donor's Conference in Angola.

(91678)

585   Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to promote good governance and respect for human rights in Sudan.

(91684)

586   Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to secure resources to assist rural investment in Ethiopia and prevent future food crises.

(91682)

587   Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that its additional debt relief beyond HIPC provides effective assistance in tackling poverty in indebted countries.

(91679)

588   Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to secure international commitment to increased interim aid for Ethiopia.

(91683)

589   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, who the suppliers are of her Department's (a) paper and (b) paper products.

(91903)

590   Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has to implement her Department's study on Poverty and Wildlife commissioned from Joanna Elliott.

(92610)

591   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the impact of the failure of the Government of Mozambique to declare a national emergency on international efforts to assist in providing for the needs of people unable to meet their food needs up to the next harvest period in March 2003.

(92607)

592   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much (a) her Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body sponsored by her Department spent on (i) publicity and (ii) advertising in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (estimated); and if she will make a statement.

(92251)

593   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the estimate is of the total spending of her Department in all forms of entertainment in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and if she will make a statement.

(92404)

594   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much (a) her Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body spent on external consultancy in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (planned); and if she will make a statement.

(92252)

595   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many civil servants have been employed by (a) her Department and (b) each of its agencies and non-departmental bodies in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and if she will make a statement.

(92403)

596   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her estimate is of the total expenditure by her Department on ministerial travel (a) in the UK and (b) abroad in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (estimated); and if she will make a statement.

(92478)

597   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what sales of heritage assets and antique assets have been made by her Department since May 1997; if she will list other assets; and if she will estimate the total sales proceeds.

(92405)

598   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many press releases have been issued by her Department in each (a) year and (b) quarter from 1995-96 to 2002-03; and if she will make a statement.

(92479)

599   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers have been employed by her Department in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and at what cost in each year.

(92480)

600   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much money has been lost by her Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies through (a) fraud and (b) theft in each year since 1996-97.

(92481)

601   Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make it her policy to support the estalishment of criteria for debt cancellation which are based on the resources needed by a country to meet the Millennium development goals.

(92355)

602   Mr John Lyons (Strathkelvin & Bearsden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance the Government is giving to Angola in the clearance of landmines.

(91819)

603   John Robertson (Glasgow, Anniesland): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what action she is taking to encourage multi-national companies to cooperate with heavily indebted poor countries.

(92513)

604   John Robertson (Glasgow, Anniesland): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the humanitarian situation in Ethiopia.

(92512)

605   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with the European Commission on the Westlands-St Austin Road Project in Kenya; and if she will make a statement.

(92219)

606   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with her EU counterparts regarding damage to alternative crop projects funded by EU, following fumigation with pesticides by United States helicopters.

(92630)

607   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with Ministers in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office regarding food security in Western Sahara.

(92639)

608   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress is being made on education projects in Southern Sudan; and if she will make a statement.

(92638)

609   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made with the EU countribution to Plan Colombia.

(92631)

610
N   Mr Robert N. Wareing (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if the UN has published a strategy for preparing for the humanitarian effects of hostilities against Iraq; and if she will make a statement.

(91347)

611
N   Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the Government's position is on the European Commission's adoption of a Green Paper on the Conversion of the 1980 Rome Convention on the law applicable to contractual obligations into a community instrument; what proposals the Government will be putting forward; what consultation the Government has had with (a) the Bar Council, (b) the Law Society and (c) equivalent bodies in Scotland and Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement.

(91749)

612   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when the new draft court rules to support the Adoption and Children Bill will be made available for consultation.

(91839)

613   Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many civil servants have (a) been tested and (b) will be tested using psychometric testing in the last five years.

(92602)

614   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many civil servants have been employed by (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies and non-departmental bodies in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92367)

615   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how much (a) his Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body spent on external consultancy in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (planned); and if he will make a statement.

(92236)

616   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what sales of heritage assets and antique assets have been made by his Department since May 1997; if he will list such assets; and if he will estimate the total sales proceeds.

(92369)

617   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what his estimate is of the total spending of his Department on entertainment in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92368)

618   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how much money has been lost by his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies through (a) fraud and (b) theft for each year since 1996-97.

(92433)

619   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers have been employed by his Department in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and at what cost in each year.

(92432)

620   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what his estimate is of the total expenditure by his Department on ministerial travel (a) in the UK and (b) abroad, in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (estimated); and if he will make a statement.

(92430)

621   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how much (a) his Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department spent on (i) publicity and (ii) advertising in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (estimated); and if he will make a statement.

(92235)

622   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many press releases have been issued by his Department in each (a) year and (b) quarter from 1995-96 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92431)

623
N   Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, for what reason the papers, including Courts Martial papers, relating to the members of the 7/8 Royal Enniskillen Fusiliers found guilty of Mutiny on the 15th April 1918 and sentenced to five years penal servitude, suspended, are not available for public inspection; and if he will make a statement.

(89805)

624
N   Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, for what reason the replies to HRH Prince Philip from Prime Minister Harold Wilson were not released by the Public Records Office under the 30-year rule at the same time as HRH Prince Philip's letters to Harold Wilson were made public.

(89806)

625   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much money has been provided from Government funds to the US-Ireland Alliance in each of the last three years; whether he has made representations to the US Government about the charitable status of the US-Ireland Alliance; whether a representative of the Unionist community in Northern Ireland sits on the honorary board of the US-Ireland Alliance; and what plans he has to review funding for the US-Ireland Alliance.

(92304)

626
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of children in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) England achieved A*-C grades at GCSE in all three core subjects in each of the last five years.

(91577)

627   David Burnside (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on what criteria a decision on the implementation of the EC Directive 1999/31 on the landfill of waste will be based.

(92278)

628   David Burnside (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much the Government spent on rural regeneration in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years.

(92271)

629   David Burnside (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the former Northern Ireland Minister for the Environment on the implementation of EC Directive 1999/31 on the landfill of waste.

(92277)

630   David Burnside (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the estimated cost is of implementing EC Directive 1999/31 on the landfill of waste in Northern Ireland; how much of this cost will be borne by district councils; and if he will make a statement.

(92275)

631   David Burnside (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the locations are of wind farm applications seeking planning approval in Northern Ireland; and what stage the current applications have reached.

(92272)

632   David Burnside (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans there are to consult (a) the Northern Ireland Tourist Board and (b) the RSPB on future wind farm applications in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.

(92274)

633   David Burnside (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what penalties will be placed on local authorities and site operators who do not comply with the EC Directive 1999/31 on the landfill of waste.

(92279)

634   David Burnside (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what financial assistance will be given to district councils to assist with the costs of implementing EC Directive 1999/31 on the landfill of waste.

(92276)

635   David Burnside (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was given to (a) wind energy projects and (b) all renewable energy projects in Northern Ireland in (i) 2001 and (ii) 2002.

(92273)

636   David Burnside (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the terms of reference are of the recently announced taskforce examining the fishing industry.

(92280)

637   Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to equalise the company wage bill threshold level at which the construction industry training levy becomes payable.

(91851)

638   Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the costs per participant are on (a) the Northern Ireland Employment Support Programme and (b) the Workstep programme in Great Britain.

(91850)

639
N   Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to create (a) employers' forums and (b) job assist centres for the four areas targeted for special action regarding employability.

(91779)

640
N   Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has for Northern Ireland to follow practice in Great Britain with respect to the sectoral skills support for the construction industry through merging the support services relating to electrical, plumbing and building services.

(91778)

641
N   Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if a decision has been made about the future of the Lisburn to Antrim railway line.

(91643)

642   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, who the suppliers are of his Department's (a) paper and (b) paper products.

(91911)

643   Mr George Foulkes (Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to implement a dry homes scheme, in parallel with the Warm Homes Scheme delivered by the EAGA Partnership to low income households in Northern Ireland.

(92095)

644   Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made on the development of the North Down Waste Water Treatment Works at Donaghadee; and whether the honourable Member for Basildon has met the Donaghadee Planning Action Group in relation to this matter.

(92302)

645   Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what Northern Ireland's total tourism budget is for 2002-03; how much of it is spent by the Northern Ireland Tourist Board; and how much is spent through Tourism Ireland.

(92303)

646   Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the Holywood Waste Water Treatment Works was adopted by the Government; and whether the odour problem has been overcome.

(92301)

647   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many press releases have been issued by his Department in each (a) year and (b) quarter from 1995-96 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92491)

648   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers have been employed by his Department in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and at what cost in each year.

(92492)

649   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many civil servants have been employed by (a) his department and (b) each of its agencies and non departmental bodies in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92357)

650   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much (a) his Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body spent on external consultancy in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (planned); and if he will make a statement.

(92244)

651   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what sales of heritage assets and antique assets have been made by his Department since may 1997; and if he will list such assets; and if he will estimate the total sales proceeds.

(92359)

652   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his estimate is of the total expenditure by his Department on ministerial travel (a) in the UK and (b) abroad, in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (estimated); and if he will make a statement.

(92490)

653   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much (a) his Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department spent on (i) publicity and (ii) advertising in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (estimated); and if he will make a statement.

(92243)

654   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much money has been lost by his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies, through (a) fraud and (b) theft in each year since 1996-97.

(92493)

655   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his estimate is of the total spending of his Department on all forms of entertainment in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92358)

656   Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to introduce a strategy to address the rate of coronary heart disease in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.

(92102)

657
N   Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the prospect of obtaining the extradition of Luigi Marotta from Paris.

(90311)

658
N   Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made about the likelihood of a prisoner absconding prior to granting compassionate leave from prison; and if he will make a statement.

(90307)

659
N   Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proposals he has to maintain a band and music tradition in the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

(90308)

660
N   Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what factors were taken into consideration before granting the compassionate leave from prison to Luigi Marotta.

(90309)

661
N   Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, who authorised the compassionate leave from prison of Luigi Marotta.

(90310)

662   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on funding for transport for pupils living in rural areas of Northern Ireland.

(91858)

663   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the plans for the former Killyleagh High School premises.

(91927)

664   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the President of the Council, who the suppliers are of his Department's (a) paper and (b) paper products.

(91910)

665
N   Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his oral Answer of 15th January, Official Report, column 680, to the honourable Member for Reigate, what the evidential basis was for his statement that the decision to seek an injunction is one for the Attorney General rather than the Government.

(91864)

666   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Prime Minister, who the suppliers are of his Office's (a) paper and (b) paper products.

(91905)

667   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Prime Minister, how much (a) his Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department spent on (i) publicity and (ii) advertising in each year from 1995-96 to 2000-03 (estimated); and if he will make a statement.

(92223)

668   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Prime Minister, how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers have been employed by his Department in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and at what cost in each year.

(92420)

669   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Prime Minister, how many press releases have been issued by his Department in each (a) year and (b) quarter from 1995-96 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92419)

670   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Prime Minister, how much (a) his Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body spent on external consultancy in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (planned); and if he will make a statement.

(92224)

671   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Prime Minister, how much money has been lost by his Departments and its agencies and non departmental public bodies through (a) fraud and (b) theft in each year since 1996-97.

(92425)

672   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Prime Minister, how many civil servants have been employed by (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies and non Departmental bodies in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92415)

673   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Prime Minister, what his estimate is of the total expenditure by his Department on mininsterial travel (a) in the UK and (b) abroad in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (estimated); and if he will make a statement.

(92418)

674   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Prime Minister, what sales of heritage assets and antique assets have been made by his Department since May 1997; if he will list such assets; and if he will estimate the total sales proceeds.

(92417)

675   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Prime Minister, what his estimate is of the total spending of his Department on entertainment in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92416)

676   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the outcome of the Palestine Peace Conference hosted in London on 14th January.

(91964)

677   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, when the United Kingdom first provided UNMOVIC and the International Atomic Energy Agency with intelligence material on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.

(92306)

678   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, when he last discussed United States compliance with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty with the President of the United States.

(91965)

679   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on his recent meeting with the German Chancellor Schroder.

(92159)

680   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on UK policy towards the agreement reached between President Chirac and Chancellor Schroder for the Convention on the Future of Europe; and what measures he will take to enhance British influence in the EU.

(92123)

681   Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when she last met the Regional Broadband Unit to discuss the rollout of broadband services in Scotland.

(91737)

682   Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if she will make a statement on her Department's role in how the money awarded to Scotland from the UK Broadband Fund is to be spent.

(91740)

683   Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if she will make a statement on her Department's policy on the development of broadband services for the benefit of (a) small businesses in rural areas and (b) consumers in rural areas.

(91739)

684   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, who the suppliers are of her Department's (a) paper and (b) paper products.

(91912)

685   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what part she will play in the co-ordination of financial assistance packages to the Scottish fishing industry between the government and the Scottish Executive.

(92294)

686   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment she has made of the future viability of the Scottish electronics industry.

(92291)

687   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when and by whom Dover House, Whitehall, was valued for the purposes of the National Asset Register; what the latest valuation is; and if she will make a statement.

(91699)

688   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the estimate is of the total spending of her Department in all forms of entertainment in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and if she will make a statement.

(92407)

689   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what her estimate is of the total expenditure by her Department on ministerial travel (a) in the UK and (b) abroad in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (estimated); and if she will make a statement.

(92482)

690   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much (a) her Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body sponsored by her Department spent on (i) publicity and (ii) advertising in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (estimated); and if she will make a statement.

(92241)

691   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers have been employed by her Department in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and at what cost in each year.

(92484)

692   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many press releases have been issued by her Department in each (a) year and (b) quarter from 1995-96 to 2002-03; and if she will make a statement.

(92483)

693   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what sales of heritage assets and antique assets have been made by her Department since May 1997; if she will list other assets; and if she will estimate the total sales proceeds.

(92408)

694   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many civil servants have been employed by (a) her Department and (b) each of its agencies and non-departmental bodies in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and if she will make a statement.

(92406)

695   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much money has been lost by her Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies through (a) fraud and (b) theft in each year since 1996-97.

(92485)

696   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much (a) her Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body spent on external consultancy in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (planned); and if she will make a statement.

(92242)

697
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of Britain's current energy requirements she estimates could be met from renewable sources by 2020 if the sector were to benefit from the level of financial support currently made available to the nuclear industry.

(91582)

698   Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what financial assistance her Department is providing to help small businesses in rural areas access broadband services.

(91738)

699   Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the Transmission Issues Working Group will publish its report on the modernisation of Scotland's grid infrastructure.

(91925)

700   Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the costs to British Energy of (a) storage of all AGR nuclear fuel and (b) continuation with current reprocessing contracts in each year of the projected life of each of British Energy's advanced gas-cooled reactors.

(91920)

701   Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the value is of British Energy's Decommissioning Fund; and what the value was in each year since 1993.

(91926)

702   Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much (a) low, (b) intermediate and (c) high level waste will be produced as a result of BNFL's continued reprocessing of spent fuel from British Energy's advanced gas-cooled reactors.

(91923)

703   Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of how much radioactive material will enter the Irish Sea if (a) all spent nuclear fuel from British Energy's advanced gas-cooled reactors is stored and (b) the current reprocessing contracts continue for the remainder of the projected life of each of British Energy's advanced gas-cooled reactors.

(91924)

704   Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much British Energy has paid into the Decommissioning Fund in each year since 1995.

(91922)

705   Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the environmental impacts of (a) storage of all AGR nuclear fuel and (b) continuation with current reprocessing contracts with BNFL for each of British Energy's advanced gas-cooled reactors.

(91921)

706   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the (a) names and (b) employers of members of the (i) Aerospace Committee and (ii) Aerospace Innovation and Growth Team working groups.

(91919)

707
N   Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps she is taking to support the Pechiney Aviatube Company at Lillyhall, Workington against the downturn in the aerospace industry.

(91214)

708   Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to amend the Consumer Credit Act 1974.

(92091)

709   Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the scope is of her review of the Consumer Credit Act 1974.

(92092)

710   Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the Government intends to publish its review of the Consumer Credit Act 1974.

(92093)

711   Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the Office of Fair Trading's guidance for debt management companies and the level of protection they offer to consumers.

(91834)

712   Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures she plans to introduce to ensure good practice amongst debt management companies.

(91833)

713   Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures she plans to take to improve the availability of independent, free financial advice to consumers.

(91835)

714   Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment her Department has made (a) of the availability of ECGD support for investment in Equatorial Guinea and (b) of the adequacy of such support in relation to the current level of opportunity for British business investment in Equatorial Guinea.

(92621)

715
N   Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list (a) the losses, broken down by operational activity, for (i) Royal Mail, (ii) Parcelforce and (iii) Post Office Counters, and (b) non-operational charges, broken down by (A) write-offs and (B) pension costs at (1) Royal Mail, (2) Parcelforce and (3) Post Office Counters.

(91938)

716   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures she is taking to improve information and advice for businesses on employment rights.

(92030)

717   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures she is taking to reduce the burden of regulation on small businesses.

(92029)

718   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures she is taking (a) to support and promote the UK steel industry and (b) to help the UK steel industry fulfil its production capacity.

(92032)

719   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures she is taking to promote and support UK manufacturing.

(92031)

720   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her estimate is of the total spending of her Department on entertainment in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and if she will make a statement.

(92398)

721   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many civil servants have been employed by (a) her Department and (b) each of its agencies and non-departmental bodies in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and if she will make a statement.

(92397)

722   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what sales of heritage assets and antique assets have been made by her Department since May 1997; and if she will list such assets; and if she will estimate the total sales proceeds.

(92399)

723   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much (a) her Department and (b) each agency and non departmental public body spent on external consultancy in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (planned); and if she will make a statement.

(92260)

724   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much money has been lost by her Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies through (a) fraud and (b) theft for each year since 1996-97.

(92473)

725   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her estimate is of the total expenditure by her Department on ministerial travel (a) in the UK and (b) abroad, in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (estimated); and if she will make a statement.

(92470)

726   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many press releases have been issued by her Department in each (a) year and (b) quarter from 1995-96 to 2002-03; and if she will make a statement.

(92471)

727   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers have been employed by her Department in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and at what cost in each year.

(92472)

728   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much (a) her Department and (b) each agency and non departmental public body sponsored by her Department spent on (i) publicity and (ii) advertising in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (estimated); and if she will make a statement.

(92259)

729   Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will introduce measures to require credit card providers to include a comparative box in their marketing material setting out the key features and costs of the credit cards they provide.

(92565)

730
N   Mr Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she intends to reply to the letter of 29th July 2002 from the honourable Member for Manchester Central, regarding Mr DG, reference number 97657.

(91111)

731   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the future of red post boxes in urban areas.

(92179)

732   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions she has had with the British Hardware and Housewares Manufacturers Association.

(91842)

733   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of insurance costs on the competitiveness of British industry.

(91841)

734   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what financial support is available for UK companies exhibiting abroad.

(91843)

735   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what financial support her Department gives to UK companies for the purpose of exchanging abroad; and what assessment she has made of support given by (a) France and (b) Germany to businesses based in those nations exhibiting abroad.

(92356)

736
N   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the United Kingdom companies who had trading links with Zimbabwe in 2002.

(92058)

737
N   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations she has made to United Kingdom companies to end trading links with Zimbabwe.

(92059)

738   Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the members of Postcomm.

(92002)

739   Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the effect of Automated Credit Transfer on sub-post office revenue.

(91999)

740   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will ask the Director of her Department's Office for Civil Nuclear Security to review the security of British nuclear power plants and other nuclear installations with special reference to the invasion of Greenpeace protestors at the Sizewell B nuclear plant on 13th January.

(91966)

741   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what reports she has received on the use by North Korea of the United Kingdom Magnox Reactor design to build its plutonium production reactors.

(91968)

742   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which international agreements cover the arrangements permitting the swapping of plutonium batches between that material owned by British Nuclear Fuels, British Energy or the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority and that owned by foreign customers as held at Sellafield.

(92305)

743   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many times the Advisory Group on Nanotechnology Applications has met since April 2001; what its budget is for financial years 2003-4 and 2004-5; and if she will make a statement.

(91957)

744   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the change in payments through the Redundancy Payments Scheme from 1999-2000 to 2002-03; and if she will make a statement.

(91959)

745   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, for what purpose capital spending on aerospace programmes for financial year 2003-04 set out in Annex A, table 3 of his Departmental report, Cm 5416 is intended; and if she will make a statement.

(91958)

746   Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has had with Ofgem about modification P95A, P100, P102, P103 and P114 to the Balancing and Settlement Code; and if she will make a statement.

(92353)

747   John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the existing surplus of fossil fuel levy funds in Scotland is.

(91741)

748   John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what she expects the proceeds to be of the auction of the renewable obligation certificates.

(91742)

749   Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many miners in Newton-le-Willows have received (a) offers and (b) final offer settlements for their white finger and pneumoconiosis claims.

(91877)

750
N   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to revise the assisted area map for Scotland through the Assisted Area Order 2000, prior to the expiry of that Act.

(91770)

751
N   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to revise the withdrawal of assisted area status from Arbroath by the implementation of the Assisted Area Order 2000.

(91769)

752   Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, by whom the decision was made to name the Services at junction 4 of the M65 motorway The Blackburn Services; and who was consulted before the decision was taken.

(91934)

753   Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the timetable is for commencement of work on the A3 tunnel at Hindhead.

(92042)

754   Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when all Mark 1 Rolling Stock will be removed from service.

(92622)

755   Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the cost of a life figure used is in cost benefit calculations relating to safety improvements in (a) rail, (b) road, (c) air, (d) pedestrian (e) cycling and (f) other modes of transport.

(92620)

756   Ross Cranston (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the sickness rates were for train drivers in (a) 1991, (b) 1996 and (c) 2001.

(92096)

757   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement about help available to pensioners with long distance coach travel.

(92308)

758   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, who the suppliers are of his Department's (a) paper and (b) paper products.

(91909)

759   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the request of the Western franchise to receive a subsidy from the Strategic Rail Authority to run services on the Swindon-Cheltenham line in place of Virgin Trains.

(92070)

760
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will carry out an investigation into the ability of train operating companies to cease fulfilling timetabled services.

(92071)

761   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the decision of Virgin to withdraw Cross Country Services.

(92069)

762   Mr Michael Foster (Worcester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what representations he has received from coach operators about the wearing of passenger seat belts; and if he will make a statement.

(91762)

763   Mr Michael Foster (Worcester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the (a) desirability and (b) level of use of seat belts for passengers on coaches.

(91761)

764   Mr Michael Foster (Worcester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to strengthen the regulations governing the use of seat belts for passengers in buses and coaches; and if he will make a statement.

(91765)

765   Mr Michael Foster (Worcester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many road traffic accidents involved buses and coaches in each year since 1991.

(91764)

766   Mr Michael Foster (Worcester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many passenger (a) injuries and (b) fatalities were recorded for accidents involving coaches in each year since 1991.

(91763)

767   Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what relative weight the Government will give to representatives by (a) foreign governments and (b) elected representatives of UK communities in reaching its decision on whether or not to support the proposed Central Railway project.

(92570)

768   Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he expects to make an announcement on Government policy on the proposed Hybrid Bill to promote Central Railway.

(92647)

769   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 17th December 2002, Official Report, column 684W, on the M25, if he will place in the Library a copy of the full report on the initial assessment by the Transport Research Laboratory of the Controlled Motorway Project on the M25 between junctions 10 and 15.

(91883)

770   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what services (a) in the North West and (b) in the UK as a whole will be cut under proposals announced by the Strategic Rail Authority.

(92575)

771   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 15th January, Official Report, column 627W, on road deaths, whether his Department has specifically requested from the Netherlands (a) figures on accident reductions and (b) details of the effects on traffic flows and the behaviour of road users generally, where traffic lights have been removed.

(92609)

772   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 2nd December from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr G Sherriff.

(92286)

773   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much (a) his Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body spent on external consultancy in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (planned); and if he will make a statement.

(92248)

774   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much money has been lost by his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies through (a) fraud and (b) theft for each year since 1996-97.

(92457)

775   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many press releases have been issued by his Department in each (a) year and (b) quarter from 1995-96 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92455)

776   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his estimate is of the total expenditure by his Department on ministerial travel (a) in the UK and (b) abroad, in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (estimated); and if he will make a statement.

(92454)

777   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much (a) his Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department spent on (i) publicity and (ii) advertising in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (estimated); and if he will make a statement.

(92247)

778   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers have been employed by his Department in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and at what cost in each year.

(92456)

779   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many civil servants have been employed by (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies and non-departmental bodies in each year from 1994-95 to 2000-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92385)

780   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what sales of heritage assets and antique assets have been made by his Department since May 1997; if he will list such assets; and if he will estimate the total sales proceeds.

(92387)

781   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his estimate is of the total spending of his Department on entertainment in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92386)

782   Martin Linton (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the Heathrow (Runway Alternations) 6am to 7am trial will conclude.

(92125)

783   Martin Linton (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many reports of hazards to pedestrians have been (a) reported and (b) investigated by the Health and Safety Executive as a result of Transport for London roadworks in Wandsworth between 2001-02.

(92126)

784   Martin Linton (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what remedial action has been taken by train operating companies with passengers in excess of capacity as required by the terms of their franchise; how much funding is committed to this by central government; and how the money is distributed.

(92128)

785   Martin Linton (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much has been spent on reducing overcrowding on trains in each of the last five years by (a) South West Trains, (b) Silverlink, (c) South Central, (d) Thameslink and (e) Railtrack; and if he will make a statement.

(92127)

786   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the Driving Vehicle Licensing Authority last carried out a spot check on road vehicles being unroadworthy and untaxed; what action was taken against the owners; and if he will make a statement on the co-ordination of effort between the DVLA and local enforcement authorities in tackling unroadworthy and untaxed vehicles.

(92587)

787   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he will to reply to the Question tabled by the honourable Member for East Worthing and Shoreham, Ref. 83261.

(92585)

788   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to the Answer given to the honourable Member for East Worthing and Shoreham on 7th January, Official Report, column 102W, on illegal minicabs what funding has been allocated to local enforcement authorities to publicise the undesirability of using unlicensed minicabs.

(92586)

789   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much freight was carried on water in the UK in (a) the year to May 1992, (b) the year to May 1997 and (c) the most recent year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

(91759)

790   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what percentage of the freight carried by coastal shipping was in UK flagged ships (a) in the year to May 1992, (b) the year to May 1997 and (c) the most recent year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

(91760)

791   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his policy is on the target of 80 per cent. growth in rail freight set out in the Ten Year Transport Plan.

(92574)

792   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 impact of the Working Time Directive on services by (a) rail and (b) road.

(91758)

793   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 impact of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 on the transport sector, with particular reference to the rail sector.

(91757)

794
N   Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what arrangements he is making to ensure that the Transport Research Laboratory continues to provide crash testing facilities for wheelchairs.

(91826)

795   Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many (a) incidents of dumping of aviation fuel there were and (b) tonnes of aviation fuel were dumped in UK airspace in the last year for which figures are available.

(92264)

796   Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what regulations and guidelines there are on the amount of aviation fuel loaded onto aircraft at (a) UK airports and (b) military bases; and how this relates to the planned journey and flight time.

(92261)

797   Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what regulations exist to control the dumping of aviation fuel into UK airspace; and whether the regulations differ for civil and military aircraft.

(92262)

798   Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, whether a pilot dumping aviation fuel is required to report the activity; and what records are maintained of incidents of the dumping of aviation fuel.

(92263)

799   Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many Marine Casualty officers are employed to work within UK waters.

(91768)

800   Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the local authorities that have taken up pollutant spillage courses offered by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.

(91767)

801   Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many driving licences were withdrawn between July 2001 and December 2002, due to people failing a field of vision test.

(92005)

802   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will set out the timetable for public consultation on UK air transport.

(91693)

803   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what guarantees he has received from the promoters of Marinair that they (a) have secured and (b) are likely to secure the funding necessary to complete the proposed Marinair airport.

(91863)

804   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what discussions he has had with interested organisations on how to encourage more LPG fueled vehicles.

(92061)

805   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what action he is taking to increase the number of LPG outlets in and around London.

(92062)

806   Mr John Taylor (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to initiate a new round of public consultation before publishing the Government's White Paper on airports.

(91871)

807   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the population of the United Kingdom living within an area which can access London SW1 by (a) public and (b) private transport by (i) 9.15 am and (ii) 11.30 am without starting their journey earlier than 6.00 am.

(92642)

808   Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip - Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will publish the reports he has received on the Central Railway project from the Strategic Rail Authority.

(92608)

809   Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on the number of postal votes applied for in Wales for the forthcoming elections to the National Assembly, broken down (a) by Assembly constituency and (b) by local authority area.

(91830)

810   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers have been employed by his Department in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and at what cost in each year.

(92488)

811   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what sales of heritage assets and antique assets have been made by his Department since May 1997; if he will list other assets; and if he will estimate the total sales proceeds.

(92411)

812   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many press releases have been issued by his Department in each (a) year and (b) quarter from 1995-96 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92487)

813   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many civil servants have been employed by (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies and non-departmental bodies in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92409)

814   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what his estimate is of the total expenditure by his Department on ministerial travel (a) in the UK and (b) abroad, in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (estimated); and if he will make a statement.

(92486)

815   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much (a) his Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body spent on external consultancy in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (planned); and if he will make a statement.

(92246)

816   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much money has been lost by his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies, through (a) fraud and (b) theft in each year since 1996-97.

(92489)

817   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much (a) his Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department spent on (i) publicity and (ii) advertising in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (estimated); and if he will make a statement.

(92245)

818   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when and by whom Gwydyr House headquarters were valued for the purposes of the National Asset Register; what his latest valuation of this property is; and if he will make a statement.

(91700)

819   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the estimate is of the total spending of his Department in all forms of entertainment in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92410)

820   Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of reducing or withdrawing income support from lone parent students prior to receipt of student loans at the start of term.

(92103)

821   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claims are collected each week in cash at post offices; and how many are collected (a) by the recipient and (b) by an agent.

(92318)

822   Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of total housing benefit expenditure on private accommodation used for housing families in temporary accommodation in 2001-02.

(91691)

823   Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of housing benefit claimants in the private rented sector were subject to restrictions as a result of rent officer determinations that the rent was (a) above the local reference rent but below the reasonable market rent, (b) above the reasonable market rent and (c) over-large for the occupying household, for each English region, in the most recent year for which figures are available.

(91688)

824   Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of housing benefit recipients in private regulated and deregulated tenancies were subject to reduced rent determinations in each region in England in each year since 1996 as consequence of (a) pre-1996 restrictions and (b) post-1996 restrictions.

(91687)

825   Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of housing benefit recipients in private accommodation in each English region are in local authority arranged temporary accommodation.

(91689)

826   Ross Cranston (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what advice ministers have received from the Health and Safety Commission on the responsibility of company directors for health and safety, as referred to in the DETR document, Revitalising Health and Safety—a strategy statement, of June 2000; and what plans he has to introduce legislation to make this a statutory responsibility.

(92097)

827   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, who the suppliers are of his Department's (a) paper and (b) paper products.

(91907)

828   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what rights victims of alleged racial harassment in the workplace have to paid legal representation in employment tribunals.

(91949)

829   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls the National Benefit Fraud Hotline received in each month since January 1997.

(92503)

830   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Benefits Agency staff have been found to have committed fraud in each of the last five years.

(92506)

831   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent guidelines he has issued in respect of the (a) disciplinary measures and (b) criminal proceedings to be imposed when staff of the Benefits Agency are found to have committed fraud.

(92505)

832   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many submissions have been made to the Targeting Fraud website in each month since January 2000; how many referrals for investigation were made as a result of submissions to the Targeting Fraud website; how many investigations were completed as a result of submissions to the website; and how many prosecutions have resulted from website submissions.

(92502)

833   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the incidence of organised fraud in connection (a) with each benefit and (b) in total was in each year since 1977; and if he will make a statement.

(92298)

834   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, by what means he assesses the effectiveness of the Targeting Fraud advertising campaign; and what his assessment is of its effectiveness.

(92499)

835   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls were made to the National Benefit Fraud Hotline in each year since 1997.

(92504)

836
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people, broken down by client group, participated in the 'ONE' pilot schemes; and how many people in each client group obtained employment as a result.

(91642)

837   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been convicted of benefit fraud on two separate occasions since April 2002.

(92501)

838   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) referrals, (b) investigations and (c) successful prosecutions have resulted from calls to the National Benefit Fraud Hotline from 1997 to the most recent figures available.

(92498)

839   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many fraud referrals there were (a) in the six months before the Targeting Fraud campaign and (b) during the Targeting Fraud campaign; and how many there have been since the Targeting Fraud campaign.

(92500)

840
N   Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have gained unsubsidised sustained employment under the New Deal, broken down by programme, since their implementation; how much has been spent on the New Deal, broken down by programme, in the same period; and if he will make a statement.

(91213)

841   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures he is taking to strengthen the rights of employees in relation to final salary pension schemes.

(91942)

842   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 16th December from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Avril Curry.

(92285)

843   Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh & Berwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of child benefit decisions that were correct in the last five years; when he started setting targets on child benefit accuracy; and what the targets are.

(92626)

844   Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh & Berwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how his Department will treat benefit claimants who fail to respond to requests to inform the Department what method of payment they have chosen.

(92625)

845   Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh & Berwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) budget and (b) outturn for HC2 certificates and HC3 certificates were in (i) cash and (ii) real terms over the last 10 years; how many people have received HC2 certificates and HC3 certificates in each year since 1992; how many people in receipt of HC2 and HC3 certificates have also been in receipt of incapacity or invalidity benefit since 1992; and how many applications for help with health costs have been received in each of the last 10 years.

(92627)

846   Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh & Berwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many regional and local projects to be funded as part of the European Year of Disabled People are based in (a) the Scottish Borders and (b) Scotland.

(92624)

847   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many press releases have been issued by his Department in each (a) year and (b) quarter from 1995-96 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92475)

848   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many civil servants have been employed by (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies and non-departmental bodies in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92400)

849   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much money has been lost by his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies through (a) fraud and (b) theft in each year since 1996-97.

(92477)

850   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the total expenditure by his Department on ministerial travel (a) in the UK and (b) abroad, in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (estimated); and if he will make a statement.

(92474)

851   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers have been employed by his Department in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and at what cost in each year.

(92476)

852   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the total spending of his Department on entertainment in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92401)

853   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what sales of heritage assets and antique assets have been made by his Department since May 1997; and if he will list such assets; and if he will estimate the total sales proceeds.

(92402)

854   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much (a) his Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body spent on external consultancy in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (planned); and if he will make a statement.

(92254)

855   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the number of public sector workers who are obliged to retire at or before age 60; and if he will make a statement.

(92554)

856   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much (a) his Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department spent on (i) publicity and (ii) advertising in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (estimated); and if he will make a statement.

(92253)

857   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list for each year since 1997 the percentage of children for each local authority eligible for free school meals.

(91983)

858   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list for each year since 1997 the change in (a) numbers and (b) percentage of those children taken out of poverty.

(91995)

859   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list for each year since 1997 his estimate of the average cash savings held by families on low incomes.

(91982)

860   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list for each year since 1992 the percentage of children living in households below the poverty line.

(91994)

861   Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the use of a Post Office Card Account; and if there will be a limit on the number of such accounts.

(92001)

862   Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the implementation of the new CSA IT system.

(92090)

863   Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to simplify the overlap of stakeholder and additional voluntary contribution pension arrangements where a person's earnings are such to allow concurrent membership of an occupational and a stakeholder pension arrangement.

(92315)

864   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what retraining programme his Department supports for redundant staff of the textile industry.

(92158)

865   Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost to the Exchequer, net of savings in means-tested benefits and of additional income tax revenue, of an increase of £5 per week in the basic state pension together with the introduction of age additions of £5 per week at age 75-79 and £10 per week at age 80 years and over, on the basis that the age additions for those aged 75 to 79 and 80 years and over are paid in full, regardless of contribution record.

(92156)

866   Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for the City of York, of 9 January, Official Report, column 362W, on second pensions, if he will place in the Library the research that shows combined pension forecasts have the potential to encourage many people to save more.

(92509)

867   Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps were taken in the last 1970s to publicise the introduction of Home Responsibilities Protection with particular reference to its implications for those women with an election to pay married women's reduced rate national insurance contributions.

(92155)

868   Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he intends to publish Income Related Benefits: Estimates of Take-Up 2002-01; and for what reason it has been delayed.

(92154)

869   Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Speaker's Statement of 20th November 2002, Official Report, column 645, whether he has reviewed his Department's handling of Parliamentary questions; and if he will make a statement.

(91746)

870   Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate by how much it would be possible to raise the basic state pension for the over-75s on a revenue neutral basis, and taking account of offsetting savings in expenditure on means-tested benefits and enhanced income tax revenue, if he were not to introduce the pension credit and were instead to spend the money on the state pension for the over-75s.

(92153)

871   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what targets are in place for each of the Department's telephone helplines; and what the most recent performance figures against these targets are.

(91973)

872   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Government will respond to the Better Regulation Task Force on the recommendations in their report entitled 'Housing Benefit: a case study of lone parents' published in September 2001.

(91972)

873   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what action the Department is taking to co-ordinate housing benefit anti-fraud work with the Inland Revenue's work on tax credit fraud; whether a working group has been established to consider this; and how many joint local authority and Inland Revenue fraud prosecutions have occurred.

(91969)

874   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 13th January, to the honourable Member for the City of York, Official Report, column 362W, on second pensions, if he will make a statement on the research on the impact of occupational pension forecasts; and if he will place a copy in the Library.

(92051)

875
N   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Cabinet Office, who the suppliers are of his Department's (a) paper and (b) paper products.

(91898)

876   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Cabinet Office, how many press releases have been issued by his Department in each (a) year and (b) quarter from 1995-96 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92427)

877   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Cabinet Office, how much (a) his Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body spent on external consultancy in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (planned); and if he will make a statement.

(92226)

878   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Cabinet Office, how much money has been lost by his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies through (a) fraud and (b) theft for each year since 1996-97.

(92429)

879   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Cabinet Office, how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers have been employed by his Department in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and at what cost in each year.

(92428)

880   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Cabinet Office, how much (a) his Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department spent on (i) publicity and (ii) advertising in each year from 1995-96 to 2000-03 (estimated); and if he will make a statement.

(92230)

881   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Cabinet Office, what his estimate is of the total expenditure by his Department on ministerial travel (a) in the UK and (b) abroad, in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03 (estimated); and if he will make a statement.

(92426)

882   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Cabinet Office, what his estimate is of thd total spending of his Department on entertainment in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92365)

883   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Cabinet Office, what sales of heritage assets and antique assets have been made by his Department since May 1997; if he will list such assets; and if he will estimate the total sales proceeds.

(92366)

884   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants have been employed by (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies and non departmental bodies in each year from 1994-95 to 2002-03; and if he will make a statement.

(92364)

885   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Cabinet Office, what level of output would constitute a failure to achieve the value for money target as defined in the technical note to the 2002 Spending Review Public Service Agreement on value for money; and if he will make a statement.

(91960)

886   Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what offence the dumping of aircraft fuel into UK airspace constitutes.

[Transferred] (92266)

887   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost of commuting all entitlements to guaranteed minimum pensions to entitlements to SERPS at the rate used to make such commutations in 1997.

[Transferred] (92184)

888   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 13th January, Official Report, column 364-5W, what the total (a) annual and (b) monthly expenditure by his Department and its predecessor on (a) bereavement allowance, (b) bereavement payments and (c) widowed parent's allowance has been since the introduction of bereavement benefit in April 2001; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (92643)

889   Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the recommendation of Working Group X of the Convention on the Future of Europe that qualified majority vote should apply to minimum rules for cross-border crimes and crimes against a common policy of the EU.

[Transferred] (92122)

890   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of staff made redundant in the textile industry between 1990 and 2000 found new employment; and in what sectors.

[Transferred] (92099)