TUESDAY 21st JANUARY
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N | Mr A.J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment the Social Exclusion Unit has made of the impact of debt on poor families. |
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| 2 | Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 4th December 2002, Official Report, column 887W, concerning neighbourhood renewal status, what guidelines are issued to or requirements made of local authorities in receipt of neighbourhood renewal status funds about expenditure of such money; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 3 | Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to introduce the same rights of appeal for objectors and applicants within the planning system. |
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N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he intends to take to protect greenfield sites in areas where a council's committed land supply meets or exceeds regional planning guidance requirements following the Court of Appeal decision in the case of Rowlinson v Warrington Borough Council. |
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N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he intends to take to protect greenfield sites in North Warrington, following the recent decision in the case of Rowlinson v Warrington Borough Council. |
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N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he intends to take to ensure that the guidance in PPG3 is complied with following the decision of the Court of Appeal in the case of Rowlinson v Warrington Borough Council. |
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N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the implications for urban regeneration in the North-West of the recent decision in the case of Rowlinson v Warrington Borough Council. |
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N | Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the number of events that took place in places of public religious worship in 2002, which under the new proposals would require an entertainment licence; and if she will make a statement. |
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N | Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with local authorities on the effect of the proposed licensing bill on health and safety regulations; and if she will make a statement. |
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N | Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with local authorities on the (a) implementation, (b) monitoring, (c) effect and (d) fee-setting of the proposed entertainment licences; and if she will make a statement. |
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N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the flight path of planes flying into and out of RAF Fairford. |
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N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military personnel are stationed at RAF Fairford; and how many civilian personnel are employed there. |
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N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what limitations upon stored weapons apply to RAF Fairford. |
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| 14 | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many conferences were held for chaplains at Amport House in each of the last five financial years. |
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| 15 | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many chaplains have attended each conference at Amport House in each of the last five financial years. |
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| 16 | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost of the chaplaincy was in each of the three services in the last 12 months, broken down by (a) uniformed and (b) civilian chaplains. |
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| 17 | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) infrastructure and (b) training costs of Amport House were in each of the last five financial years. |
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| 18 | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the ratio is of (a) uniformed and (b) civilian chaplains to service personnel, broken down by service. |
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| 19 | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the use of ammunition containing depleted uranium by British armed forces. |
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| 20 | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel were employed at Amport House in each of the last five financial years, broken down by (a) service personnel, (b) civilians and (c) rank and grade. |
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| 21 | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) uniformed and (b) civilian chaplains there are in each of the three services, broken down by denomination. |
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N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what UK military forces are (a) deployed and (b) in the process of deployment in the Gulf and Middle East region, setting out how many personnel of which unit and service are (i) stationed and (ii) due to be stationed in each location in the region. |
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| 23 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many infantry soldiers who were subject to manning control in the last five years were discharged. |
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| 24 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the (a) cost of recovery and (b) amount written off as a result of the return, inspection and recovery of tents issued to Oman during Exercise Saif Sareea II. |
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| 25 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers in the last 10 years have been employed on an S-type contract, broken down by (a) reason, (b) regiment, (c) those still serving on S-type contracts and (d) rank. |
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| 26 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) reservists and (b) medical reservists have responded to call-up notices; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 27 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many fully trained (a) operators and (b) maintenance engineers with operational experience of container handling rough terrain there are in his Department; and how many are fit for active service. |
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| 28 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 8th January, Official Report, column 226W, on S-type contracts, what the rank is of those soldiers serving on S-type contracts. |
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| 29 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what improvements have been made to (a) his Department's asset tracking capabilities since April 2002 and (b) its ability to measure the resupply targets for orders placed by units. |
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| 30 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what occasions during the last five years were battalions and corps attached to other battalions and corps to bring that battalion up to strength for the purposes of operational deployment, giving in each case (a) the source and size of the attached unit and length of time attached, (b) location of deployment and (c) the length of time that the attached unit was rested before subsequent deployments. |
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| 31 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 27th November 2002, Official Report, column 324W, what was the breakdown by rank of those discharged under QR9.413 in the last 15 years. |
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| 32 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers subject to manning control in the last 10 years submitted a redress to the army board against being discharged; and how many were (a) discharged and (b) retained after the redress. |
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| 33 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many helicopters, of which type, are aboard HMS Ocean. |
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| 34 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers subject to manning control in the last 10 years then elected their right to discharge and were discharged under QR9.373. |
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| 35 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the last three operational deployments of 845 Squadron and the length of time between them; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 36 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what stocks of spares his Department holds for containers handling rough terrain; how many units the Ministry of Defence is able to deploy on operations; and if he will make a statement. |
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N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made in erecting a radio mast in Lagopatria, north of Naples, to provide broadcasting services for the Armed Forces South British Services community. |
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N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what use has been made of depleted uranium ammunition on live training exercises in training areas in Wales by (a) UK armed forces and (b) the armed forces of other countries since 1980. |
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N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many language assistants are employed in maintained primary schools. |
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N | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much money per (a) secondary and (b) primary school pupil is allocated in the Local Government Education spending formula as a top-up to reflect additional costs for recruitment and retention of staff in (i) Staffordshire and (ii) other shire counties, for the year 2003-04. |
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N | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much money per (a) secondary and (b) primary school pupil is allocated in the Local Government Education spending formula as a top-up to reflect deprivation among pupils in (i) Staffordshire and (ii) other shire counties, for the year 2003-04. |
| | (91888)
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N | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much money per (a) secondary and (b) primary school pupil is allocated in the Local Government Education spending formula as basic entitlement in (i) Staffordshire and (ii) other shire counties, for the year 2003-04. |
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| 43 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many asylum seekers sought education in Bedfordshire in each of the last five years. |
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N | Colin Burgon (Elmet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what international discussions are taking place to control the threat of pollution at sea. |
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N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which companies her Department and its predecessors have had contracts with since 1st May 1997; what the period of those contracts was; and what areas of work they (a) are and (b) have been involved in. |
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N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department and its predecessors spent on compensatory payments to farmers, broken down by (a) type and (b) region, in each year since 1997. |
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N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what arrangements her Department has made to consult (a) town, (b) parish and (c) community councils about the proposals contained in the document Living Places—Powers, Rights and Responsibilities. |
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N | Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the balance of trade in (a) food colourings and (b) approved food additives was in the most recent year for which figures are available. |
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N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many breaches of the Data Protection Act there have been in respect of tax information supplied by taxpayers to the Inland Revenue; how many taxpayers are affected; whether an investigation has taken place in respect of such breaches; how many Inland Revenue staff have been involved in such breaches; and what reports he has received as to which agencies such information was sold. |
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N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on UK adherence to the Anti Ballistic Missile Treaty; and if he will make a statement. |
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N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 16th January, ref 91205, when the Russian Federation has had its attention drawn to the need to put in place a legal framework satisfactory to donor countries. |
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N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total pay costs for employees in the latest available financial year were in the Mid-Essex hospital trust area. |
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N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what salary is paid to each Primary Care Trust chairman in England. |
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N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Government will ensure the criteria for free nursing care apply to all patients suffering from dementia and Alzheimers; and if he will make a statement. |
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N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the impact on the Government's policy on those suffering from (a) dementia and (b) Alzheimers of the Health Service Ombudsman's ruling on the Malcolm Pointon case and the Squires case. |
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N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) total and (b) average cost to the NHS was, over the last 12 months for which figures are available, of redundancy payments to managers and administrators in (i) primary care trusts and (ii) strategic health authorities. |
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N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 5th December 2002, Official Report, column 965W, on frictional discharge, what percentage and how many people classify as minimal numbers of delayed transfers in England. |
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N | Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many subject access requests for information under the Data Protection Act 1998 were received by his Department in each of the last three years; and how many were (a) fulfilled in full within the statutory period, (b) fulfilled in full beyond the statutory period, (c) fulfilled in part and (d) have not been fulfilled, in each of the last three years. |
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N | Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to enforce compliance by individual health trusts in supplying information required under the Data Protection Act 1998. |
| | (92186)
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N | Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total value of the domestic market for (a) food colourings and (b) approved food additives was in each of the last five years for which figures are available. |
| | (92336)
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N | Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of food colourings on the behaviour of children. |
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N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if it is his policy to support the introduction of brachytherapy treatment facilities by hospital trusts. |
| | (91274)
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N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is to eliminate the differential availability of brachytherapy for prostate cancer patients in different parts of the country. |
| | (91275)
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N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the refusal of the New Forest Primary Care Trust to offer brachytherapy treatment for prostate cancer. |
| | (91276)
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N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the efficiency of brachytherapy as a treatment for certain prostate cancers; and if he will list those primary care trusts which are known to his Department (a) to fund and (b) to refuse to fund brachytherapy for the treatment of prostate cancer. |
| | (91277)
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N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has issued to PCTs on the desirability of (a) their determining which prostate cancer sufferers should be funded for brachytherapy treatment and (b) their allocating cancer treatment funds en bloc to hospital trusts for them to determine which patients should receive funding for brachytherapy. |
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N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Chief Executive of Inventures and other senior staff were told about incentive arrangements likely to be offered in the event of a successful bid from one or other of the final round bidders for Inventures. |
| | (92542)
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N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has launched an internal investigation into the bidding process for Inventures; and what discussions he has held with the National Audit Office over the bidding process for Inventures. |
| | (92543)
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N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what terms were offered by Miller Group and the William Pears Group in bidding for Inventures; and what assessment was made of the value of proposed clauses relating to claw-back profits on future land sales. |
| | (92541)
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N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what basis the Miller Group was selected as the preferred bidder for the property and trading arm at NHS Estates, Inventures. |
| | (92540)
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N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his statement of 14th January, Official Report, column 662, on public services on the Isle of Wight, if he will make a further statement on issues related to the King Edward VII Hospital that the honourable Member for Tottenham was discussing when the House adjourned. |
| | (92295)
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N | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the findings of the recent Parole Board report on the case of Tony Martin, prisoner at HMP Highpoint. |
| | (92617)
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N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 19th December, Official Report, column 987W, on examining officers' powers, when he will respond to Lord Carlile of Berriew QC on the issue raised in his report on the operation in 2001 of the Terrorism Act 2000; when he will report his response to the House; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (92360)
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| 74 | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 9th December 2002, Official Report, column 114W, if he will place a copy of the study of calls to Victim Supportline in the Library. |
| | (92671)
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N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of prisoners released in (a) 1997, (b) 1998 and (c) 1999 were reconvicted within two years; and what his assessment is of reconviction rates for prisoners released in (i) 2000, (ii) 2001 and (ii) 2002. |
| | (92160)
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N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of offenders completing community sentences in (a) 1997, (b) 1998 and (c) 1999 were reconvicted within two years; and what his assessment is of reconviction rates for offenders completing programmes in (i) 2000, (ii) 2001 and (iii) 2002. |
| | (92161)
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| 77 | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police stations have (a) opened and (b) closed in (i) West Sussex and (ii) the United Kingdom in each of the past five years. |
| | (92690)
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| 78 | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces have been subject to intervention by the Police Standards Unit since its creation. |
| | (92688)
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| 79 | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many separate interventions the Police Standards Unit has made since its creation. |
| | (92687)
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| 80 | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police forces in the United Kingdom rely on call-centres for handling telephone calls from the public; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (92686)
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| 81 | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to change the membership and responsibilities of police authorities. |
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N | Mrs Marion Roe (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letters from the honourable Member for Broxbourne of (a) 25th October 2002, (b) 18th November 2002, (c) 20th December 2002 and (d) 16th January 2003 relating to her constituent, Mr Raj Kumar of Broxbourne. |
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N | Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress the UK has made with implementing the G8 Africa Action Plan. |
| | (91796)
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N | Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what guidance is given to Government departments in dealing with information on individual files that has been accepted as inaccurate under the Data Protection Act 1998. |
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| 85 | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) surgical and (b) medical procedures were postponed at the Ulster Hospital in the last 12 months. |
| | (92672)
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| 86 | Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen): To ask the Solicitor General, on how many occasions the trial of Tom Sugden at Burnley Crown Court was adjourned; what the reasons were for the adjournments; why the trial was abandoned on Monday 13 January; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (92661)
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N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her estimate is of the potential export credit guarantee liability in respect of contracts entered into with companies in Iraq and the Government of Iraq; how much of this amount is in respect of military contracts; and what amount of export credit guarantee liability has been paid. |
| | (92338)
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N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the effect of the Government's Supply of New Cars Order 2000. |
| | (92651)
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N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how she intends to monitor the effect of the new EU Block Exemption regulations for the sale of motor vehicles that come into force on 1st October. |
| | (92653)
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N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent representations she has received about skills shortages in the retail motor industry. |
| | (92652)
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| 91 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will estimate the proportion of public sector workers who commute to work via public transport. |
| | (92669)
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N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much track access grant aid was paid to freight operators, broken down by company, in each year since 1992 (a) at current prices and (b) at outturn prices. |
| | (91646)
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N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much freight facilities grant was paid in each year since 1997; and how much is planned to be paid in each year under the 10 year plan (a) at current prices and (b) at outturn prices, broken down by organisations in receipt of such grants. |
| | (91647)
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N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many respondents have opted for payment (a) by credit transfer into an existing bank or building society account, (b) by credit transfer into a new basic bank account and (c) by means of a Post Office Card Account, broken down by social security benefit for which letters have been sent to recipients asking them to specify how they wish to receive payments following the switch to ACT; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (92185)
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N | Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the preliminary findings of UN weapons inspectors about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. |
| | [Question Unstarred] (91791)
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| 96 | Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were convicted of motorway speeding offences, broken down into speed bands, in each of the last five years. |
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| 97 | Mr Eric Forth (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people were employed in (a) central government, (b) local and regional government, (c) agencies of government, (d) the services sector and (e) manufacturing in (i) June 1997 and (ii) December 2002. |
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